To be honest I have a very generic cover letter – nothing special – that I’ve VERY rarely used in the past 10 years. To put it into context, I’ve used it maybe 1 out of every 50 job applications and it’s changed very little over the years. I don’t use it, not because it isn’t good enough, but because employers aren’t interested in seeing it, either during the application or the interview phase. They are more concerned with my skills and experience, rather than a generic letter they likely don’t have time to read.

You see, companies have realized that candidates don’t want to be bogged down by a long and lengthy job application providing unnecessary information. And they’ve also realized they need to streamline their recruitment process, thus the need for the cover letter kinda flies out the window along with the time it takes to read it.

If the average recruiter/hiring manager takes 7 seconds to read your resume, how much time do you think they will take to read a cover letter that isn’t required for the role?

Now, don’t get me wrong, a very well written cover letter can make a difference in you landing a job or interview, depending on its uniqueness and if the hiring team takes the time to read it. However, only I recommend this type of cover letter in 2 scenarios.

1. You’re applying to your dream job
2. You’re applying to a leadership role for a pretty awesome role (even if it’s not the dream one, yet!)

Be sure to write a job specific cover letter when it’s your dream job. If you’re on a massive jobs search and applying to several roles at one time, then revamping your cover letter for each one is tiring and not the best use of time. So, if you’re applying to your dream position, take the time to write about some wins you’ve had in your career that’s not on your resume, or even how you believe based on the job description you could really have impact and tie it back to your previous work or trainings. Even go as far as branding the cover letter with the colors of the employer or the logo. Doing this will help you to stand out as much as possible and separate you from other candidates.

What if you’re not applying to your “dream job” and generally looking for a pretty solid place to work? Then a general cover letter should do the trick. Take a peek at the job application, does it have an asterisk next to the file attachment/drop box for cover letters?  If not, then a cover letter is not required for the role. I know what you’re probably thinking – shouldn’t I submit one anyway if there is a drop box? My answer is no. What a company wants from you, they will ask for it and if they didn’t require it up front, it’s not required.

How do I know all of this? Well, remember I spent years as a global recruiter and I’m currently in HR for a Fortune 50 company, and as such we didn’t have the time to read them. If I saw a cover letter submitted with a resume when I had an ATS full of resumes, I didn’t even bother reading it. If the position was director level or required a unique skillset, I may or may not have glanced at it. I just needed #buttsinseats!!! My goal as the gatekeeper of an organization was to fill roles as quickly as possible and with qualified candidates. And guess what? Those details came from the resume and not the cover letter.

As we say in the recruitment world – a one of kind cover letter is a game changer, but generic won’t take you out of the running.

FYI – There are very specific industries that generally require a cover letter.

1. Military/Law Enforcement
2. Federal, State, County government positions
3. (Some) Medical roles
4. Secondary and Post-Secondary Education

The remainder of the industries more often than not can get away without one in many instances.

So again, do you need a cover letter? Yes and no. However, it never hurts to have one just in case – until your dream job comes along.

A smooth red velvet with a nice white chocolate is great for this time of year and even better at a holiday feast. When I tried both recipes I knocked it out of the ballpark the first time, give it a go, especially the white chocolate frosting. Yummy!

PS Limit your servings —you may get addicted!

Ingredients

3 cups (345g) cake flour (spoon & leveled)

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 Tablespoons (10g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

2 cups (400g) granulated sugar

1 cup (240ml) canola or vegetable oil

4 large eggs, room temperature and separated

1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar

liquid or gel red food coloring

1 cup (240ml) buttermilk, at room temperature

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease two 9-inch cake pans, line with parchment paper, then grease the parchment paper. Parchment paper helps the cakes seamlessly release from the pans.
2. Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.
3. Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Add the oil, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and vinegar and beat on high for 2 minutes. (Set the egg whites aside.) Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
4. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients in 2-3 additions alternating with the buttermilk. Beat in your desired amount of food coloring just until combined. I use 1-2 teaspoons gel food coloring. Vigorously whisk or beat the 4 egg whites on high speed until fluffy peaks form as pictured above, about 3 minutes. Gently fold into cake batter. The batter will be silky and slightly thick.
5. Divide batter between Red Velvet cake pans. Bake for 30-32 minutes or until the tops of the cakes spring back when gently touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If the cakes need a little longer as determined by wet crumbs on the toothpick, bake for longer. However, careful not to overbake as the cakes may dry out. Remove cakes from the oven and cool completely in the pans set on a wire rack. The cakes must be completely cool before frosting and assembling.

