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Ho hum. The May/June Cook's Illustrated does another version of chocolate chip cookies. Somebody alert the media.
Oh, wait... hmm... hey, this actually sounds really good. More brown sugar, and melting/browning a majority of the butter, and dissolving the sugar in the butter to recreate that aged-dough flavor...
Okay. I guess I'll give 'em a try. Usually I have the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips on hand, but an emergency PMS session with the Charlie's Chocolate Pudding Cake recipe from Francois Payard's Chocolate Epiphany cookbook wiped me out, so I had to make do with a chopped bar of Scharffenberger 71% bittersweet.
Survey says: Rich, toffee-like scent, crisp edges and chewy center, nutty and complex... multiple layers of flavors and textures combine for a very satisfying cookie experience. Recipe author Charles Kelsey really has managed to come up with a fool-proof (well, at least as far as this particular fool is concerned) version of the stand-by family favorite.
CI has a free two-week trial for their website, if you don't want to get your own copy of the magazine or wait until someone else types it up as their own.
Oh, wait... hmm... hey, this actually sounds really good. More brown sugar, and melting/browning a majority of the butter, and dissolving the sugar in the butter to recreate that aged-dough flavor...
Okay. I guess I'll give 'em a try. Usually I have the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips on hand, but an emergency PMS session with the Charlie's Chocolate Pudding Cake recipe from Francois Payard's Chocolate Epiphany cookbook wiped me out, so I had to make do with a chopped bar of Scharffenberger 71% bittersweet.
Survey says: Rich, toffee-like scent, crisp edges and chewy center, nutty and complex... multiple layers of flavors and textures combine for a very satisfying cookie experience. Recipe author Charles Kelsey really has managed to come up with a fool-proof (well, at least as far as this particular fool is concerned) version of the stand-by family favorite.
CI has a free two-week trial for their website, if you don't want to get your own copy of the magazine or wait until someone else types it up as their own.