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It seems like when I go to a nice hotel or someone's house and they have fresh, homemade cookies whether they be peanut butter, chocolate chips or plain sugar, they seem to taste more filling, richer and complex. After, I eat one, I'm pretty full. However, if I have cookie that was made using pre-made refrigerated cookie dough that you heat in the oven, often times it is sugary and you can't seem to just have one because it doesn't seem filling.
It's from eating real food, instead of pretend food.
I think a lot of people don't know what real food means anymore. A mix of anything is not the same as a homemade anything. When I was growing up, at an early age we were all making homemade cakes - from scratch - totally, practically the minute we were on solids. A cake mix was a luxury. Then fast forward years later, a coworker at a place I was working brought in a cake for everyone to share. I asked her if it was homemade, and she said, yes.
I was amazed since she was not known for her culinary skills and then she added that it was a cake mix.
That made me chuckle to myself, because in my mind, a mix is never homemade.
Which, since I'm on the theme, there's a post about what happened to butter. Homemade butter tastes quite a bit different than bought butter. It gets very hard when it is refrigerated, but softens up much quicker than bought butter when left out. And there is nothing better than homemade butter on hot, homemade bread.
I get cream from the cheese factory and make my own butter.
I used to work at a hotel that made those, and they were Otis Spunkmeyer cookies that came in premade frozen "pucks" that you cook in the special Otis Spunkmeyer oven.
Premade dough is often very synthetic. I dislike it (although we do buy fundraiser "tub o' dough" from time to time from neighborhood kids, coworkers' kids, etc.), because it often tastes chemical-laden and artificially flavored.
If you make cookies from scratch, you can use real butter, non-imitation flavoring agents, real fruit, nuts, high-quality chocolate, etc. I tend to bake totally from scratch. Premade doughs and mixes just don't cut it, especially once you've had something made from real, quality ingredients.
i am no expert on nutrition, but from what i can see, using real butter will give the fat your body craves, and therefore you dont need as many cookies. humans need fat! use a bit of fat at every meal and your body will feel conforted and satiated.
i am no expert on nutrition, but from what i can see, using real butter will give the fat your body craves, and therefore you dont need as many cookies. humans need fat! use a bit of fat at every meal and your body will feel conforted and satiated.
ITA. The secret to eating is good food no matter what the fat content might be. I'd rather have a little helping of something good than a giant helping of food I don't really like. I never worry about calories. I burn them all off working on the farm anyway.
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A cake mix was a luxury. Then fast forward years later, a coworker at a place I was working brought in a cake for everyone to share. I asked her if it was homemade, and she said, yes.
Gives ya the warm & fuzzies. 
