After my day to day I should have been more inspired to cook something superbly fancy. But, instead, I devoted my afternoon (it was really closer to evening) to bringing home mediocre deep dish pizza, watching the boob tube and pretending to study. I had an amazing afternoon touring the French Pastry school in Chicago. I was even allowed to sit in on part of the sourdough bread baking class. I could have sat there for hours. Who doesn't want to go to school and do something amazing all day every day? So, world I've taken the plunge, I enrolled in pastry school. So, should I have come home and baked an amazing cake or petits fours? Probably. But since I'm getting up at the crack of dawn two consecutive days in a row, I opted for a basic chocolate chip cookie to take hiking tomorrow.
Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie:
*This makes a BIG batch of cookies, about 72. Which is great for me because then I just freeze half the dough and save it for when I have an emergency, gotta bring cookies crisis. Yes, those do happen*
1.) In a medium bowl combine 4 cups all purpose unbleached white flour, 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 2 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp of baking powder and 1 tsp of salt. Mix well with a whisk.
2.) In a large bowl cream together 2 cups (4 sticks) of room temperature butter and 1 cup of light brown sugar, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar and 1/2 cup of natural crystal sugar. (You can use all light brown sugar and regular white sugar)
3.) Add in 4 eggs one at a time.
4.) Add 2 heaping TBS of vanilla.
5.) In 1 cup increments add the flour mixture until well combined.
6.) Fold in 1.5-2 bags of chocolate chips. (I ended up using up little bits of 3 different kinds of chips, with decent results)
7.) Bake for 8-10 minutes (based on your oven) in a pre-heated oven set to 350 degrees.
8.) Remove from the sheet immediately and allow to cool.
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