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Marble Chocolate Chip cookies

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I could not decide whether to make chocolate chip cookies or chocolate chocolate chip cookies, so I decided to do both – and make marble chocolate chip cookies.  I know it needed to marble them more, but I believe they are just fine.

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from you flour bag/cocoa container into your measuring cups/measuring spoons so you get the right amount. I also recommend chilling the dough so the cookies don’t spread as much.  Also preheat your oven before baking so it cycles to the right temp for baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 2/3 cups plus 2 tbs flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 6 tbs baking cocoa
  • 1 cup chocolate chips, divided

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in 2 2/3 cups flour and baking soda.   Divide dough evenly into 2 bowls.  In one bowl, blend in 2 tbs flour, then mix in 1/2 cup chips.  In the other bowl, blend in cocoa then mix in 1/2 cup chocolate chips.

  Scoop out 2 tbs  dough from each bowl.

Combine one of each into one cookie, form a tall mound and chill a few hours. 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 13 minutes until chocolate chip side has golden patches.  

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Chocolate chip cookies made with melted butter

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I decided to make chocolate chip cookies with melted butter because I was in a hurry.  They are a little flatter than I prefer my cookies to be, but I think they are just fine.

Sometimes I like to change up the sweeteners (sugars).  This time, I used less sugar and added some maple syrup.  You could use honey or corn syrup instead.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend freezing the individual doughs for 30 to 45 minutes or chill them in the fridge for a few hours to keep them from spreading too much. And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, melted and cooled 10 minutes
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, vanilla and maple syrup.  Fold in dry ingredients.   If dough seems a little dry, add a tbs or two of water.  Mix in chips. Scoop our 1/4 cups of dough.  Freeze 30 minutes or chill a few hours in fridge.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on it.  Bake 11 to 14 minutes (no longer).  Cool completely.    Pop cookies in the fridge if you think they seem too gushy.  Store in covered container. 

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Chocolate Chip Cookies with finely ground pecans

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Before the temps go over 100 again, I wanted to bake some cookies.  I added finely ground pecans to chocolate chip cookies.  The recipe is from my friend, Jeff’s mom.  She was an incredibly, kind, sweet lady and I was grateful she gave me this recipe.  She made these before a bunch of us went to the U2 concert in 1992 in Toronto.  I still remember how good they were. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans, finely ground

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and vanilla.  Mix in eggs.  Fold in flour and cornstarch.  Blend in chips and pecans.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.   Chill individual doughs in fridge for a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies of sheet, leaving space because these spread a little.  Bake 11 to 15 minutes, no longer.   Let cookies cool.  You can pop them in the fridge to firm then up.  Store in covered container.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Rob requested chocolate chip cookie bars.  He will only eat one, so the rest will come in to work with me tomorrow.  These are easy to make and are a big hit.   Instead of scooping and baking cookies on a few cookie sheets, you just spread the dough in one baking pan and bake. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted and cooled for 10 minutes
  • 1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed into your measuring cup)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into measuring cups so you get the right amount)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips.  Evenly spread dough into prepared 9×13 pan.  Sprinkle remaining 1 cup chips on top and gently press down into dough. Bake 26 to 28 minutes, no longer.  (Edges will be golden brown).  Cool completely.  Cut and store in covered container.

Fudgy brownies filled with chocolate chip cookies and topped with melted Hershey Kisses

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When it’s 100 degrees outside, some people may hesitate wanting to turn on their oven.  I am NOT one of those people.   So today, I made fudgy brownies, pressed pieces of chocolate chip cookie dough on top and topped them with melted hershey kisses after they are baked and cooled.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flower bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also preheat your oven before baking so it bakes these treats properly.

  • Chocolate chip cookie ingredients
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar,firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, butter and brown sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients.  Fold in chips.  Set aside

  • Brownies ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 1/2 cups flour (scooped from flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.  Set aside.  In a bowl, blend melted butter and sugar.  Add baking cocoa and vanilla, then eggs, one at a time.  Blend well.  Mix in remaining dry ingredients.   Evenly spread into prepared pan.

Spread pieces of cookie dough on top. 

Bake 27 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  

Top with melted chocolate. 

Browned butter/bread flour chocolate chip cookies

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Another variation of chocolate chip cookies.  These use browned butter and bread flour.  The bread flour makes the cookies thick and chewy.  I used a combo of semisweer chocolate and mini chocolate chips.

