A Fairytale

Once upon a time three months ago, there lived a beautiful accountant princess who longed to escape the evil horror known as public accounting.

So our little public accountant interviewed for a private accounting position. And in this interview, she let it slip that she loved to bake and would love even more to bring goodies in to her potential new office if she were to be hired.

"Why would she do such a thing?" you might ask.

Well friends, in an attempt to do whatever it took to get out of public accounting, our current little public accountant just might be willing to use this tasty little personal tidbet as leverage to get this job.

You might say, "Dear public accountant, don't you think you would be hired based on technical skill and background?"

And our little public accountant would most certainly and wholly agree with that. "But...", she might say, "what if someone else has my level of skill and background? Couldn't I just try to give myself a more personable appearance? Just to have a little advantage?"

You might nod your head in agreement.

Now in our fairytale, our favorite baking accountant is hired for the job. She starts at her new job that's full of friendly faces and non-public accounting happiness and a 401(k) plan subject to audit. And she remembers that there is, in fact, good still left in the world.

But then she realizes that she will now need to bake something for the office.

But this can't just be any little something!

I mean, you, er, our little public turned private accountant was possibly hired under the premise that she bake wonderful little somethings to share with her soon-to-beloved coworkers! She must wow them in order to keep her job, or risk going back to the fire and brimstone of public accounting.

So, dear friends, our little private accountant decided to pull out the big fairy tale guns: Chinese Cinnamon.

And she turned to a recipe she hoped could wow them all. A recipe so wonderful that they gave her a promotion, a raise, and a new corner office with many windows. But they built her the new office so no one else would have to give up their office.*


Cinnamon Cookies

from food.com

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
cinnamon sugar

Directions:

1. In a mixer bowl, cream together sugar and butter; beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
3. Add to butter mixture and blend well.
4. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or till firm enough to roll into balls.
5. Shape dough into small balls about 3/4-inch in diameter and roll in cinnamon sugar to coat.
6. Set cookies 1-inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
7. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or till the edges are lightly browned.
   

*Note: This recipe does not guaranteed the baker a raise, a promotion, or a new corner office with many windows.