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The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I completely forgot about these--they were one of the first recipes I made for my site! We used them for ice cream sandwiches and they were awesome. One thing I would love to do in the future is try them smaller and see if they're still as charming. Yes, I know, moderation: how boring.
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I was there a few months ago and almost fainted with delight when I saw the 300-plus cake stands and 200 cutting boards. They had to drag me out, kicking and screaming. Curiously, I haven't been invited back since...
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I always see this, and it cracks me up. But really--why are our recipe titles so unimaginative? They could be poetry!
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Happy Macaron Day!
Two years ago today, my husband and I finally got to Pierre Herme on our last day in Paris. We had about 5 euros left between us so we figured we'd just try one or two. They insisted we have three each and we (in our pitiful French) kept trying to explain that we didn't want all that and were terrified of going to the register and having to explain that they'd have to put them back but Voila! It was Macaron Day and they were free! We thought we'd won the lottery.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I completely forgot about these--they were one of the first recipes I made for my site! We used them for ice cream sandwiches and they were awesome. One thing I would love to do in the future is try them smaller and see if they're still as charming. Yes, I know, moderation: how boring.
Photo of the Day: Martha's Prop Room
I was there a few months ago and almost fainted with delight when I saw the 300-plus cake stands and 200 cutting boards. They had to drag me out, kicking and screaming. Curiously, I haven't been invited back since...
Photo of the Day: Best Menu Ever
I always see this, and it cracks me up. But really--why are our recipe titles so unimaginative? They could be poetry!
Got a better recipe for these chocolate pretzels?
The first thing that is horribly, ridiculously wrong with that recipe is the 35 minute baking time, which is why I think the results were really dry. When I lowered it to 15 minutes, I ended up with a much more cookie-like confection--crisp exterior, slightly soft in the middle. You might even be able to lower it to 12, if you let them rest in the pan for 5 minutes while they cool, so their shapes can settle.
After that, I upped the cocoa, swapping out the same amount of flour. Even though I really don't like things overly sweet, I would definitely add more sugar next time, maybe an extra couple tablespoons of brown sugar, for more flavor. However, it might be worth it just to try another, more reliably flavorful chocolate cookie recipe, like the Dorie one I recommended (though haven't tried as a pretzel yet), and just use the pretzel technique from the original recipe.
They really are adorable, but the recipe is pitiful.
Do Cherries Make You Happy? What Do You Do with the Pits?
Mine arrived yesterday as well! They're WONDERFUL. I ate so many, my teeth are still a little garnet-tinged.
My New Favorite Chef: The Pioneer Woman
I adore this site and everything about it. She's hilarious. I'm so glad you've given her the mention she deserves! Her photography just incredible, as well.
The 100 Calorie Solution: The Answer to Our Prayers?
I have to confess a weakness for salty, crunchy things with lunch, but having no interest in swallowing some 250-cal (1/5 of my daily suggested calories!) chips, I'd much rather reach for a 100-calorie pack. I think the product is brilliant. Unlike products that brag "low fat" (but are ridiculously high in carbs) or "sugar free!" (but are loaded with all sorts of garbage) or the generic "healthy!" (I believe I last saw this on Fruit Loops), they kind of are what they are.
The 100 Calorie Solution: The Answer to Our Prayers?
I have to confess a weakness for salty, crunchy things with lunch, but having no interest in swallowing some 250-cal (1/5 of my daily suggested calories!) chips, I'd much rather reach for a 100-calorie pack. I think the product is brilliant. Unlike products that brag "low fat" (but are ridiculously high in carbs) or "sugar free!" (but are loaded with all sorts of garbage) or the generic "healthy!" (I believe I last saw this on Fruit Loops), they kind of are what they are.
Eating in Portland, Maine
My husband and I had one of our BME (best meals, ever) at Fore Street when we were in Maine last August. We also had a fantastic meal at a newish place nearby called Vignola, which I understand is run by the same people who run the more-established restaurant Cinque Terre. The best lobster roll was definitely from the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, I believe an older F&W recommendation. I can't wait to go back this year.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
Made them yesterday. BEST EVER. Never will veer from this recipe again. Want to send love letters to them...saw them on counter this morning and had to use every cell to resist eating 5 for breakfast.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
is the 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract a mistake? ive never seen this much vanilla used in a cookie recipe...
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I think before you can find the perfect CCC recipe, you must first describe your perfect CCC. Is it chewy or crispy-crunchy?
