Zesty Cook » chocolate chips http://zestycook.com Food made simple. Food you love. Food you eat. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:15:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The “Everything” Cookie http://zestycook.com/the-everything-cookie/ http://zestycook.com/the-everything-cookie/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:54 +0000 zesty http://zestycook.com/?p=6629 Happy Monday! Last night Zesty Junior approached me and asked if we could make a special dessert.  Of course I said sure buddy tell me what you are thinking.  Well Dad, remember those butterscotch chips I found in the pantry?  I was thinking we could make a cookie using those because nobody has ever done [...]]]>

Happy Monday!

Last night Zesty Junior approached me and asked if we could make a special dessert.  Of course I said sure buddy tell me what you are thinking.  Well Dad, remember those butterscotch chips I found in the pantry?  I was thinking we could make a cookie using those because nobody has ever done that before.  Sounds good, I said – let’s get at it.

Before getting right into the batter, I took a spin around the blogsphere for some interesting butterscotch chip cookie recipes.  I came up with a few but none that really blew my mind.  The I stopped over at The Pioneer Woman to see what she had in the cookie department.  Needless to say this was my last stop on the tour.  I stumbled onto her Monster Cookie and fell in love.  I altered it quite a bit from some of the add-ons as I didnt have them on hand and of course we had to use the main star ” butterscotch chips”  but other than that followed her recipe to a “T”.  As they were baking in the oven the whole gang was wondering when they would be ready.

The smell was amazing.  After about 11 minutes I removed them from the oven and let them rest for a minute and then moved them to a cooling rack.  Let’s be honest here….. they did not sit on the cooling rack for more than a minute.  We tossed some on a plate poured 4 glasses of milk and devoured the cookies.  Consensus in the room were 4 thumbs up!  I tested 4 cookies just to make sure they were all good..

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks (1/2 Pound) Butter (salted) Softened
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 1-1/2 Cup Brown Sugar, Packed
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 Tbsp.Vanilla Extract
  • 1-1/2 Cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1 Tsp. Baking Powder
  • 2 Tsp. Kosher Salt
  • 1-1/2 Cup Oats (either Quick Or Regular)
  • 1/2 Cup Smarties
  • 1/2 Cup Butterscotch chips
  • 3/4 Cups Chocolate Chips (milk Or Semi-sweet)
  • 2-1/4 Cups Rice Krispies

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Cream butter with sugars until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat.
  3. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt. Add to mixing bowl and mix till combined.
  4. After that, add in remaining ingredients in whatever quantity you prefer. The chocolate butterscotch additions can be added to your liking.
  5. Add Rice Krispies at the very end, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix!
  6. Use a spoon to drop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown, then allow to cool on a rack.

Zesty Tip: Don’t overcook this fellas.  One batch I left in a little longer and they crisp up on the bottom pretty quickly.  Unless you like a crunchy cookie – watch out  for these in the oven.  I would go 11 minutes tops.

Alright, well I am a bit behind schedule today.  I have a tonne of things to wrap up before I leave for California tomorrow.  I will see you on Wednesday from sunny Anaheim with another update.  Have a great start to the week and keep smiling.

Take care

zesty

2 sticks (1/2 Pound) Butter (salted) Softened

1/2 Cup White Sugar

1-1/2 Cup Brown Sugar, Packed

2 whole Large Eggs

1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

1-1/2 Cup All-purpose Flour

1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda

1 Tsp. Baking Powder

2 Tsp. Kosher Salt

1-1/2 Cup Oats (either Quick Or Regular)

1/2 Cup Smarties

1/2 Cup Butterscotch chips

3/4 Cups Chocolate Chips (milk Or Semi-sweet)

2-1/4 Cups Rice Krispies

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]]> http://zestycook.com/the-everything-cookie/feed/ 5 Finally A Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie http://zestycook.com/finally-a-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookie/ http://zestycook.com/finally-a-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookie/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:00:27 +0000 zesty http://zestycook.com/?p=5749 The finally portion of this post title is for me.  I have been telling myself what feels like years that I am going to make a gluten free cookie to share with you and my family.  Finally the time has come where I did it and I was totally surprised by the results.  Not that [...]]]>

The finally portion of this post title is for me.  I have been telling myself what feels like years that I am going to make a gluten free cookie to share with you and my family.  Finally the time has come where I did it and I was totally surprised by the results.  Not that I thought they would taste terrible but I was not expecting that they would be this yummy.

