04-04-xxxx "baking cookies"

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The Narrator scrolls to the second video. He was at awe to how happy he was in the video, and how happy Stanley was in the video.
He pressed play on the second video which showed Stanley and himself sitting in the employee lounge.
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"We're trying to think of something to do"

The words on the whiteboard said. The narrator was leaning onto Stanley's shoulder as he was recording. There were some magazines scattered on the floor, most of which contained photos of various pastries and delicacies.

"We ran out of magazines to read, so for now we're just sitting here waiting for something to happen"

As Stanley erased the words on the white board, the narrator suddenly thought of an idea.

"What if we tried baking some cookies? Wouldn't that sound fun?"

Stanley looked at the narrator with excitement, he nods his head.

"Alright! Baking it is! But first we need a kitchen"

The narrator stood up from the couch and snapped his fingers. Everything went black but when the video started recording again, he and Stanley were in a different room.
It was a kitchen set up like the ones you would see on cooking shows, the camera was recording them both like they were live on television.

"Alright, so what do we need to make cookies..."

The narrator said as he flipped through a cook book.

"Aha! This recipe says it's the best cookies recipe"

Stanley got the ingredients ready. The narrator snapped his fingers and made aprons appear on both of them that says "kiss the cook"

"In a bowl, beat the butter with white sugar and brown sugar until creamy"

Stanley followed. He made sure the measurements were correct.

"Add the eggs one at a time and mix till combined. Then mix in the vanilla"

The rooms smelled heavenly, Stanley wished he could just eat the dough straight up, but he knew the narrator wouldn't like that.

"Mix the dry ingredients in 1/4th cups at a time till everything is mixed in properly. Then add the chocolate"

When Stanley finished making the dough, he lined parchment paper onto trays and started forming the dough into small circles on it.
The narrator helped with this process.

"Finally with and oven preheated to 375 degrees F, plop it in for 8-11 minutes till the cookies are perfectly golden brown"

Stanley put the trays in the oven and closed it, he then grabbed the camera and walked over to the table the narrator was sitting at.

"Since we have 11 or so minutes to spare, why don't we have a chat?"

The narrator said, sipping some tea.

"I could talk to you about my favorite tv shows I watched as a kid"

Stanley wrote on the whiteboard.
Around 11 and half minutes have passed, both of them were laughing while drinking some tea.

"So you're telling me that this kid travels to some demon world to fight some guy made of goo just to fall in love with a 'cotton candy haired goddess?'"

The narrator chuckles.

"It's so hilariously incorrect!"

Stanley laughed and wrote on the whiteboard.

"It's fiction silly, of course it isn't real"

The pleasant warm smell of cookies baking suddenly turned into a smell of a burning campfire.

"Shoot! We forgot to set the timer!"

The narrator said, he and Stanley who's still holding the camera rushes over to the oven.
The narrator opened the oven and a huge cloud of smoke escaped from it.

"And here I present you, the perfect chocolate chip cookies!"

Despite the fact the cookies were burnt and on fire, he presented it to the camera like it was the most gourmet thing he has ever made.

"Maybe baking wasn't meant for you"

Stanley said quietly, chuckling.

"Hey at least we tried! That's what counts!"

The video stopped recording but then cut back to Stanley and the narrator chatting and sipping tea while eating the burnt cookies.

"So where were you with this whole witchcraft bizz?"

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The remaining 30 minutes of the video consists of Stanley rambling on to the narrator about the show he watched as a kid.

"Stanley never talks about his interests to me, let alone bake cookies!"

The narrator said to himself.

"...now I'm craving some cookies"

He scrolled to the next video.

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(I'm glad a small portion of you guys are enjoying this fanfic! And for those of you who want the recipe, here it is:
-1 cup butter or margarine, softened
-3/4th cups of sugar
-3/4th cups of brown sugar, packed
-2 large eggs
-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 2 and 1/4th cups of flour, unsifted
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1/2 teaspoons of salt
-2 cups chocolate chips of your choice

Enjoy the free recipe and please don't burn your house down.
And don't eat burnt cookies either
They're not good for you)

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