White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing

INGREDIENTS

• 1 – 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 6 squares fine white chocolate, melted
• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

In your mixer, Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla.

Add melted chocolate, beat.

Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until creamy and smooth.

A must bake for winter, breakfast or even the summer months. 

(The original recipe can be found here). A duplicate of the recipe is below. 

Ingredients

½ cup butter

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 ¼ cups white sugar

2 eggs

½ cup milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups fresh blueberries  

Directions

 Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan or use paper liners. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside.

 Step 2

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add milk and flour mixture. Beat until combined. Stir in blueberry muffins.

Step 3

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes. 

Let’s be honest, sometimes I don’t have the time, patience or shall I say ingredients to bake everything from scratch (although it’s my preference). So if I’m in a rush for time, I go to the all so handy part of my pantry – the boxed stuff! However, I never want to compromise the flavor of cooking from scratch with box recipes, but I can get close to that homemade texture by tweaking here and there (ssshhhhhhh…no one has to know – lol). Yep! I have good old Ducan Dines and Betty Crocker box cake mixes in all types of flavors and I have a huge stash. 

This recipe is from the blog The First Year Something Sweet. It’s super simple and delish. It’s a can’t go wrong recipe to the chocolate craving just in time for the fall leaves.

In regards to the icing, I kept it super simple with Betty Crocker’s Rich and Creamy  Milk Chocolate Frosting , and yes I purchased the swirls too. 

Ingredients

Cake

1 & 1/2 cups buttermilk

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 box devil’s food cake mix, 15.25 oz

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup all purpose flour

3 tbsp cocoa powder

Chocolate Frosting

Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy Frosting – Milk Chocolate 

Instructions

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350º F.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, devil’s food cake mix, sugar, flour, and cocoa powder, beat with an electric mixer until combined, 1-2 minutes.
3. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 30-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before adding frosting.

How to make Box Chocolate Cake Recipe

Helpful hint: Remember this recipe calls for the 15.25 oz box of chocolate or devil’s food cake box mix, not the 18.25

I didn’t have the required cookie scooper on hand, so I followed the 2-tablespoon measurement, and all turned out well.

By the way, don’t make the same baker’s basic mistake I did by reaching in the cabinet and substituting kosher salt for sea salt. Please remember all salts are not created equal, lol. 

Below is the exact recipe from food.com . 

Enjoy fellow Work Sugar bosses!

Ingredients

Whisk together and set aside

• 2cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Cream wet ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1cup sugar
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2large eggs
• 2teaspoons vanilla

Then stir in

• 3 cups oats (not instant)
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups raisins

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Whisk dry ingredients; set aside.
• Combine wet ingredients with a hand mixer on low.
• To cream, increase speed to high and beat until fluffy and the color lightens.
• Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until no flour is visible.
• (Over mixing develops the gluten, making a tough cookie.) Now add the oats and raisins; stir to incorporate.
• Fill a cookie scoop and press against side of bowl, pulling up to level dough (to measure 2 tablespoons of dough).
• Drop 2-inches apart onto baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake 11-13 minutes (on center rack), until golden, but still moist beneath cracks on top.
• Remove from oven; let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

Do you keep making the same mistakes? If you do, you might find that it may be hindering you for getting to the place you desire for your life. With mistakes comes an opportunity to learn, grow and develop in every area of life. Those that successfully learn from their mistakes typically become successful in their personal pursuits. Those that struggle with making the adjustments unfortunately don’t see the changes that their heart desires. Just imagine with me, what would your life be like if you focused on being the best version of yourself every day? Think about the intention behind course correcting your thoughts and habits and how that enables you to achieve goals.

I know you’ve heard the saying, “no one is perfect”, so don’t feel the pressure of not being able to make blunders. The goal is not to be perfect; the goal is just to be a better version of yourself each day knowing that perfection can never be achieved. So, with that mind, below are just a few quick golden nuggets that successful people avoid.

