The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I ate the cookies within a day of making them! Actually, I had been thinking about making some adjustments in the standard recipe for some time now. The result is two separate changes:

1. I set the brown sugar and white sugar components to be equal. Normally you see the brown sugar with more of primary sugar role in the recipe, but I really wanted to try out a new flavor.

2. Instead of putting in the normal amount of chocolate chips, I added and extra 1/2-1 serving to the cookie dough so that every bite would drench my tongue in chocolate. This change was done because my last batch of cookies just seemed like there were too few chips per bite.

So now that the changes have been introduced, here's that recipe you have been waiting for...

*This recipe is not for the faint at heart when dealing with the extra chocolate chips - so reduce the chip count if you cannot handle it*

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Makes about 30-36 cookies

Ingriedients:
1/2 cup butter melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips (another bag if you can handle it)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. With electric mixer, add butter, brown and white sugar into bowl. Mix until throughly incorporated. Add baking soda, salt and egg. Continue mixing. Use fork to break any lumps if necessary. Add vanilla and stir it in.
3. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time and beat in with the mixer. Break up any lumps.
4. Add chocolate chips.
5. Scoop 1 inch balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Cook in oven for exactly 10 minutes.
6. Allow to cool and then enjoy!

Make a batch and your tongue will thank you!

I was in a very chocolatey mood today. I dug through my variety of chocolate to get a nice hunk of milk chocolate out for a special treat. My husband is a milk chocolate addict and I was determined to make the most scrumptious truffles on this side of the galaxy!

I set to work and used a very basic recipe. Heavy cream, some butter and the best tasting couverture chocolate you can find were mixed over the stove. After some careful cooling, I scooped the cocoa balls and dipped it into some yummy cocoa powder and suddenly I had one of the most amazing creations!

So simple, so irresistable! You gotta try it!

Nutella-mazing!

A family friend stopped by last week and brought be a brand new jar of Nutella.

Now I had never actually tried Nutella until I spread it onto a waffle and added a dash of whipped topping. The result? The most delicious concoction I have made to date! The hazelnut spread makes eating anything taste spectacular!

The first thing you get when you open the jar is a deep aroma of fresh hazelnuts and delicious chocolate. The spread is made in such a way that it is more creamy, (much like store bought frosting) than a syrup. When the nutella is spoon fed into your salivating mouth, all you can get is that deep cocoa flavor with the perfect blend of hazelnut. It is simply irresistable.