Today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Though in my house Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is everyday of the year (which explains why everything is fitting so tight these days).
Fresh from the oven. Try not to lick the screen.
Chocolate Chip Cookies are my weakness. Not only do I bake them, I have to buy them EVERY TIME I see one in a bakery. I’m forever on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookie: crispy on the outside and chewy in the middle.
These delicious little creatures that bring comfort and joy to my life were first created in 1930 by Ruth Wakefield at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., when she dropped pieces of chocolate into her butter cookie batter thinking they would melt when baked. They didn’t, and the rest is history. (Read the story in the L.A. Times here.)
Some of my favorite homemade chocolate chip cookie recipes were created by Nestle Toll House and Ina Garten of Barefoot Contessa.
So get your baking sheets out and get busy!
What are your favorite chocolate chip recipes?
Any chocolate chip cookie is my favorite! Now I have a severe craving…
Aren’t they the best?!
Good to know its an excuse to eat amazing cookies. I love Barefoot Contessa and I think I have all of her cookbooks!
Must you give me a reason to eat my favorite food group, the chocolate chip cookie? I also really like the quaker house oatmeal cookie recipe – I just add in heaping handfuls of chocolate chips and raisins — my waist is history.
I know where I’m coming when I get my next chocolate chip cookie craving. You’ve been forewarned! 😉
Ahh…the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. When I first met my husband, Mrs. Fields won his heart over. Now I must say it is our daughter’s original low-fat recipe that he craves. Shall I share?
Please do, Laurie!
Yum Yum. I’m hoping my comment will result in freshly baked cookies at my doorstep. Don’t disappoint CG – you never do.
I will definitely let you be Sophie’s taste tester!!!
Here’s the Recipe (she is willing to share)
HEALTHFUL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
1 cup flour
1 cup oat bran
1/4 cup truvia
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar free apple sauce
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes only
Here’s my daughter’s recipe. Scoop batter into small balls and bake at just 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
Guiltless pleasure!!
xlaurie
I love chocolate cookies! I have used the same recipe that I got from a friend for years. Interesting story on how they started.
I’m so glad to see this today. Not only do they look delish, but I’m so happy to know it’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Day ’cause I just read it’s Masturbation Month. I AM NOT KIDDING!