Let me preface by saying I LOVE to cook. I love making salads, soups, entrees, veggies, just about anything, but I hate baking. It is too risky...all that time and work, then you put it into the oven and there is no changing or fixing and it might turn out horridly...you never know. Plus, I hate exact measurements and that doesn't really work with baking. Oh, not to mention that I certainly don't need to EAT what I bake.
BUT, a friend of mine, Melissa Stadler, is the real deal. She is an amazing cook, baker, chef, everything, and when she put up her chocolate chip cookie recipe on her food blog http://www.thedelectablelife.blogspot.com/, I decided to give them a try. They were amazing! Even my flour from the cannery (which I will never use again) didn't ruin them. I can't wait to make them with good flour! Her blog has lots of great recipes I'm excited to try.
The cookie one is really amazing. Chewy but not doughy, easy and completely delectable! Here it is:
Melissa's Saucepan Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 c. Butter
1 c. Brown Sugar
3/4 c. Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg Yolk
1 t. Vanilla
2 1/4 c. Flour
3/4 t. Baking Soda
1/2 t. Salt
2 c. Chololate Chips
1. In medium saucepan, melt 1 c. butter on med-low heat until melted. Take off heat and add sugars quickly. Stir until golden, caramel color and all sugars have been dissolved.
2. Place in refrigerator to chill for 5-10 minutes.
3. Once cooled to room temp, add egg, egg yolk, vanilla and stir.
4. Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until combined.
5. Add chocolate chips and incorporate.
6. Wrap in Saran Wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes. for a richer cookie, chill for 24-48 hours or even longer.
7. Bake at 325 for 13-15 minutes or until golden brow around edges. You want a crispy on the outside cookie an soft and chewy in the middle.
So Good!!!
2 comments:
I'm the same way! Love to cook, love to eat what I cook, but hate to bake. I make a mean chocolate chip cookie, but that's where it ends. Other things I bake really aren't that good! I'll have to give this recipe a try. And good to know about cannery flour. Never tried it, but likely never will now!
Were those the same amazing cookies that you made for Tanner! They were soooo good! He was so nice to share one with me and then I snuck into his room the next day while he was at school and took 2 more! They were so good that he was very stingy! Thanks for thinking of him! You are the BEST!
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