Browned butter is super simple to make.  You cook the butter over low-medium heat until little brown specs appear.  It take 8 to 10 minutes. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount.  I also recommend forming the dough into tall mounds after you scoop it out and chilling it  for a few hours or freezing it for 30 minutes.  And preheat the oven to 350 degrees before baking so they oven cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, browned and cooled
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
  • 1 egg
  • 1 yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp heavy cream
  • 2 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Blend in egg, yolk, vanilla and heavy cream. Fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Form tall mounds.  Chill a few hours or freeze for 30 minutes.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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Mini chip chocolate chip cookies

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It has been rainy and cold here for what seems like forever.. so much so, that I turned our heat back on today.  I had turned it off for the season, not so much because of money, but because it is May!  Thanks climate change!  Anyways…..

In a fun way to also heat up the house, I made mini chip chocolate chip cookies.  They came out nice and puffy…  a little gooey, but the bottoms were browned, so I popped them in the fridge to firm them up.

I recommend scooping your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, chill the individual mounds of dough for a few hours or overnight to keep them puffy.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tbs sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups plus 2 tbs flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in baking soda and salt.  Fold in flour.   Blend in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours or overnight.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 11 to 13 minutes,  no longer.  If cookies are gushy, pop them in the fridge a few hours to firm them up.  Store in covered container.

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Blondies with Chocolate Chips

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I do not know whether these are called blondies, toll house bars or chocolate chip bars.  They are basically a chocolate chip cookie in bar form.  Always a  big hit and super easy to make. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also preheat the oven before baking so it cycles to the right amount.

And wait until these are cooled before cutting them.  This is on either Rob or Gracie.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×9 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and sugar.  Add eggs, yolk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Fold in 1 cup chocolate chips and spread evenly in pan.  Sprinkle  remaining 1/2 cup chips on top and gently press into dough.  In preheated oven, bake 25 to 30 minutes .  No longer.  Cool completely.  Cut and store in covered container.

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Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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For part one of tomorrow’s treat for ESPN Radio – browned butter chocolate chip cookies.  Browned butter adds a slightly different flavor to the cookies.  It is pretty easy to “make.”  You place the butter in a saucepan pan, cook over low-medium heat, stirring occasionally,  until brown specks appear at the bottom.  Immediately turn off stove burner and remove from heat.

These also used bread flour, which makes the cookies a little thicker and more dense.  I would not sub all purpose flour in this recipe.  If you don’t have bread flour, I have plenty of other chocolate chip cookie recipes that use AP flour.  remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Pouring flour directly into your measuring cup can result in packing in the flour, making for a dry cookie.

I recommend chilling the individual doughs overnight, so they stay puffy while baking.   Also preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, browned, then cool for 5 to 10 minutes
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar (packed into measuring cup)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 egg
  • 1 yolk
  • 2 1/4 cups bread flour (scooped from flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, mix browned butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, yolk, vanilla and heavy cream. Blend in dry ingredients.   If dough seems a little dry, add another tbs of heavy cream.  Mix in chocolate chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill individual fridge overnight.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies doughs on prepared sheets.  Bake 10 to 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  If cookies seem too gushy, pop them in the fridge a bit to firm them up.  Store in covered container.

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Chocolate chip cookie truffle stuffed dark chocolate cookies

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I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies, but they spread out way too much and i found them unacceptable to bring into work, so I decided to crush them up, make them into truffles and stuff them into dark chocolate cookies. 

The truffles were pretty easy to make and I think stuffing them in cookies was a pretty good idea.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  The same goes for the baking cocoa.  I also recommend freeze the cookie doughs once they are stuffed to keep them puffy.

  • Truffles ingredients
  • Chocolate chip cookies, finely crushed
  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened

Directions – in a bowl, mix well.  Scoop out 1 tbs and roll into balls.  Freeze an hour.

  • Cookies ingredients
  • 5 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips, melted (i put the chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwaved them in 45 second increments until I could stir smooth)

1 cup plus 1 tbs flour

1/4 cup baking cocoa

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Stir in melted chocolate.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Scoop out 1 tbs dough and slightly flatten.

Place a chocolate chip cookie truffle on trop

Scoop out another tbs dough and slightly flatten.  Place on top of truffle.

Seal edges.  

Chill doughs a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookiensheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.