Cookie Talk

I want to talk cookies.

And given the nature of this blog, you might be wondering, "which cookie is she talking about?". No, for once I am not speaking of the metaphorical cookie, one's lady parts (though this brings up the point that "milkshake", "candy", and "cookie" all refer to various parts of the female anatomy in the same general region...and I think those monikers are far preferable to their more derogatory counterparts, don't you?) Anyhoo, I'm baking a lot this week, so I'm thinking literal cookies. And I have made a discovery:

The best chocolate chip cookie recipe is, by far, Nestle's. I'm not kidding, people. I tried out the recipe from Joy of Cooking, I tried out the recipe from How to Cook Everything. And by far and away, if you are a cookie monster like me, Nestle's has the competition beat. One alteration I make is that I seriously under cook my chocolate chip cookies. When they are browned only around the edges and still cream-colored in the middle, I take them out of the oven. The tops are still quite soft. As the cool, they are fall-apart-in-your-mouth soft, and not at all cakey (I don't like cakey cookies. If I want cake, I will eat cake. If I want cookie, I want them to melt in my mouth). People ask me what my secret is...and it's that simple (not much of a secret). So here's the recipe from the back of the Nestle's bag. Sometimes the best things in life are the most simple...

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/original-nestle-toll-house-chocolate-chip-cookies/Detail.aspx

More soon.

FG