1. Successful people avoid making excuses. Successful people know the meaning of accountability and are aware of their strengths and areas of opportunities. They have no issue with looking in the mirror, as they know that the only person who stops them are themselves. An excuse in the eyes of someone who is successful is a path to failing or giving up on their goal. No one will resolve your challenges for you. Take responsibility and do the best you can.
2. Fail to have an objective. Life without goals is a random experience. Unfortunately, without a direction, your life won’t progress. Ever hear the saying, ‘don’t let life happen to you’? Or how about, ‘don’t have a victim mentality’? Having a goal to achieve gives you something to work and strive towards. Sometimes people get overwhelmed by the sheer thought of their goals because they feel it’s too big or that they don’t have the resources. Don’t try to go from A to Z in a day. It doesn’t happen that way. Be patient with yourself as you move from point A to B, C to D and then find your way to Z. Just know that you have to go through the process to achieve success and it takes time. You don’t get a six pack of abs by going to the gym one time, there is a level of consistency that has to take place. So, let’s take a moment to think about your goals.

• What are your goals right now? Do you have them written down? If not, write it down and make your goals tangible. What do you think you’ll accomplish over the next six months if you don’t have any goals?
• Create 3-5 goals that you can accomplish over the next six months.

3. Fail to have a plan. If you have a goal, you must have a plan for achieving it. One isn’t much good without the other. Avoid hoping and wishing your goals will come true on their own. A goal without a plan is merely a wish. Take small calculated steps to achieve your goal. What does this look like for you? What can get done today that will take you one step closer to the place that you would like to be. So, take the bull by the horns, you got this!!
   
4. Expect others to change. Sometimes it’s a challenge to change our own attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors? And that’s when we want to change! Lol. Consider how hard it would be to change someone else. And they don’t want to change! Learn to accept people for who they are, see the value that they may bring, even if they may be a difficult person and learn to leverage their strengths. Be okay, with someone not being who you want them to be, that’s what makes us so unique.
5. Choosing comfort over progress. Perhaps the largest mistake of those who struggle in life is the tendency to place short-term comfort over long-term advantages. This is a very ineffective way to deal with life. This is the friend that asks to sleep on your couch for a few days and is still there after three months. This is also the person who wants to save $5000 this year, but instead of creating small daily goals to hit the weekly, monthly and then yearly mark, finds themselves buying $6 coffee or reasoning why they need their nails done and saying they will make up for it on the next paycheck. See why short-term comfort over long-term advantages don’t lead to success?
6. Not playing to their strengths. The most successful people avoid take full advantage of their strengths at every opportunity. While it’s admirable to work on your weaknesses, you must leverage your strong points. Take me for example, I’m not this super brainiac with an expansive vocabulary, and there are tons of folk in my circle way smarter than me. But the one thing I do have that a lot of people don’t is amazing people skills! I can connect with anyone, no matter the background, gender, or age. This wasn’t always the case, I must admit I was fairly shy once upon a time, but over time I realized I loved connecting with people and I began to do so, even if it’s just a smile. This of course has helped me to have many different opportunities that I never thought I’d have. So, what are your strengths? You can’t be good at everything, but find your strength and use it!
7. Ignoring the little things. It’s the little things that will derail your efforts. It’s easy to ignore the seemingly mundane details, but those details can make all the difference in the end. So when you feel like sleeping in, instead of getting up to start you day, think about how sleeping in impacts your goals. Ugh…not a good start, right?

So, here’s what I’m saying, make use of your mistakes. Learn from them and decide to be intentional in trying to avoid them in the future. Life is easier when we can learn from our past challenges.

What are your areas of opportunity? Examine the challenges in your life and ask yourself why they occurred. What could you have done differently to avoid those challenges? It’s worthwhile to spend some time each week reviewing the past week. Watch how quickly your life changes when you couple that with an action plan!

Success and blessing always,

Lexi

Effective communication is the cornerstone of great relationships, whether with friends, family, your partner or even strangers. Effective communication in the workplace is just as essential and can lead to a smoother and more successful working relationship. You get more of what you want and the other party is happier too.

Even difficult conversations – when handled with grace and composure – can be beneficial to your relationships.

Consider using these tips the next time you face a tough conversation:

1. Face the issue as soon as possible. It’s tempting to put off difficult workplace conversations. However, not dealing with the issues can make them worse. In addition, it can prolong the anger and resentment you feel.

• Find the courage to face the other person and make the conversation happen.

2. Prepare before the conversation. Consider all aspects of your concerns. You may benefit from making a list of points you need to discuss. How will you address these issues?

• Try to find the heart of the issues, so you don’t get lost during the conversation. A good analysis can save you time and effort later.

3. Decide what you want to accomplish. What is your ultimate goal with this conversation? It’s important to have clear goals in mind ahead of time so you can stay on topic.

• What kind of an outcome do you want?
• Do you want to see things change? In what way?
• Do you want the other person to apologize?

