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Another Chewy… I Mean Really Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

zesty — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:35:41 +0000

Middle of the week is here. Can you believe it? The basement renovation is coming along quite nicely with really no hiccups in sight. Floor is almost completed and we are moving on to trimming out the windows and doors today. Yesterday was a snow day around here with school cancelled and what better thing to do on a snow day than bake cookies.

Not just any cookies I might add, a chewy chocolate chip cookie. I was perusing Jenna’s blog, Eat Live Run, and I came across her favorite chocolate chip cookie. I quickly looked at one of my chewy chocolate chip cookie and compared the ingredients and thought…. Heck I am going to try hers. There were a couple of slight variations that definitely warranted a test in the kitchen. I knew the builders would eat the cookies so I would not have to eat the whole batch.

The big difference that I noted was “DARK” brown sugar. This created a complex deep sweetness and ensures the cookies stays soft and chewy. It really does!

Ingredients

21/2 Cups all purpose flour
1 Tsp. baking soda
1 Tsp. sea salt
1 Tsp. vanilla extract
2 Cups packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 Cup butter, softened
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each one. Add the vanilla and mix gently to combine.
Add the flour to the butter and mix.
Carefully stir in the chocolate chips.
Bake at 350 for about twelve minutes, or until golden.
ENJOY!

Zesty Tip: Do not over cream the butter and sugar… there is no need as the cookie will smear all over the pan and you will make pancakes.

Alright, so the end results were astonishing. I am not sure if I ever baked a better chocolate chip cookie before. My hat goes off to Jenna for sharing this recipe and forcing me to buy dark brown sugar. These are a definite keeper. A slight variation if you were so adventurous would be to toss in a bag of dark chocolate chips and you could almost call them healthy.

Have an awesome Wednesday. Stay tuned for some basement pics in the coming week.

Take care

zesty

Super Star Sugar Cookies

zesty — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Hi ALl, I have a repost for today. Just traveling back home from Philly this morning and I really didn’t have much time to prepare anything new and fun. The conference was very busy but enjoyable, however looking to get back home to see the little turkies and Mrs. Zesty. Enjoy the sugar cookies and I will see you on Monday.

Do you like cookies? I love them and these may be the best darn sugar cookies you ever sunk your teeth, gums or dentures into. Now I can not take full credit as it is my Mom’s recipe but when these sugar cookies are cooked right – these are definitely super star cookies.

These sugar cookies are not difficult to make and I love how chewy they are. Have these along side a tall chilled glass of milk and you’ll never turn back!

Ingredients

1 1/2 Cups butter, softened
2 Cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 Tsp. vanilla extract
5 Cups all-purpose flour
2 Tsp. baking powder
1 Tsp. salt

Method

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter.
Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven.
Cool completely.

Zesty Tip: When asked to preheat your oven in the recipe, ensure you follow those directions and do not start the baking process before the oven is preheated.

Things are looking up. I hope you have a great day and let me know what you think of these cookies.

Take care

zesty

Toffee Chocolate Chip { Cookies }

zesty — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:00:05 +0000

Good morning you! Big day in Zesty land today. It’s Mrs. Zesty birthday today!! We don’t have much time after work to celebrate but we will squeeze in some time around supper time to have some fun with the family. Lately it seems there is not enough hours in the day to get everything done but hopefully that is just a phase.

On to some cookies ( YUM ). Another cookie we brought for the bake sale last week were Toffee Chocolate Chip cookies. I really enjoyed the flavor but most of all the texture. They were soft and chewy with the amazing flavor of toffee and chocolate. Needless to say the remaining cookies that did not make the bake sale… lasted all of 2 hours on the counter.

Ingredients

2/3 Cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 Cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 2/3 Cups All purpose flour
1/2 Tsp. Baking soda
1/2 Tsp. Salt
1/2 Cup Toffee bits
1/2 Cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, beat butter with both sugars until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla
Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture until combined.
Toss in toffee bits and chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded teaspoon onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.
Bake in oven until golden about 10-12 minutes.
Let cool on pan and then transfer to cooling rack.

Zesty Tip: Making these cookies in multiple batches was a way to experiment with timing and baking of the cookie. I preferred the texture around the 9 minute mark especially after they cooled. They stayed soft and chewy.

Ok so Monday is here, let’s make the best of it! The weather is sub-par and has been for as long as I can remember. I need to get the garden planted but am getting a little leery that time is passing. I may start some plants off as opposed to the seed. I will touch base with you on Wednesday.

Take care

zesty