Hello! How are you? I’m good. I’m also very carb-loaded. Most of those carbs came in the form of fresh (but very flat) chocolate chip cookies. Let me explain why these cookies look a little um, …different?
Ben’s mom makes an impressive chocolate chip cookie. He loves them so much she’s baked a batch or two and mailed them to him several times in the past. Since he’s in California and homesick this week he was going to ask her to bake him a batch of cookies. But then we got the idea to bake cookies and send them to her. Ha! She is definitely going to think the world turned upside down!
She just uses the recipe on the back of the chocolate chips bag. But, there is something a little different about her cookies. I think it’s because she melts the butter instead of just using softened butter. Ben disagrees and says there is something else super top secret she does when baking cookies that make hers unique. (I am sticking by my theory though as I’ve seen her do it that way.)
My job was to tell him where everything was (like vanilla extract) and take pictures. He was on a mission to do it solo and try to recreate her ‘recipe’.
The cookies are delicious, but came out pretty flat. That’s how he likes them though! He loves a very crunchy chocolate chip cookie and that’s how they are when they cool.
I suspect (read as: saw him do this and chimed in but was overruled since they were his creation) that he used an extra stick of butter. He thought the sticks in the package were half sticks for some reason because he remembers them bigger? I think that’s because he was smaller the last time he handled butter. Maybe he hasn’t baked since he was 9 years old! I don’t know…
The cookies came out flat, but delicious.
I usually like thick, chewy cookies but there is nothing better than a fresh out of the oven, still warm chocolate chip cookie. Nothing. It’s science. We ate all the broken pieces – which were a lot since they were very big so the ends kept breaking off. It was the best.
Then, I told him to hide them from me because we were going to eat them all before he mailed them. It was a really big batch though so I could probably have a few more for breakfast today…
In other food news, we went to sushi for dinner and ordered an extra miso soup. Is that weird? I just really wanted more, I was tempted to order another one even! I’m sure my sodium levels are crazy now. Oh well.
Then we got fro-you because it’s kind of a tradition.
A ‘tradition’ in that I get fro-yo all the time? Does that count??
30 Day Yoga Challenge Check In
Today is day 3 of the 30 day yoga challenge and so far it’s great!
The first day I did that Youtube video I mentioned in the first yoga post. Then, I got a few suggestions to try Yoga With Adrienne.
Yes. Thank you to everyone who suggested that. I did day 1 yesterday and day 2 today. It is perfect!
Yoga with Adrienne actually has a 30 day challenge with a video for each day. So far the sessions look short and completely do-able for someone that’s not an expert but also wants to be challenged.
If you want to join in the challenge now check out her YouTube 30 Days of Yoga.
Now I’m off to Run Eat Yoga Repeat. Maybe not in that order…
P.S. – Enter the LaceUp Race Giveaway! You can run a 5k, 10k or Half Marathon and choose from 1 of 4 different races around Southern California!!
Question: Do you like cookies crisp or chewy?
I like a very thick, chewy cookie. But if something is fresh out of the oven I’ll take it no questions asked!
There is nothing like WARM choc chip cookies! I just use the recipe on the back of the choc chip pkg too, & they are always SO GOOD (& yes, flat – I melt my butter, too, so maybe that is it).
Chewy Cookies!! When i make chocolate chip cookies, i will refrigerate the dough overnight before i bake them, and it helps to keep them from flattening out.
I’ve been practicing yoga almost everyday (maybe minus Saturdays), even if it’s just 10-15 min. I try to make it for classes about 2-3 times a week and the rest of the week (these are the 10-min sessions) are home practices. I started this “everyday challenge” in October last year when I visited Washington and to my surprise, have kept up! I do it after work and beyond flexibility, I have found that it calms and settles me down for the rest of the evening. Have you noticed any change? Either physical or mental?
Chocolate chip cookies are my weakness! I love a thick chewy cookie, warm out of the oven. But, I would probably eat any kind of chocolate chip cookie especially right out of the oven! I just can’t help myself!
That’s so awesome that you’re doing a yoga challenge…I’m so excited for you! You have to update us on how you feel after the 30 days…
I’m a yoga teacher so of course I’m super interested in your outcomes 🙂
I just love yoga for it’s ability to make my body and mind feel amazing…
and ps…chewy cookies all the way…totally my downfall…especially those starbucks chocolate chunk ones that they heat up for me…in love!
I like chewy cookies. Thin cookies are a result of melted butter. I just soften mine and then also put the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes before I baked. They come out just how I like them
I figured it was the butter! I like a thicker chewy cookie so I try not to melt the butter, but it’s hit or miss with me.
BOTH!
OK well most of the time i prefer the soft and chewy kind but there are these cookies made locally (in Long Island, NY) called Tate’s and I’m obsessed. They are the buttery thin crunchy “Ben” kind a cookie. I use them to make ice cream sandwiches. Oh so good!
I think I’ve seen that brand before! I have no idea where, but I feel like I can picture it.
I love chewy thick choco chip cookies! Now that I saw your photos of the cookies, I want to go and make some too!!!!
great job on the yoga challenge 🙂 I think it’s a great thing you’ve started to practice yoga! I love it too- I try to do it once a week if not more, if only I could fit it into my routine, I would do more than just once a week. When I do, I sweat like crazy but it’s so refreshing.
Thanks! Yeah, yoga takes so long when you go to classes. I’m digging these videos so far.
CHEWY.
I’d say it’s a tradition because you get fro-yo every time you go out. It’s your reward for leaving the house 😉
I have to share that my “secret” to the recipe on the back of the nestle chips is to use Crisco instead of butter. You can buy the baking sticks of Crisco and use the same amount that you would for butter (ie: 1 cup of butter = 1 cup of crisco). It makes the cookies crunchy on the outside and slightly soft but not quite chewy on the inside. Gotta love those trans fats. I’ve got it on my to do list to try it with coconut oil since it has kindof the same properties as Crisco but is not as bad for your heart.
Chewy…well, actually, I like cookie dough…a lot! We lived overseas for a while and I was concerned about the egg safety there. So when we got back to the US, I ate a whole bunch of cookie dough. I have no regrets!
No regrets!! I totally eat the raw dough 🙂
I think the butter issue may be because of the way butter is packaged in different states. When I lived in California, each butter stick was short and fat and the butter came in a long thin box. In Minnesota, where I live now, (and maybe in Florida??) the butter sticks are long and skinny. But they are both 1/4 lb though! So maybe Ben is used to seeing the long skinny sticks. I’m sure the extra butter tastes great though 😉
What?! This makes so much more sense – I had no idea why he thought the butter sticks were just half sticks.
I love a chewy cookie — especially chocolate chip.
The only exception is my hubbys grandmas peanut butter flower cookies — they have a Hershey’s kiss in the middle. Oh man. They have a snap to them that is scrumptious!!
I totally know what kind of PB kiss cookie you’re talking about. Do they make them packaged too? I know it’s not the same, but I feel like I’ve had a packaged one.