While I clearly made some cookies, I honestly just wanted the dough. I know some people say that's bad for you but many years of experience has proved otherwise. If it makes you feel any better, you can make these whole wheat chocolate chippers and say "hey, at least they're whole wheat."So if you're having one of those days.. here's all you need.
- 2 heaping cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 stick of butter (1 cup)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 bag (or whatever amount your craving heart desires) of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- walnuts (optional).. I ended up adding two handfuls to half the cookies
1. Combine the flour, salt, and baking soda in a medium size bowl and set aside.
2. In a larger bowl use an electric mixture to beat softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until smooth, around 5 minutes.
3. Add each egg to the sugar mixture one at a time, beating for a minute after the addition of each egg.
4. Add vanilla extract.
5. Add in all the dry ingredients, beating together until all the dry ingredients are mixed in. It will be kind of separated and lumpy, it won't look like your typical dough ball until you form it (where your hands will get dirty).
6. Fold in the chocolate chips and if you want, walnuts.
It will look something like this:
Yum. Now go ahead and take a spoon, spoon up some of this goodness, and roll it into a little ball. Your hands will get dirty so don't try to get around this, just embrace it. Using the spoon is just a little trick to make all the dough balls the same size. It's also another utensil you get to lick clean when you're done with the process.
Now here is where the tough decision making comes in. Do you want to:
A) Just make a bunch of cookie dough balls to freeze
B) Make a bunch of warm gooey cookies OR
C) A bit of both?
Like I said, tough decisions.
If you chose A) Make a bunch of cookie dough balls to freeze: line a baking sheet with wax paper, put your rolled up dough balls on the sheet and leave in the freezer for about 4 hours. You can then take them off the sheet and put them in a freezer bag. This way, if you ever want to make cookies you have the dough handy, or if you're like me.. you'll have the dough handy if you just want some dough.
If you chose B) Make a bunch of warm gooey cookies: preheat oven to 350, place cookies on a greased baking pan with a few inches between each cookie, leaving room for them to rise. Bake for about 8-10 minutes, double check once in a while, taking them out when they seem just ready.
If you chose C) A bit of both, then do a bit of both A) and B). It's like an MCAT question, I know.
Then just sit there eating your cookies watching Jon and Kate and Mystery Diagnosis all day long.
So the Goesselin's are going on Oprah this episode, this is an old one.
Those matching outfits Kate is getting for the kids are so cute.
Those bathing suits are precious....Hey, where did my cookie go? Baffling, guess I better go get another.
And that's pretty much how my day went, and that's fine. It was a beautiful summer day in Florida, not even raining.. and I wouldn't have spent it any other way. The cookies are ten times better for you than the sun anyway, really. So...
Eat two and call me in the morning.
-your pre-med chef
