No matter what cool new recipes I find, Peter always gets most excited about chocolate chip cookies. Plain, old chocolate chip cookies (referred from here on out as CC cookies). I can't argue with tradition, and they are delicious. The difference between "fine" and "oh my God these are the BEST!" CC cookies is not a recipe, but techniques! I'm not going to regurgitate the recipe for chocolate chip cookies here. Buy a bag of chocolate chips, then follow the back. It's the best recipe and works perfectly every time. There are a couple of tricks that I find make the best cookies. Let's get baking!
First of all, did you know that you can make cookie dough ahead of time and store it in the frige or freezer in a tight container? Then you can bake off just a couple cookies at a time, or get a head start on that treat day you're supposed to be a part of in the middle of the busiest week ever.
Secondly, don't overbake your cookies. This means removing your cookies from the oven BEFORE they look done. They don't have to be raw, but when you take them out, you shouldn't think, "Hey, those look perfect" because think about it; the pan they are on is still hot. The cookies are still hot. IE, they are their own oven and will continue cooking until they cool. Science. If you follow this step, your CC cookies will be soft, chewy with a slightly crisp bottom, instead of a molar-breaking hard calorie bomb (It will still be a calorie bomb, I can't fix that).
Thirdly, utilize air cooling racks for reasons mentioned above, especially if your cookies get a little too done in the oven. Air can get underneath, so the heat will dissipate instead of sit under your cookie and steam them from the bottom up. That gives a mushy cookie...we want one that's....well, not mushy.
See? Moist, chewy, delicious chocolate chip cookies ARE possible! Good luck everyone!!
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