Let's Talk Cookies... What's Your Favorite "Go To" Cookie
Hey guys...........Boscoe The Cookie Doctor here, and I'm curious what your Favorite All Time Go-To cookie is. Mine is chocolate chip, what's yours?
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34 Comments:
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onepercent99 at 7:04PM on 06/02/08
That's tough. My mood changes constantly!! I'd probably be most likely to grab an oatmeal with butterscotch and chocolate chip cookie.
Actually, I have a great recipe for oatmeal-peanut butter-chocolate chip cookies that are delicious! Probably my fave...
luswim06 at 7:08PM on 06/02/08
No cookies for me.
izatryt at 7:15PM on 06/02/08
My recent favorite is a brown sugar cookie made with dark, Muscovado sugar. Mmmmm.....
I also have a recipe for a hazelnut butter cookie that I like alot. The dough -- it's a roll cookie -- freezes beautifully. You can slice off a couple and have warm cookies whenever the mood strikes.
kjgibson at 7:42PM on 06/02/08
Homemade:
Oatmeal Butterscotch Chip. Just a simple oatmeal cookie batter with butterscotch chips instead of raisins.
Store bought:
Girl Scout Samoas or good old Oreos.
smile at 7:52PM on 06/02/08
my "go to" cookies are my molasses ginger cookies. def more savory than sweet, loaded with my gran's candied ginger, chewy spicy goodness.
i find that most american cookies out there are tooooo sweet for me, i cringe when recipes call for a cup of sugar!
chlamers at 7:52PM on 06/02/08
Oatmeal chocolate chip with walnuts (recipe on the back of the TollHouse package). Mighty easy, mighty tasty.
I did try that Million Dollar cookie recipe made with prepackaged peanutbutter cookie dough. Sadly my husband devored the entire batch in two days. They are pretty tasty. I will have to find a good scratch peanut butter cookie recipe to make these with in the future.
wookie at 8:16PM on 06/02/08
pistachio macarons! those are cookies, right?
billyburgwife at 8:17PM on 06/02/08
Black and Whites or chocolate chip.
beth1 at 9:01PM on 06/02/08
I was surprised that so few people mentioned chocolate chip - for a "go-to" cookie, the Toll House recipe has served me well. (Of course, I also have some nostalgia, because it was the cookie I grew up baking and the first recipe I ever memorized.)
jessie at 9:20PM on 06/02/08
Jaffa cakes for me. I wish I could figure out how to make them myself. On the second thought - it's better that I don't.
brooke29 at 9:22PM on 06/02/08
Butter Pecan - pure heaven!
Kimc54 at 9:47PM on 06/02/08
Straight shortbread cookies rolled in dermera sugar, from Scotland. Buttery bliss in every bite.
browntown at 9:53PM on 06/02/08
Oatmeal Raisin! I like the traditional recipe on the back of the Quaker box. For a quick cookie, I really like the cookie recipe on the box of Ghiradelli's Walnut brownie mix. Tastes just like fudgy brownies!
Michigander at 10:06PM on 06/02/08
I gotta go with oatmeal with dark chocolate chips. A hint of cinnamon and a cartload of vanilla. MMMMmmmmm....
rosezilla at 10:29PM on 06/02/08
So often when I want to bake cookies, I run short of time and wind up squishing the whole batter into a half-sheet pan for blondies; or mix up a batch of brownies. We're residents of the chewy brownie camp here. As for regular cooky flavors, I love oatmeal with lots of stuff in them - Craisins, nuts, you name it. For an extra added treat I add chocolate chips.
My favorite cookies to bake (especially when I leave myself lots of time) are Christmas Cookies. I do a variety with the main attraction being Nick Malgeri's Decorated Gingerbread cookies. One year I made 455 to bring to work so everyone could have at least one.
Other Christmas Cookies:
Italian Fig with Sugar Glaze
Tassies
Spritz
Tiny Holiday Tarts
Russian Tea Cakes
chiff0nade at 5:45AM on 06/03/08
I don't bake cookies, but my favourite cookies are florentines, and both almond and coconut macaroons.
caley at 8:31AM on 06/03/08
Gingersnaps!