4. Give yourself time to calm down before you discuss the issue. If you’re angry or hurt, it may not be the best time to talk. It’s more effective to enter a difficult conversation with a calm attitude. If you’re too hurt to see past the emotion, put off the conversation until later.

• Try to see the issues from multiple perspectives and the other side.

5. Understand the importance of silence. Silence isn’t a bad thing during a difficult conversation. You don’t have to fill every minute with words.

• Silence can be used to give you both a break and a chance to figure out what to say next. It can help you analyze the previous words. Pauses can also help you both maintain calm.

6. Watch your emotions. During the conversation, you’ll benefit from controlling your emotions. Focus on staying positive and calm.

• Controlling your emotions may not be easy, but it’s important. Difficult conversations can dissolve into madness if emotions take over. Try focusing on the other person’s feelings and long-term impact of your behavior.

7. Think about your relationship. Friends, coworkers, spouses, family members, and others have unique relationships with you. The way you talk to them will stay in their memory.

Difficult conversations are easy to ignore, but ignoring them is a slippery slope into frustration. Instead of hiding from the issues, consider how you can resolve them. Your relationships will benefit greatly when you can work together to find solutions.

Learn to handle these tough conversations with grace and, over time, you’ll find fewer and fewer issues that you have to resolve.

I found the perfect recipe for one of my fav cookies of the holiday season. I had never heard of modernhoney.com until I searched high and low for a nice Holiday snickerdoodles cookie recipe. Modern Honey did not disappoint. Stick to the recipe as described and you too will enjoy a nice soft holiday treat.

XOXO,

Lexi

Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe 

Ingredients

• 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened)
• 1 1/2 cups Sugar
• 2 large Eggs
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 2 3/4 cup Flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Cinnamon-Sugar Mixture:

• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons Cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy.  Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the eggs and vanilla. Cream for 1-2 minutes longer. 
• Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt, just until combined. 
• In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon. 
• If time allows, wrap the dough and let refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.  Roll into small balls until round and smooth.  Drop into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and coat well. Using a spoon, coat for a second time, ensuring the cookie balls are completely covered.  *To make flatter snickerdoodles, press down in the center of the ball before placing in the oven. This helps to keep them from puffing up in the middle. *
• Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes.  Let cool for several minutes on baking sheet before removing from the pan.  

1. Recruiters know the salary range before a role is posted to a job board.

Yes, recruiters know the salary range before the role is posted to Indeed, Career Builder, LinkedIn or any other job board. If a recruiter or hiring manager calls you to discuss a role, then they know how much money they can afford to spend on a candidate.

Before a role is posted to Indeed, LinkedIn, etc. for you and I to apply, it has to go through an internal process within the company. Usually, it consists of the department head (due to business strategy), finance (to determine how much money the department has and to benchmark against others in similar roles for internal equity), HR (as part of the recruiting and business strategy process) and of course the hiring manager, of course this varies depending on the size and organizational structure of the company.

Thus, if a recruiter calls you concerning a role, please don’t fall for the trick of, we aren’t sure just yet what the salary range is going to be etc. Not true. Recruiters ask for your compensation to see 2 things: 1. If you fall within the budget for the role, aka can we afford them? 2. To determine if you do fall within the range, can they potentially offer a bit less should they want to extend an offer.

2. Recruiters cross their fingers hoping you won’t counter offer.

Yep, recruiters cross their fingers, toes and eyes that you don’t counter the offer. You see recruiters have goals to hit too. It makes their lives easier to close one role and move on to the next and if you counter, you’re only slowing them down from hitting their KPI’s, and a lot of recruiters are under a ton of pressure to keep things moving!

The other reason recruiters hope you don’t counter is because their goal is to help save the company money and if you counter, they may not be able to save the money they were hoping for.

That’s why it’s very important to make the recruiter your “friend”. Being quick with follow-up and turn around for the recruiter, being consistently pleasant and probing appropriately increases their desire to potentially help, because you’ve been easy to work with throughout the interview process.

If they send you an email, respond in 20 minutes or less of you can, no need to play hardball this isn’t the dating apps. You make their lives easier today, you get help from them during the negotiation process tomorrow.

3. Recruiters figure the number you give in a counter offer is higher than what you really would be happy with.

Recruiters now understand that most people have a general knowledge of the negotiation process, so if they present you with an offer and you counter, whatever your counter is, the recruiter is thinking more or less that you would be satisfied with something less (unless you explicitly express otherwise).

