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So I had a hankering for some chocolate chip cookies.....the kind mom used to make. I called her up the other night and asked for the recipe. She says it's just the recipe off the nestle chocolate chip bag. So I go to get the chocolate chips.

I got off work early today and made a batch. I must say.....holy shit these are bad for you! The recipe mainly consists of 2 sticks of butter, 3/4 cup of sugar and brown sugar, 2 1/4 cups of flour, 2 cups of chocolate chips, and 2 eggs....and some other little stuff. I didn't have baking soda, and used baking powder instead....not sure if that made a big difference or not....but they taste pretty good to me.

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and yes I was bored when I got home today

man, you must be REALLY bored. Not even i've done that yet!

yeah I was pretty bored.....and I wanted cookies damnit!

hahaha

Heh, yeah! When we used to have Mrs. Fields dough in the freezer I'd randomly bake cookies if I was hungry... or just eat the dough raw, sometimes. ^-^;

Cookies rock!

Hehe, yeah, it's hard to beat the Nestle Tollhouse recipe. Sometimes it's nice to tweak it just a little, but it's always the same basic recipe. Mmmm.... chocolate chip cookies and milk....

Nice job documenting the project, as always, Josh!

vrg3 wrote:Nice job documenting the project, as always, Josh!

hehe....I do what I can

Oh, baking soda is different from baking powder. Baking soda is a base (sodium bicarbonate), which is generally added to a recipe that already contains some acidic ingredients. The chemical reaction creates carbon dioxide bubbles that lighten the cookie.

Baking powder is basically baking soda plus some acids, so you don't need extra acidic ingredients to get the leavening effect.

With cookies, substituting baking powder for baking soda usually makes the cookies just a bit more cakelike. The extra acid increases the temperature at which the batter hardens somehow, so it allows the cookies to expand more before their shape is fixed. Do you prefer your cookies fluffy?

Oh, and you think these cookies are bad for you? Consider shortbread. I never realized it until I made it for the first time. You pretty much make a dough by combining sugar and butter until it's homogenous! That's right. Then you add the flour to what is already a cohesive "dough."

That's why they are the way they are! I didn't have any baking soda, and didn't feel like going to the store. So I just dumped the baking powder in.

When you break them apart, it's more like a cake then cookies. At least I now know what the different ingredients do. Thanks!

Well....this was basically sugar and butter. I added the flour to it. It's all bad for you

recipe

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yup....still bored

vrg3: Hey! How did you come across that explanation? Once again, I learn something new . . . although I never thought it would be about baking soda/powder on this forum!


Josh: I was told something long ago that helped me:

'To be genuinely happy and not be bored, frustrated, or even suicidal (now, I'm not saying you're suicidal--I'm just repeating what was said to me), a person needs to have a genuine purpose in life. But how does one find that purpose? Is it found in fulfilling a physical, material, academic, social, emotional, or spiritual need? Which one of these needs is the foundation for a truly fulfilling life?'

I thought those were profound questions to contemplate.

Oh shit!

Laurel and I were going to make holiday cookies, this year. (Our first year together we could actually do it)

She just got back up here from visiting her family and a few friends down in Oly, though. Wow I missed my car!

Oh yeah. . . cookies. . . mmmmmmm. . . .

93Leg-c - Spend a lot of time around pastry chefs and you'll learn plenty . Also, if you ever saw me in person you'd be able to tell instantaneously that I'm... well, you might call be a "food enthusiast."

I want Legacy cookie cutters for christmas .

I can vouch for Vikash's great taste in food. Makes me drool when he talks about recipe's and food. mmmm.... sooooo hungry now

Damn you. . . now you've got me thinking about REAL food. Can't wait to get some lunch, now!

Vikash - too funny! I heard somewhere once that one should never eat from a skinny chef. It's true in my case as I mostly eat hot dogs and pasta. I can cook decently when I want to, but I would never call myself talented.

Steve