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I just made these and my guests are raving. The recipe made 2 dozen 1.5" diameter heavenly cookies -- they were not too "big" and they were certainly fat! I look forward to making them again.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I tried the recipe just now and i may say that this the best yet I ever made. Chewy in the middle and crunchy on the sides. I used MUSCOVADO BROWN SUGAR though, it has aroma in it and for the chocolate...I used 100 gr chocolate milk bar, 1 bar of toblerone dark chocolate and 1/2 bar of 80% dark chocolate cos I ran out of chocolate chips. I cant wait till my son wake up tomorrow and taste it!! Thanks.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I made them this weekend, and they were amazing! Great with milk and probably awesome with ice cream. My only complaint is that they are dangerously addictive (I ate 4 in one day), but that speaks more about my self-control than the cookies themselves.
The 100 Calorie Solution: The Answer to Our Prayers?
ED LEVINE THOSE ARE MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY !
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
These chocolate chip breakfast cookies are the most awsome cookies I have ever tasted, I am not a big chocolate chip cookie fan (maybe because I never found a recipe I liked!) I made these and now we can't stop making them! my husband me and my 5 kids are addicted to them. I always make a double batch. I think something about melting the butter and adding the brown sugar to it makes it taste like nothing I have ever tasted in a cookie. you can even over cook them and they still taste incredible! I will never use another chocolate chip cookie recipe.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I think the best is the Nieman Marcus recipe that circulates around sometimes---with the ground up oatmeal & chopped milk chocolate in addition to the semi sweet chips, brown sugar, etc. Scoop onto lightly sprayed pans, wet fingers & mash down slightly. If baked right they are the quinticential perfect crunchy around the outside, softer/slightly chewy in the middle.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I use Meg's recipe, slightly adapted for my sanity (I converted everything to weights and then rounded things up or down to make my life easier). You know what? It really is a mean chocolate chip cookie.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I have my own recipe, devised to have my favorite aspects of chocolate chip cookies: a little chew, a little crunch, and just enough chocolate.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't want to try every recipe I come across just in case they're better. I suspect everyone has a touch of the grass-is-greener mentality when it comes to cookies.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I've never found a recipe that works better than the Toll House classic.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
The breakfast cookie sounds great, but instead of cranberries, I'd do dried cherries. Cherries & chocolate? Wow!
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
Anyone try Tia Harrison's "The Perfect" Chocolate Chip Cookies from CHOW?
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
Alton Brown's the Chewy. Best. Cookies. Ever.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
I actually used this recipe for about a year...until I bought Baking Illustrated and was totally sold on theirs! It's much chewier (but still with a crisp edge), and I think that the flavor of the cookie part is superior. The instructions and explanation of the recipe are also, as is expected from the Cooks Illustrated crew, extremely and awesomely precise!
We all have our favorite, though, so no hard feelings :)
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
Meg's Extremely Precise made my eyes roll back in my head. I'm too old to learn this. Please, pretty precise and easy to understand is all I can handle.
I have to start baking and tasting. Wow, these all sound so delicious. Truthfully, is there anything better than a chocolate chip cookie? Ok, I hear you, but I'm talking about sweets here!!! ;-D
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Unless You Have a Better One)
Is the link to that spreadsheet working? When I click on it all I get is an opportunity to create my own web page, not quite the chocolate chip cookie recipe I was looking for... And Lorraine, how are the exploding brains?
Happy Macaron Day!
what about the Herme outpost in Vegas. I love laduree's macarons.
Happy Macaron Day!
WHAT??? Free macarons, and Pierre Herme's too? How I wish I was in Paris at this moment! >___
Got a better recipe for these chocolate pretzels?
I made chocolate pretzels with Dorie's chocolate roll-out cookie recipe and it didn't work. They tasted great, but they didn't maintain their round, pretzel-y shape -- they just got all flat and cookie-like. I think there's a catch-22 here: more floury=more shapely but also more bland. I know it's past holiday gifting time, but I haven't given up! I'm going to try them again tonight with a different recipe and I'll post an update on my blog: www.notderbypie.blogspot.com.
Got a better recipe for these chocolate pretzels?
I saw Smitten Kitchen's post too...it made them look heavenly!
Hillary
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My New Favorite Chef: The Pioneer Woman
Ree is a hilarious woman and a pretty fantastic cook. She uses ingredients that we (people living in the middle of nowhere) can find and they taste delicious. Make the cinnamon rolls and give them out for presents, you will be hard pressed to come home with any for yourself. The pictures are helpful to those that aren't the best cooks/bakers and she keeps it real for a former city girl that is living in the country.
Keep up the excellent work Ree!!
My New Favorite Chef: The Pioneer Woman
Ree is amazing. Her recipes aren't for me but I love her style and humor. She's a great storyteller.
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Two years ago today, my husband and I finally got to Pierre Herme on our last day in Paris. We had about 5 euros left between us so we figured we'd just try one or two. They insisted we have three each and we (in our pitiful French) kept trying to explain that we didn't want all that and were terrified of going to the register and having to explain that they'd have to put them back but Voila! It was Macaron Day and they were free! We thought we'd won the lottery.