I know what you mean about throw things in a bowl. I come from a country background myself. I grew up on a suburban farm. We had 12 acres and had cows, chickens, pigs, horses, copperheads, dogs, and a huge vegetable garden.
I grew up as the cook and baker. I LOVE making everything from scratch. I never buy boxed mixes. Although I haven't mastered pie dough.
Just discovered a very simple fudge recipe, I always screwed up whenever I tried in the past, and chocolate is way to expensive to waste on a disaster.
I got my first Kitchen Aide stand-mixer for the sole purpose of making Divinity, (handheld mixer was just not working out, even tho it was giving me a workout)

Best investment I've ever made in mixers. My Divinity improved dramatically.
Just let me know when you get finished writing down the recipe. No big rush, or anything. Whenever you get time, and as soon as I get it I'm a gonna be making me some of them there Sugar Cookies.