For example, you were offered 65K for a marketing role. You counter offered with 70K; the recruiter comes back with 67.5K. Why did they offer 67.5K and not 70K? The 70K is the high end and most times recruiters believe that people ask for more than what they would be happy with, thus the 67.5K.

Now this rule doesn’t apply, if you specifically stated to the recruiter that in order for you to consider moving companies, you would need 70K. In this case, it’s a bit different. Why? Because they know at the very bare minimum you require 70K and if they couldn’t afford it, they wouldn’t engage you.

4. They leverage your enthusiasm (or lack thereof) to help determine what they should offer you.

If you come across extremely excited and almost a little too eager for a role, you can set yourself up to get low balled. In my past recruitment life, when I spoke to managers and we got to the offer stage, we would take into consideration the candidate’s “options”.

For example, is the candidate currently employed? Is the candidate satisfied at their current job? Did the candidate actively apply or did we reach out to them in a passive search? Is the candidate “eager” for the role? These are things we discuss and if we know a candidate is in a pickle for some reason that was disclosed during the interview process, or on their resume the hiring manager would use it to their advantage. They would offer a bit less, because they know the candidate would be likely to take the offer due to their circumstances or zealousness.

The key thing to note here is to show genuine enthusiasm, but don’t allow the employer to feel that they are your only option. Remember it’s just as much about you as it is about them.

5. If you’re up against another candidate in the final round, you may not get their best offer.

If you’re in the final rounds of interviewing and you know there is one additional candidate that you’re up against you may not get the best offer because the employer has a backup plan. You may be preferred, but they could possibly be completely satisfied with candidate #2. If this is the case, the recruiter and hiring manager are going to leverage this and offer what they feel is fair compensation for the role and the qualifications of the individual.

That’s why it’s important during the interview phase to ask questions like, “How many other candidates are you considering?” These golden nuggets give you knowledge on how you should approach salary negotiations should you receive an offer, and what salary is realistic considering all of the information that you’ve gained.

6. If you are their “best” candidate or “only” candidate, you have more leveraging power.

Being the “best”, “top” or only candidate for a role gives you so much leveraging power. When you’re the last man standing, you can pretty much leverage a ton. Listen for things like, “you’re the best candidate we’ve seen” or “you’re our top choice”. Sometimes recruiters and hiring managers drop these golden nuggets to keep you engaged in the interview process and let you know that you’re a serious contender. This information should then be used by you during the negotiation process, to ask for a bit more than you normally would. Why not? The odds aren’t against you.

7. Recruiters will always extend a lower offer, then go higher if you counter.

Yep, it’s true. Recruiters will go low on the numbers and then go high. Unless a manager or company is immense urgent need with a tight deadline, they will do whatever they can to save the company money and that includes on your offer.

Be sure to ask questions during the initial phone screen such as, “how did this position come about?” and “how urgent are you looking to hire someone for this role?”. Asking these types of questions gives you additional insights on what type of offer you may receive and how you should probably respond.

In the event that a company is not in urgent need, they will come in with a lower offer. Depending on how much you made at your previous company, this could mean a pay increase for you, but you still could be leaving money on the table because you didn’t counter.

So, in essence always counter, the only thing they can say is no and then it’s your call to decide what you would like to do.

Success and blessings always,

Lexi

P.S. Share your thoughts and comments below.

During the holidays I like food that keeps me warm and I love to relive my childhood. During my younger years, my mom would make me the most amazing peanut butter cookies and if she didn’t have the time, she always picked up a couple from Subway (a great close 2nd).

Now I’ve made plenty of peanut butter cookies in my adult years, but I have never come across a recipe that takes me back to my childhood as much as these. I love them so much in fact, they are a staple around the holidays. No other peanut butter cookie compares to this one. Part of me is afraid to hype it up too much, but doggit it really is that good.

The only adjustment I made from the recipe in the link was leaving the dough in the refrigerator for 24 hours instead of 1 hour. I’m not sure if it makes much of a difference, but it was pretty good. I saved the leftover dough in the fridge for a few days and cooked the remainder, but the cookie wasn’t as good. Thus,  I advise if you make these wonderful cookies, make them all in one batch or at least don’t leave them in the refrigerator for 5 days like I did. Follow the recipe exactly and you should have a delightful batch of cookies. 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 eggs
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Directions

• Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars together in a bowl; beat in eggs.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir into butter mixture. Put dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Roll dough into 1 inch balls and put on baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a crisscross pattern.
• Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown.

Enjoy the amazing batch!!