Tonight I made "Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies" out of America's Test Kitchen's "The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook" (p. 384).
The Process: Took about 45 minutes, start to finish. It was a super easy recipe to follow.
The Verdict: 6 out of 10. I was not impressed with these cookies. They were good, but the consistency and flavor were nowhere near as good as, for example, the "Best Chocolate Chip Cookies" on allrecipes.com, which is my usual recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I'm not sure what the advantage of the parchment paper is, as I've never used parchment paper before, and other cookies I've made were much better than these. These should be less chewy and more gooey, and have better flavor. To be fair, I didn't have unsalted butter so I used salted butter, and I didn't have a full cup of semisweet chocolate chips, so I used a mix of semisweet and milk chocolate chips. (Overall, the cookies aren't terrible or anything, and obviously I will eat them all ;-) ).
The Cost: $TBD
The Process: Took about 45 minutes, start to finish. It was a super easy recipe to follow.
The Verdict: 6 out of 10. I was not impressed with these cookies. They were good, but the consistency and flavor were nowhere near as good as, for example, the "Best Chocolate Chip Cookies" on allrecipes.com, which is my usual recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I'm not sure what the advantage of the parchment paper is, as I've never used parchment paper before, and other cookies I've made were much better than these. These should be less chewy and more gooey, and have better flavor. To be fair, I didn't have unsalted butter so I used salted butter, and I didn't have a full cup of semisweet chocolate chips, so I used a mix of semisweet and milk chocolate chips. (Overall, the cookies aren't terrible or anything, and obviously I will eat them all ;-) ).
The Cost: $TBD
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| Cutting up the butter. |
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| Preparing to melt the butter. |
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| Laying the parchment paper on the cookie sheet. |
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| Whisking together the flour, baking soda and salt. |
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| Mixing the granulated sugar with the light brown sugar. |
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| Measuring out the chocolate chips. |
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| Whisking the melted butter into the sugar. |
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| Just after mixing the butter into the sugar. |
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| Adding egg and vanilla to the sugar/butter mixture. |
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| Just after mixing the sugar/butter/egg/vanilla mixture until smooth. |
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| Adding the dry (flour) mixture to the wet (sugar/egg) mixture. |
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| Stirring the 2 mixtures together with a rubber spatula. |
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| Just after mixing everything together and before adding the chips. |
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| Adding the chocolate chips for the final mix. |
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| The chocolate chip cookie dough is now done and ready to scoop onto the sheet. |
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| The dough has been scooped onto the prepared sheet. |
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| Halfway through baking, about to spin the sheet around. |
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| Just after coming out of the oven. |
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| Just after coming out of the oven. |
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| The finished product. |
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| They smell great. Taste good, but not great. |
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| More chewy than gooey. |
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