Well, the whole process started the day before, but he threw out the whole ball of crumbly dough and, consequently, hours of work.
He tried again a second time yesterday and after making another huge mess and then cleaning it all up, ended up with this...
and this...
and these beauties!
I hate baking and, although he did a great job persevering though the difficulties of a novice baker with a yummy outcome. I felt his pain and I do not aspire to try cookies from scratch any time soon.