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The Best Chocolate Chip Recipe on the Planet

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By Mavis Butterfield on June 5, 2013 · 10 Comments

Okay, so maybe saying this recipe for chocolate chip cookies is the best one on the planet is setting the bar kind of high. But I’m old and I’ve been baking chocolate cookies for a loooong time and this recipe my friend, is the best ever. Seriously.

There is one tiny trick though. I FREEZE my cookie dough first. Yep. I think it’s the key to getting the perfect outer crunch and a soft center to my cookies. So go ahead and whip up this dough, scoop it into dough balls and freeze it overnight {or for up to 3 months}. Then, when you are ready to bake some cookies, add an extra minute to the baking time. That’s it. That’s my cool trick to making the best chocolate chip cookies on the planet.

Pretty easy huh? Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/3 cups unsifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate baking chips {Ghirardelli are my favorite}

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In large mixing bowl, mix the butter with the sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until nice and creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla, one at a time. Mix on low speed until incorporated. Gradually add in the flour, baking soda and salt into the creamed mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips. Drop heaping 2 tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on lined baking sheets {I use silpats}. I usually only place 6 cookies at a time on a pan.

Bake 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool and then transfer to a wire rack. Makes 2 dozen large cookies or 4 dozen regular sized cookies

Looking or more cookie recipes? Check out the book Milk & Cookies it’s pretty freakin’ delicious.

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Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies with Apricots and Walnuts

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By Mavis Butterfield on May 7, 2013 · 6 Comments

Cookies for breakfast? Oh heck ya! These oatmeal cookies have eggs, oatmeal, apricots and nuts in them. Sounds like a pretty good breakfast to me. Grab a few of these babies and a cup of tea {or coffee} and you’ll power through your morning.

Cookies. The breakfast of champions.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 ggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats {I used regular but you can also use quick}
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dried fruit, chopped {I used apricots}
1/2 cup nuts, chopped {I used walnuts}
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugars. Add the eggs and the vanilla. Stir until nice and smooth. Set aside.

In another bowl combine the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Slowly add the dry mixture into the wet and stir until just combined. Fold in the dried fruit, nuts and chocolate chips. Chill dough for 30 minutes.

Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, drop cookie dough on to a lined cookie sheet {I use silpats} and bake for 11-13 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned. If you like cookies on the crisp side add another minute or two.

Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a wire rack before placing then in an airtight container.

This recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Dear Diary,

It is 4 pm and I am still in my pajamas. Clearly it’s too late to get bother with a shower or putting real clothes on, so I might as grab a half dozen of these delicious apple cinnamon cookies I just made and pop in a movie.

Yee-Haw! I love lazy Sunday afternoons.

Ingredients
2 medium apples, peeled, diced {I used granny smith}
1 cup {2 sticks} unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 cup raisins
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 cup oats, old fashioned or quick cooking
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugars. Add the eggs and the vanilla. Stir until nice and smooth. Set aside.

In another bowl combine the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Slowly add the dry mixture into the wet and stir until just combined. Do not over mix. Next, stir in the raisins and apple bits. Chill for 30 minutes.

Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a wire rack before placing then in an airtight container.

This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.

Looking for more cookie recipes? Check out the Taste of Home: Cookies cookbook. It’s pretty awesome.

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Peanut Butter & Nutella Cookies

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By Mavis Butterfield on March 18, 2013 · 11 Comments

Ding Ding Ding… We have a winner! This afternoon I made the monkeys a batch of peanut butter and Nutella cookies and boy were they delicious.

Milk and cookies, does it get any better than that?

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter {I used Jif}
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-pourpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Nutella

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl combine the butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla and blend until smooth. Slowly add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix until all the ingredients all combined.

Drop spoonfuls of Nutella on top of the dough and then swirl it through the dough with the back of a spoon.

Use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop to get the perfect sized dough balls, then roll the ball in coarse or granulated sugar. Place on a lined baking sheet {I use silpats} and press the tops of the cookies down the a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 8- 10 minutes.

Makes 4 dozen

Looking or more cookie recipes? Check out the book Milk & Cookies it’s pretty freakin’ delicious.

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