Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love sugar just as much as the next girl, but works cannot even describe my love affair with brown sugar. It's dark. It's rich. It makes me feel good. It's pretty much the perfect life partner.

Am I right, or am I right?


Ingredients:

• 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 rounded cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Throw the butter in a bowl.

Add the brown sugar.

Now the baking soda and the salt. Every sweet needs a little salty. Mix until creamy.

Add the eggs one at a time, continuing to mix.

Add the flour and mix.

Mmmmmm...vanilla. Throw that in there and mix some more.

Buy the good stuff. It's worth the extra $.32.

Now throw a whole cup in there. That's right. A whole cup of good, quality chocolate. Using a wooden spoon, fold mixture together.

While there's nothing wrong with large cookies, these are super-rich, so we want them to be more bite-sized. These pieces of dough were about the size of a ping pong ball. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Come.to.mamma.

Love and brown sugar,

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Show me a man (or woman) who does not love chocolate chip cookies, and I will show you a man (or a woman) with severe emotional issues. Either that, or they're dieting. Neither one of those are acceptable. We will fix the emotional wound of time and sabotage the diet with this classic.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter (now, the bag will say to use softened butter, but I wouldn't suggest it. I've found that when I use the butter cold, it tastes SIGNIFICANTLY better. I've read that melting the butter can kill some of the taste. Yes, it's annoying, but either buy a mixer or look at it like a great workout.)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375° F. 
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. 
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, depending on your oven. I always under cook mine and let them sit before serving them. When you cook them until they're "golden brown" like the bag says, they're great right away, but get hard and crusty within the hour. If you're looking for "long term" cookies (cookies you pack in lunches or serve a day or two later), under cook them. They'll stay soft and yummy.

Nothing is better than chocolate chip cookies. Period. And I've tried every recipe in the book. This is the best.


Love and a glass of milk,

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