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February 19, 2007
Amazing Cookies
It was cold and windy today here in New York, and neither of us felt compelled to do anything. This is rare. Having just moved in, you would think we would be bounding around like jackrabbits hanging mirrors, art, towel racks, etc. No, today was Presidents’ Day. So as good Presidents, we took the day off. We read, surfed the web (Chis bought a new MacBook), and baked chocolate chip cookies.
Our dear friend AJ makes the best cookies in the world, and the second best fruit smoothies (sorry, dollface, but St Barts Café in Fort Lauderdale makes ‘em better). But since she won’t share her cookie recipe, I’ve been on the hunt for a great recipe. I made these today:
In a mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream together ¼ pound unsalted butter, ½ cup of white sugar, ½ cup of brown sugar. Add 1 egg. Mix 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp of flour, ½ tsp baking soda, and ½ tsp salt. Add to the butter mixture. Add 1 cup of chocolate chips. Bake in a 325F oven for about 10 minutes.
Credit to Andrew Zimbel at Amazing Foods, awesome caterers, who some of you may have enjoyed at our parties at the Schoolhouse.
One of AJ’s secrets is to use broken-up chocolate bars instead of chocolate chips. I used a Ghirardelli’s dark chocolate bar today. And I made 6 huge cookies, and baked them 20 minutes.
Chis says they are awesome, but not as good as AJ’s.
Posted by dave at February 19, 2007 06:07 PM