It's a long weekend. Yeah. I am here in Sofia. Yeah. Relaxing and trying to catch-up on a 1000 different things. Mostly though, I've been drinking coffee and reading books.  Yeah. It's the life.

Then I decided to really shake things up and make cookies. I can't remember the last time I've baked cookies. Brownies, cheese cakes, banana bread, an apple pie and bagels? Well that's a different story.  But there's something so nice about making a treat that requires just a few simple ingredients, a bowl and some stirring.

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Only I looked in my fridge and I didn't have enough butter to make cookies--but I did have half an avocado.  And really why shouldn't I make an avocado cookie I thought to myself.  I did a quick internet search for avocado cookies and butter-avocado substitutions.

Here's what I came up with. <!--more-->It's a lemon-avocado refrigerator cookie.  Yep. It's got both fruit and veggies!! Okay, okay avocado is probably a fruit and not a vegetable but it's still an awesome cookie and I ate two this morning for breakfast.

Lemon-Avocado Refrigerator Cookies:
<ul>
	<li>1/4 cup butter softened</li>
	<li>1/2 an avocado mashed</li>
	<li>1 egg</li>
	<li>3/4 cup white sugar</li>
	<li>1/2 tsp vanilla</li>
	<li>1/2 tsp lemon juice</li>
	<li>1 tsp lemon peal</li>
	<li>1 3/4 cups flour</li>
	<li>1/2 tsp baking powder</li>
</ul>
<ol>
	<li> Beat the butter, avocado,  sugar, vanilla and lemon juice together in a bowl until  creamy and smooth, and stir in the egg until well incorporated. Stir in  the flour, lemon peal, and baking powder  until well blended. Cut the dough into 2 equal-sized pieces, and shape  each piece into a log about 1 1/4-inch in diameter. Wrap the logs in  plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or place in freezer for  about 1 hour.</li>
	<li> Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).</li>
	<li> Cut the logs of dough into thin slices, 1/8 to  1/4-inch thick. Bake  until the cookies are set and the edges turn  golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool for 1 minute on baking sheets  before removing to wire racks to finish cooling.</li>
</ol>
Anyhow, I hope that you get a kick out of this recipe.  It makes tasty chewy cookies that are lightly lemony and with the slightest hint of avocado. Yum, yum, yum.