To put it in perspective, they lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes.  zesty juniors, Mrs zesty and a couple of zesty in laws popped over after the cookies made their way out of the oven and every one gave the thumbs up.  I had to improvise slightly with the recipe as I found it was a little dry prior to adding the chips.  That is when I went with the yogurt addition.  As I said earlier, the results were very positive.

When I took them out of the oven I was a bit skeptical.  They were very delicate and I thought maybe I made them too thin.  Zesty junior was the first tester and my biggest critic.  His face said it all and as he placed the cookie on the counter and immediately placed “two” thumbs up – I knew we had a winner.

I am not gloating by any stretch but I seriously suggest to try these cookies.  For the recipe, I had put a number of recipes together based on the ingredients I had on hand.  In the end I used this recipe as a guide and modified a few ingredients based on taste and added in the yogurt.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup butter (softened)
  • 11/4 Cup  rice flour
  • 1/2  Cup white sugar
  • 1/2 Cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. Plain Yogurt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 Tsp. Baking soda
  • 1/2 Tsp. Baking powder
  • 1 Bag chocolate chips

Method

  1. In a bowl beat butter,flour, sugars, egg, baking soda and powder with an electric mixer until well blended.
  2. Add yogurt and mix until thoroughly combined.
  3. Add in chocolate chips and mix with a fork.

  4. Drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet ( makes about 24 normal size cookies – I made 16 )  I also flattened them down a little so they would be thin and chewy.

  5. Bake at 375 for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned.
  6. ENJOY!

Zesty Tip: I added sliced almonds to the second batch and made them slightly larger.  They puffed up slightly higher but still had the soft texture.  The almonds added a nice crunch and texture.  In the future, if no one was looking I would add the almonds every time.

Have a super Wednesday!  I cannot believe the week  is half over already.  Stay tuned on Friday as I announce the final arrangements for the Disney World trip and a very special thanks to a fellow blogger.  Talk to you on Friday.

Take care

zesty

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I hope you survived Halloween.  In the new house, for our first Halloween we had 5 kids.  Yes you read that right!  Living on a quiet street makes for a quiet Halloween with a lot of “junk food” leftover.

What do you think of that name for a cookie?  Clever?  I think so…. but whatever name you put on these morsels of crunch doesn’t really matter.  Last week, one evening zesty junior and I whipped up a batch of these for so called “dessert”.  We wanted something easy and quick so we could eat even faster.  The ingredient list is pretty simple and we had everything in stock.

They took all of 5 minutes to prepare which is so my style.  Zesty Mother in Law makes a very similar cookie to this and I seem to devour those when I visit – so I had a good idea my taste buds would approve.

Tell me what you think of these.  I decided to go back with some step by step pictures.


Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup butter
  • 1 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tsp. Vanilla
  • 1 1/4 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 2 Cups of Rice Krispies ( you can also add rainbow bit rice krispies as I did here in the video)
  • 1 Cup Chocolate Chips

Method

  1. Preheat the Oven to 350 Degrees and lightly grease two sheet pans
  2. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

  3. Beat in egg and vanilla.  Sift over the flour, baking soda and salt; fold in.
  4. Add the cereal and chocolate chips.  Stir to mix thoroughly.

    5. Zesty Junior - loves chocolate chips.... leftover stash

  5. Drop spoonfuls of the dough on the prepared sheets.

  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  7. ENJOY!

Zesty Tip: For even crunchier cookies add 1/2 cup of walnuts, coarsely chopped with the cereal and chocolate chips.

OK, I have to head to a couple of meetings and if I soon do not stop typing I will be late.  Have a super Monday and I will talk to you mid week for some more fun.

Take care

zesty

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