My 15 yr old nephew refuses to eat any other cookies - I gave him a large cookie jar full of them a few years ago and refill it for him every Christmas.
Or shortbread with ground walnuts and/or pecans...
PeanutButter at 9:25AM on 06/03/08
I love oatmeal cookies - traditional oatmeal with semisweet chocolate chips or classic Anarchist Oatmeal Cookies. Also chewy ginger cookies in wintertime. I also don't like my cookies too sweet.
producestories at 9:29AM on 06/03/08
peanut butter cookie...HAS to be, i love anything with peanut butter in it
sweetpotato at 10:20AM on 06/03/08
Homemade: my grandmother's chocolate chip cookies (and I still cannot replicate them to save my life)
Store-bought: Keebler Fudge Grahams, or Fudge Stripes (they take me way back to times on the farm with my grandparents who always had them for us grandchildren)
Traveller at 11:13AM on 06/03/08
lemon squares. especially when meyer lemons are in season.
cybercita at 11:52AM on 06/03/08
store bought - oreos (not double-stuff, or fudge-covered, or cakester or any other aberration -- just the classic oreo!)
homemade: "kitchen sink" oatmeal with coconut, nuts, raisins and chocolate chips. or the peanut butter cookies in the Magnolia cookbook that have chopped peanuts and chopped peanut butter cups in them. yum!! or my mom's "hello dollys" -- I make them too but hers are better.
CookiePie at 2:35PM on 06/03/08
chocolate chip... hands down oreos are a really close second, but I have not had one in over 2 yrs.
MadelynRodriguez at 3:43PM on 06/03/08
Homemade is the only real option. Peanut butter is at the top of my list with chocolate chip hard on their heals. I've never ventured out into the deep waters of peanut butter/chocolate chip but have often threatened too. Who wants to screw up two of the best?
czken at 9:06AM on 06/04/08
The bakery I worked at in high school made a dipped cookie - a sugar cookie dipped in white icing. It was heaven.
lo82070 at 10:44AM on 06/04/08
Chocolate chip with the recipe from Tate's Bake Shop.
*disclaimer: They're only my "go to" cookie when my wife makes them since I am totally lazy.
bobbob at 10:55AM on 06/04/08
Chocolate crinkles
buffyholic at 1:26PM on 06/04/08
I make what is (hopefully) lovingly referred to as a "hockey puck." Its a true Frankenstein-ed cookie that is:
1. awesome
2. really tasty
3. good for you
4. easy to make
AND they have choco or carob chips, oatmeal, brown sugar, dried fruit and peanuts.
All of the Christmas cookies that i make are my husband's go to cookie...
hobcat57 at 2:46PM on 06/04/08
almond cookie with a huge chocolate center I get them at a local bakery.If my mom bakes M&M cookies those are the best!!!
rabbitriddle at 3:49PM on 06/04/08
Sugar. My favorite is slightly lemony and dipped in moderately large grains of sugar. I also like snickerdoodles. However, I have yet to try baking them; I've made a lot of "meh" chocolate chip cookies, though.
My boyfriend considers sugar cookies worthless. I am determined to prove him wrong.
Jitterro at 10:50PM on 06/04/08
Chocolate chip.
Recently, I have been throwing in some cinnamon.
eatorama at 11:34PM on 06/04/08
Rolled sugar cookies with buttercream frosting! It's probably my favorite because it reminds me of being a kid at Christmas time. My mom and I made those cookies for Santa every year...even after I stopped believing in him :-)
Kristin H at 12:38PM on 06/05/08
My new favorite is Robyn Lee's chocolate chip cookie from a previous Serious Eats post. Those cookies are amazing! If I'm not in the mood for a mess or have little time, my go-to is a cake mix cookie. (I tend to have a box of cake mix in the cupboard most of the time). There are different variations, but my favorite is chocolate cake mix cookies with Andes mints in the center. Super-simple and a crowd pleaser!
July at 7:38PM on 06/06/08