Uncle Jesse!

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unclejesse

My mom has been on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe! She has tried about 6 but doesn't think she's found "the one" yet- do you know of any great recipes or have any special tips?

Or anybody else have a good recipe she should try?

We definitely feel like the cookie episode from Friends

[devotchka]

This isn't a plain choc chip but it looks AMAZING. I am dying to try it

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

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May 14, 2013 22:31:33 GMT -5 devotchka said:

This isn't a plain choc chip but it looks AMAZING. I am dying to try it

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Funny! Her favorite choice right now is a brown butter/sea salt recipe but it doesn't have Nutella.

[devotchka]

May 14, 2013 22:32:57 GMT -5 ladybug said:

May 14, 2013 22:31:33 GMT -5 devotchka said:

This isn't a plain choc chip but it looks AMAZING. I am dying to try it

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Funny! Her favorite choice right now is a brown butter/sea salt recipe but it doesn't have Nutella.

and you know what happens to anything when you add nutella to it....

[unclejesse]

Well, I'm a loohoohooser that is just seeing this thread.

I can give you some tips and some direction with making an amazing cookie!

1. Make sure your butter (yes REAL butter) is soft. I recommend pulling it out a few hours before making your cookies.
2. When creaming your butter and sugar, do it only until it starts to become a bit "fluffy". If you overcream this, your cookies will spread a lot.
3. Always add a bit more salt than it calls for. Do NOT do this if you are using salted butter.
4. Blend your dry ingredients before adding them to the batter.  Add the chocolate just before the dry ingredients have fully incorporated.  If you over mix your dough after adding the flour, the cookies can get tough.
5. Chocolate counts. The better your chocolate is, the better cookie you'll have.
6. Pull your cookies out of the oven when they look almost done.  Carryover baking will set them and this will ensure you have chewy cookies.

I recently read that adding a pinch of nutmeg to cookies brings out the butter flavor in them.  I have not tried this but it does sound interesting.

Let me know if I can help anymore!

[TrudyCampbell]

May 14, 2013 22:31:33 GMT -5 devotchka said:

This isn't a plain choc chip but it looks AMAZING. I am dying to try it

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made these!! They were kind of involved (for me) but SO DELICIOUS! And just before I put them in the oven I thought they were going to be a disaster and they came out sooo amazing.

[mala]

I've been loving the recipe out of the baking illustrated cookbook. I use toffee chips, chocolate chips, and nuts. I also have a book called "got milk?" That has awesome CCCs.

[vthokie]

May 14, 2013 22:28:11 GMT -5 ladybug said:

unclejesse

My mom has been on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe! She has tried about 6 but doesn't think she's found "the one" yet- do you know of any great recipes or have any special tips?

Or anybody else have a good recipe she should try?

We definitely feel like the cookie episode from Friends

I saw the preview of this thread and automatically said...Nes-laaay Toll-oose.

[devotchka]

May 15, 2013 19:15:00 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

May 14, 2013 22:31:33 GMT -5 devotchka said:

This isn't a plain choc chip but it looks AMAZING. I am dying to try it

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made these!! They were kind of involved (for me) but SO DELICIOUS! And just before I put them in the oven I thought they were going to be a disaster and they came out sooo amazing.

OMG now I want to make them even more...

[steph196]

I read the title of this thread and thought that you met Uncle Jesse, from Full House ! Haha! I was going to be quite envious of you Ladybug!

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Wait ... so it needs to be explicitly specified that you need to use real butter? What the hell are people using instead?

[monkeybabe]

May 16, 2013 0:45:08 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Wait ... so it needs to be explicitly specified that you need to use real butter? What the hell are people using instead?

I know a lot of people that use margarine. Margarine is so gross.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

May 16, 2013 0:46:18 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

May 16, 2013 0:45:08 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Wait ... so it needs to be explicitly specified that you need to use real butter? What the hell are people using instead?

I know a lot of people that use margarine. Margarine is so gross.

I mean, margarine exists here, too, but not in forms convenient enough to make you think, "Oh, this would be a great thing to bake with!"

There are no Country Crock tubs around here.

[mala]

Are you looking for thick and chewy, thick and crunchy, thin and chewy, thin and crunchy?

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May 16, 2013 10:31:53 GMT -5 mala said:

Are you looking for thick and chewy, thick and crunchy, thin and chewy, thin and crunchy?

I think she wants thick and chewy

[monkeybabe]

Refrigerate the dough! It's important!

[unclejesse]

May 16, 2013 12:08:39 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Refrigerate the dough! It's important!

This. I almost always have cookie dough slugs in my freezer to pull out and bake whenever I want cookies.

[monkeybabe]

May 16, 2013 12:10:28 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

May 16, 2013 12:08:39 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Refrigerate the dough! It's important!

This. I almost always have cookie dough slugs in my freezer to pull out and bake whenever I want cookies.

Yeah, I make the dough, use a scoop and line the little dudes up on a baking sheet, and refrigerate until they've hardened up enough to throw in a bag, and into the freezer they go.

[mala]

2oz (1/2 stick) of butter
6 tbls white sugar
6 tbls packed light brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg

1 C plus 2 tbls AP flour
1/2 tsp baking soda

1 C chocolate chips or chunks
1 C nuts (optional)

375*F 10-12min

This is from the "got milk?" Cookbook which is apparently out of print.