Oddly, for someone who is as knowledgable and experienced
as I am with cooking, (more a reference to my age than an opportunity to brag) I have had a surprisingly hard time making really good chocolate chip cookies. I know, chocolate chip cookies are like pizza, or sex, or the B-52s, even when they are bad, they are good. but I wanted them great. Mine tend to spread and get to soft and gooey or to crispy. I even tried (gasp) butter-flavor Crisco. The texture was great, but the flavor was artificial and off-putting.
All of this, however, was not what led me to try whole wheat chocolate cookies, it was just normal, everyday guilt. I wanted to make cookies, and I wanted them healthy. I thought if I looked up a recipes, I might find one that toned down the "too healthy" flavor that whole wheat baking products sometimes brings to baked goods.
I found a food blog that apparently everyone else in the world knew about but me, and a recipe for whole wheat chocolate chip cookies that this girl positively raved about. I proceeded to follow the recipe to a T, including, using cold butter, which I have never done for cookies. I also chilled them before I baked them, another thing I never do for chocolate chip cookies. But, I was resigned, and a little defeated with my near misses in chocolate chip cookie greatness, so I was extra compliant.
Wow! OhMyGoodness!!
Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies!!
(I have to go get one to eat right now, so I can describe them correctly.)
Great shape. Crispy, giving way to a chewy center, but not too soft. The slight graininess of the whole wheat perfectly offsets the creamy chocolate chips. The taste of butter comes through, but doesn't overpower. They are sturdy but not too much. They are perfect!
Please try this recipe and tell me what you think.
