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The PERFECT Chocolate Chip Cookie

Two years ago, Bill and I went to Disneyworld to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!  I quickly discovered Minnie’s Bakeshop Chocolate Chunk cookies and have been pretty much obsessed with trying to find a way to either buy them online OR recreate them at home… my attempts have failed in creating the super high, moist, ultra chocolately, chewy cookie…

UNTIL NOW… I discovered the perfect recipe & technique inspired by Cookie Madness.  I tweaked the recipe a bit because I can never follow a recipe straight out of the book, but all the credit goes to Anna!

  • 6 ounces margarine, melted in microwave for 5 seconds
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 2 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
  • 1 T cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup m&ms or another chocolate candy mix-in

Beat the water, egg, vanilla.  I used a hand mixer but you could use a whisk. Add in the melted margarine using a spoon or form to combine.  Set aside the wet ingredients.  Now mix the dry using a hand mixer making sure to remove all lumps:  flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, brown sugar and powdered sugar together.  Pour the wet into the dry and combine until fully blended.  Now add in your chocolate chips & m&ms or other mix-ins.

Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.   Then, separate dough into 9 balls – I used an ice cream scooper.  I placed 4 on one greased cookie sheet and the other 5 on another cookie sheet and place in freezer for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Remove 1 cookie sheet from freezer and put right into oven to bake.  Bake for 15 minutes.  I did one cookie sheet at a time just so each one baked evenly.  After 15 minutes, take the cookie sheet out and push the cookies in to make them taller & fatter using a small spatula.  Put the cookie sheet back in the oven and bake for another 3 minutes.  Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a rack.  Repeat with the second cookie sheet.

Save some for now or freeze for later.  Anna says that freezer improves the texture of these cookies, I can’t attest to that just yet because Bill and I both enjoyed one right away and then placed the rest in the freezer for later.  I love the idea of freezing the rest of the cookies because there are days when, well let’s face it, you just want a homemade cookie :)

I know it’s Monday morning, but what better way to start your day thinking about cookies :)

Sweet Enough

Hi Everyone -
Sorry for taking a little break the last two weeks but I’ve been busy!  Busy around the house – we started quite a few outdoor projects on our house… and I’ve been tackling major cleaning and re-organizing on the inside… I reorganized my kitchen cabinets, which were a MESS!  My next plan is to tackle our master bathroom’s vanity which scares me!  But anyway, enough about that, I’ve been busy in the kitchen too :P )

I have been reading a lot of blogs lately (my collection keeps growing!!!) and found two recipes that I really wanted to try… I have been slacking in the “come up with your own recipe” area, but I really like using the blog as a way to share recipes that I have found and love with you, so I hope you appreciate this post…

The first recipe that I’d like to share is for these amazing blueberry crumb bars… I wouldn’t say they are dessert because they are not sweet except for the natural sweetness from the blueberries, although you could change that by bulking up the sugar content, but I really enjoyed them as a mid-am snack, plus the whole story behind the recipe is really sweet!  I followed everything to a T except I added a ton of cinnamon… hope ya’ll enjoy!

Then I also whipped up a batch of Angela’s 3 Ingredient Homemade Chocolate Covered Raisins except I primarily used almonds with some raisins mixed in :)   They came out delish and I like these because you can keep them in the fridge for when you just want a handful of something sweet…

The next item on my to-do list is cupcakes with some sort of flavor-enhanced buttercream icing for Father’s Day… I’m still in search of the perfect combination though but I’ll share with you as soon as I’ve got some ideas!