As of recent I have become quite the chef. My husband can attest to this because four years ago he married me sans cooking skills. I have an excuse though, well maybe not an excuse but the following is what I tell people when they find out about my new love of cooking - I grew up in a household where my mom cooked and baked magnificently! (seriously she did, being non biased here.) As I started to engross myself further and further into baking land I realized I can bake from scratch the yummiest- I mean the yummiest Apple Cake you will ever taste. But you know what would be my kryptonite every time breaking me down short of tears? Chocolate Chip Cookies!!! You would think- Come on, Chocolate Chip Cookies? Seriously? But Yes! Every time I would bake them they would come out like puffed up airball doughballs with chocolate specs... the sadness.To remedy this problem I started looking online at recipes (allrecipes, epicurious), blogs (smittenkitchen) and asking co-workers seeing if i could pin-point the exact ingredient or action that I was missing. Nothing. So then I just started avoiding making cookies and I would seriously fast-forward to scenes in my head of my soon to be child asking me to bake chocolate chip cookies for his or her class. Panic would set in.
So time and recipes go by and I finally make the grand purchase of them all- The Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer (Ahhhh-imagine the heavens opening up and angels singing.)
And yes that's right you guessed it folks, the recipe to christen the mixer were chocolate chip cookies. So while I waited and stared at the oven while they baked, providing updates to my husband I started to see a glimmer of hope. Once the timer went off, to my surprise and delight as I pulled the tray out of the oven I saw perfectly crisped non-puffy chocolate chip cookies!! Oh the JOY!
And that's where the story ends... a wonderful crispy chocolate chip cookie ending. Its the simple things in life that make me happy.
photo credit: Jenny Gerena
