So, I work with a super fun gal named Lesa. She says she is a ‘traditional’ eater, but
others would call it picky. She doesn’t
like frosting on cake! She’s crazy in my
book just for that. A few weeks ago she
informed me that she likes Chocolate Chip Cookies BUT without the Chocolate
Chips. A few others told her she was nuts,
but I thought – ‘that could be fun to do’.
I made the same Chocolate Chips Cookie recipe that I used
for Jacob’s Birthday cake. But instead
of making giant cookies, I used my cookie scooper and made about 4 dozen normal
sized cookies.
It seemed like something was missing (duh, the chocolate chips)
so I sprinkled a little sugar on top of each before baking.
This finished product was a very soft and chewy cookie with a
brown sugar taste; sweeter than a sugar cookie.
Now, if not everyone is a ‘traditional’ eater, you could do 1 or 2 dozen
with no chocolate chips and throw in chips for the last 2 dozen.
They seemed to disappear pretty quickly at work so that is a
good sign. Give it a try!
(makes 4
dozen cookies)
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp
baking soda
1 tsp salt
6 tbsp
unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups
packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup
sugar
3 tsp pure
vanilla extract
2 large
eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
3/4 cup
heavy cream
3 cups
semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven
to 350 degrees.
Whisk flour,
baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
Mix butter, brown
and granulated sugars until combined and fluffy. Add in vanilla, eggs, and yolks and mix until
combined.
Reduce speed
and add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the heavy cream.
If using
Chocolate Chips, add them into the batter.
Use a
tablespoon or cookie scooper to drop dough onto cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper). Bake for 10-12 minutes or golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet and allow cookies to
cool on wire rack. Cookies are very
soft; avoid stacking them if you can – they may stick together.
And…I better
wrap this up with a picture of our puppy, Henry. He jumped right up into this chair on our
deck to ‘help’ me grill. He kinda blends
in with the chair. He’s getting so big but still very much a puppy. Love him.
Thanks for
stopping by!