Blog # 3

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all- purposed flour 

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups (12-oz. pkg)

Nestle Toll House 

Semi-sweet chocolate

Morsels

1 cup chopped nuts

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

Combine Flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. 

For this recipe I stuck close to the original recipe. I did not put the chopped nuts in the cookies. Also, I didn't use semi-sweet chocolate chips, I used milk chocolate chips. One thing that I didn't do was crack the eggs one at a time and then mix it together after like the recipe says. I cracked both of the eggs at the same time and then mix it together with the other ingredients, and then add the flour ingredients. This recipe was similar to the time that each kitchen made a different type of cookie, and one of the recipes was for chocolate chip cookies. I used the creaming method for this recipe. For this recipe you had to combine all the dry ingredients first before combining the liquids to it. We had to do that as well for the butter cookies. Also for the other cookies that we made in class.I feel by making so many different cookies in class made my technique better for when I make cookies at home by myself. Also, in class we are in groups so you don't get to do everything like you would when you are on your own. One mistake that I did make when they came out of the oven is right away I almost transferred the cookies to the cooling rack before cooling, but then I remembered right before picking up the cookie to let it cool. 

Critique

I thought my cookies were absolutely amazing. I would absolutely make this recipe again. I was very impressed with the outcome, they were nicely golden brown. When you were to bite into them they were nice and soft in the inside. you could taste the chocolate and the cookie at the same time. They had a strong scent to them especially when they were baking in the oven. 

Assessment

In my free time I would definitely make these again. My family and grandparents really enjoyed them. I leaned from this experiment that it is very important to follow directions if you want your recipe to turn out the way you plan