Cookie Comfort

 

****In honor of the Fourth of July being well, today as I edit this post, I thought it was appropriate to post something that celebrated America like these All-American Chocolate Chip cookies!****

There's something comforting about walking into a room or a house that smells like cookies baking in the oven.  It's a warm, inviting aroma that entices you to wait until the cookies are cool enough to eat.... and then devour about ten of them.

I decided to make cookies today and I seem to had forgotten about the certain sweet smell of them baking in the oven.  I only did notice the aroma when I ran outside for a quick second and when I walked back into the kitchen--BAM sweet warm smelling chocolate chip cookies in the oven waiting for me to enjoy with a cold glass of milk.

I also had forgotten how difficult it was to make cookies by hand! I couldn't use an electric mixer because the one that I have is on it's last leg and might have spontaneously combusted while using it, so I mixed everything by hand with a wooden spoon!  This might not be so difficult for some people, but I'm a pretty small girl and after adding over two cups of flour, the dough gets pretty tough to mix!

I know there are a ton of chocolate chip cookies recipes out there, but to me, this type of cookie never gets old.  It's a classic cookie that pretty much everyone on the face of the planet loves.  When I make them, I usually use the same two recipes every time, but for whatever reason they come out looking different each time!  This time they are pretty tall and a bit cakey (which I'm not complaining about!).  One recipe I use is from my aunt and the other is from a cookbook called The Cookie Cookbook, which is the recipe I used this time.


All-American Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 pack semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat to 350 F

Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl

Cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.  Add the flour (I did in 3 segments) to the butter mixture until well blended.  Stir in the chocolate chips.

Drop dough about 1/2 in in diameter onto lined cookies sheet (I used parchment paper) and bake for about 12-14 minutes or until golden looking.  Transfer to a cooling rack (or onto another piece of parchment paper) and enjoy once cool enough to eat!