MEET THE DILs
Jessica Coulter
Jessica lives in New York City with her Husband and Dog. When she isn't writing for this here blog, she's a copywriter at an ad agency in Manhattan.
3000 MILES AWAY...
Marites Cristobal Coulter
Marites lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she's not dabbling as a self-proclaimed domestic wannabe, she's working in PR.
- BEVERAGES
- BREADS
- BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
- DESSERTS
- FRUIT
MEET THE MIL
Pat Tippett
MIL is a chef and food stylist in Portland, OR. For many years she owned Flaming Carrot Catering, pdx's favorite eco-conscience catering company. She takes her passion for art, travel and cuisine back to the kitchen and studio and delicious things happen.
She's currently focusing her talents on food styling and on-site chef services for film scenes and group gatherings (hey tweens - she did the food styling on the twilight movie!). Oh, and writes MIL Missions for this little blog.
Cooking with us? Let us feature a photo of you and your hard work. Email it to 3000milestildinner@gmail.com
3000 miles 'til dinner. |
♥WHEN YOUR MIL (mother-in-law) IS A CHEF, YOU EITHER GET NERVOUS OR GET COOKING.♥
----------------------------------------------- Two busy DILs living on two different coasts getting long-distance cooking lessons from their MIL. |
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recipe
Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies. (jessica’s attempt)
Original MIL Mission #48: Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies
I came into Mission #48 with a lot of MIL’s Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookie eating experience, but no making experience. In addition, I have a bum right hand so I had to employ an assistant in the form of Husband. His payment? FREE COOKIES.
The stufts…
♥HOW I MADE IT.♥
First off, do you guys even know about my pretty new manhattan-kitchen-friendly mixing bowls*? Now you do! Aren’t they cute?
*I was not paid by Williams-Sonoma to mention these bowls. In fact, they made me pay to take them home. The audacity! Ha.
I started with the sugars (as seen in darling new measuring cup set courtesy of friend Mindy!) and the butter in the food processor and then added the eggs and vanilla.
This went into the green bowl where I added the dry ingredients and the chocolate chips. When it comes to cookies, The Coulter household = nut-free zone.
The stirring was done by my handsome assistant.
We spooned the cookie dough onto the pans and chilled them in the fridge. Some of the dough may or may not have made it in the oven. Assistants can be bad influences! (note: I’m to blame)
I took them out after about 12 minutes while they were still chewy.
♥MIL MISSION #48: ACCOMPLISHED.♥
All photos were taken by aforementioned handsome assistant as my photo-taking hand is out of commission. Don’t these cookies look perfect? I mean, INCREDIBLE?!
Even Walter the Dog wanted to help the injured chef!
♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥
scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)
Cupboard to table time: 30 min.
Difficulty: 2 (I have a hard time knowing when they’re perfectly baked. But I get better with every batch.)
Deliciousness: 5 (It’s true!)
Impressed Husband factor: 5 (Especially since he helped make them. I also sent some to work with him and his entire quad enjoyed!)
Leftover-friendly: 3 (I found they became too crunchy for my taste after a day, as fresh cookies will tend to do. Next time I will freeze half the dough as MIL suggested and bake as needed. Lesson learned!)
(posted by jessica)
