What could possibly be more fundamental to any housewife worth her fashionable apron than a good chocolate chip cookie? ย While I am probably quite a few years away from any kind of housewife status, every time I make cookies ย I like to imagine myself serving warm chocolate chip cookies to beaming children and friends as I smile coyly and say, โoh no, they were no trouble at all. So easy.โ That, in my mind, is a true picture of domestic bliss.
I have a small obsession chocolate chip cookies, but honestly, I doubt that I am alone. There’s something about the combination of butter, sugar, and chocolate that just turns magical when mixed up and baked into an amazing cookie creation. It’s true, I’ve met a few versions that put a bad name on chocolate chip cookies, but I still believe that they are the pinnacle of dessert confections. And yet, everywhere I turn there are differentย recipesย promising “the best chocolate chip cookie.” Apparently there are endless ways to make amazing cookies even more amazing.
Mondayย marks the beginning of a 5-day-long quest to develop the best chocolate chip cookies. All week long we’ll be testing recipes and posting about them on The Fashionable Plate. And because everyone has a different ideal for cookies, I’ll be trying recipes to fit every crunchy, chewy, soft, and unique cookie lover’s dream. I will be baking a new recipe every day and posting the results here, so get ready to pull out your mixer and try some new takes on an old classic!
And if anyone has a nagging issue with their cookies that they want help with, or a great idea for their favorite version of chocolate chip cookies, leave us a comment and let us know!
The lineup is…
Monday: chewy cookies
Tuesday: crunchy cookies
Wednesday: soft cookies
Thursday: lace-chocolate cookies
Friday: cool cookie flavor variations
This post, and the Cookie Week posts, are written by Nell Birch, a high school senior in Boston, who is spending her final month of school in an independent learning project related to ย cooking and the fine art of food blogging! ย Many thanks to Nell and The Winsor School for her contributions to this blog and especially to our kitchen!
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