Day 5: Chocolate Chip

  When it comes to Chocolate Chip cookies I am the first to admit I am a total snob. I have never made or eaten a chocolate chip that I think is perfect. They have to be slightly crisp, but not crunchy. Soft, but not cakey. The chips should hold their shape but melt to the touch...or bite. I have tried so many recipes and even read about the science behind baking in every attempt to make a perfect chocolate chip cookie.
Then along came my neice and her husband...for my birthday last year they gave me a bag of homemade chocolate chip cookies he had made. NO LIE, THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD!! It turns out it was her grandmother's  recipe and she was nice enough to share. Up until now I had completley given up on chocolate chip cookies, I will cherish this recipe for ever.

   On another note: if anyone is reading this, I realize the cookies have been pretty boring so far. I promise more exciting cookies are to come, just had to get the staples out of the way first.

Day One: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

   This is my "go to" cookie. I try not to bake them very often. Which reminds me of an episode of Friends...Phoebe doesn't make her cookies very often because they are so good she doesn't think its fair to the other cookies. These cookies are that good, but the real reason I do not make them very often is that I usually end up eating more than half of the batch myself. That is of course if I do not eat all of the dough first.

Christmas Cookie Challenge

  Very simply, for no real reason, I have challenged myself to make a batch of homemade cookies every day from now, make that 4 days ago, until Christmas. A different type of cookie each day and the dough is being frozen to bake later, less a few to sample, of course.
   I started posting these on Facebook orginally but have decided a blog may be a better choice. This satisfies my need to post these cookies without forcing my friends and family to see it every single day for the next 45+ days. This is the first blog I have ever done, so bear with me here...