I only use one particular type of margarine (Imperial Margarine) and it has to be softened to the exact texture. (Seriously, any other butter just won't make it the same!) I put the ingredients in exactly the same way every time, and I beat the batter extra long when I add the eggs until it is creamy and fluffy. There is no special bowl just for the dry ingredients either. I just throw them all in after mixing the wet stuff. Then, the final, most special, touch... milk chocolate chips. There is just something about the smooth, creaminess of the milk chocolate chips over semisweet that just puts it over the top. It doesn't compare.
Placing a couple of cookies on a saucer with a cup of milk makes it the perfect evening snack while watching a movie. Take a look for yourself:
Doesn't that just make you want one? Tonight's batch was extra good. Sometimes they just turn out better than any other batch, and these were just that kind of batch. They were perfect in texture going on the cookie sheet and fluffy and light coming out of the oven and when they cooled, they flattened out to just the perfect thickness. Chewy and soft with stringy chocolate chips. Tomorrow evening I will have a large group of women over to my house to share in these cookies as a dessert. My husband was lucky to get these two.
There is something about a good chocolate chip cookies that is comforting. It makes me feel at home, no matter where I am. I know that wherever these cookies are made, they are for those that I love. Knowing that those I love enjoy them makes them even more special.
Do you have a special "comfort" recipe? Is it your own creation, or one that you have made so many times it has become yours?
It's too late for me to think about recipes. But I have to agree with you on the MILK chocolate chips. Anything else just ruins the cookie. Actually, I'd eat the dough (or cookie) without any chocolate chips before I'd eat them with semi-sweet.
ReplyDeleteYum! I love those perfect batches when the cookies come out exactly the right texture. We made chocolate chip cookies Sunday night and the kids gobbled up the leftover dough before I could bake a second batch. Now your blog post has me craving chocolate chip cookies all over again. :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite comfort food recipes is a super simple vegetable soup with celery, carrots, peas, green beans, and potatoes. It is especially yummy with biscuits or dumplings, and works well with whatever veggies are in season. For the broth we use our favorite Edward & Sons "Not-Chick'n" bouillon . Once all the veggies are tender, stir in 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast per quart of broth and scoop out about 1 cup of veggies + 1/2 cup of the broth to toss in the blender before returning them to the soup pot for the final simmer. So yummy and easy to throw together when nothing else sounds good.
Variety, I so agree! I would eat the dough without chips before adding the semi sweet. My hubby would disagree! He loves semi sweet and dark chocolate!
ReplyDeleteViolet, that sounds so yummy! I will have to try it. I have enjoyed the food you have introduced me to so far! Mmmm!