Every night after the kids are put into bed and we've cleaned up all the dishes from dinner, its finally my time to relax and eat what I want to eat without sharing my food! This is such an exciting part of my day that I look forward to from the time I wake up sometimes. Depending on how the day is going. I know you other parents out there can relate. I just feel like my evening is not satisfied until I have a little sweet treat and I'm always craving a good cookie.
Cookies are so easy to make and so easy to store them. I'll bake a batch and then usually freeze them to keep them fresh. I hate eating cookies the next day because they just don't taste as good. So whenever you want a fresh cookie just take however many you would like out of the freezer and let it defrost for just a few minutes or zap it in the microwave which I believe is even better. Especially with chocolate chip cookies. It taste like they just came out of the oven and the chocolate is kind of melty. So yummy!
So I tried making a new recipe of chocolate chip cookies. Every one is always looking for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe. And there are so many recipes that say the best chocolate chip cookies. But everyone has their own preferences when it comes to how they like their chocolate chip cookies. I don't really have a preference. I just want them to taste really good. So I'm always trying new chocolate chip recipes and I found one on
www.TheFugalGirls.com. It's a Land O Lakes butter recipe. So they are called Chewy Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies
I wanted them to come out a little thicker but that's okay they were still delicious. I use unsalted butter when I bake and that recipe uses salted butter. I prefer to use unsalted and then I added about 1/2 tsp of kosher salt to the recipe if you are using unsalted butter. Salt really makes a difference especially with chocolate. They turned out so big. Here is what they looked like on the cookie sheet. I used an ice cream scoop to measure out the dough. At first I didnt' think I was a huge fan of these cookies. I'm extremely critical of what I make and wasn't going to blog about these cookies because they didn't come out perfect but I'm trying to not be so hard on myself. So every night when my husband and I finally got some time to ourselves I pulled out one of these cookies from the freezer and warmed it up in the microwave for a few seconds. These cookies come out a little gooey in the middle and the taste of the dark chocolate (love dark chocolate) and that hint of kosher salt really brings all the flavors together. So good and now I'm sad to say that they are all gone. I think or I should say I know I ate the whole batch of cookies to myself and only gave my kids one. Just ask my husband :) I work hard all day I deserve it. So I guess this means I will have to make a new batch of cookies so I have something to look forward to at the end of the day. Check out the recipe on
www.TheFrugalGirls.com to get the recipe.
