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Original MIL Mission #48: Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies

Today was a rainy, Spring day in Los Angeles, and I was being a hermit at home thinking of something productive to do. And what’s more productive than making a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies? My favorite. I’ve had MIL’s incredible chocolate chip cookies before, and they truly were incredible. I could only hope to do her recipe justice.

♥HOW I MADE IT.♥

My ingredients. And yes, that includes a giant bag of choco chips.

And I’d also like to introduce you to my new kitchen helper: my KitchenAid stand mixer! Now I’ve been eyeing one of these for quite some time. The price finally became right on Amazon.com, so now I’m a proud new parent.

So starting the first half of this recipe. The sugars and the butter.

Then followed by the eggs and vanilla. And cream goes my mixer. Go, go, go!

Next, in went the dry ingredients and last but certainly not least, chopped walnuts and lots of chocolate chips.

I had to chop my walnuts as I only had whole ones in the kitchen. Note this was the only manual labor part of my cookie-making since my mixer was taking care of all the hard work. I must say, this little kitchen helper is just fantastic.

And here’s my cookie dough. Delish enough.

I popped the bowl into the fridge for about 10 minutes, scooped out the dough onto my cookie sheet and into the oven they went.

Twelve minutes later, because I love soft and chewy cookies, I took them out to cool.

I also took the advice of MIL and other DIL, and froze half the batter for another rainy (or not so rainy) day. Because I’m often in the mood for warm, fresh chocolate chip cookies on any day of the week. I rolled into a tube a la the cookie dough you find in the store, and wrapped in wax paper and plastic wrap.

 ♥MIL MISSION #48: ACCOMPLISHED.♥

Cookies cooling and looking oh-so-cool.

 The cookies ended up being perfectly baked: the right bit of crispy on the outside, but ooey-gooey, melty on the inside. Me and the hubby had these the good old fashioned way – with a cold glass of milk.

They were incredible and just what I needed to make this rainy day just a little bit brighter. I hope I made MIL proud!

♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥

scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)

Cupboard to table time: 30 min.

Difficulty: 1 (especially with my mixer)

Deliciousness: 5

Impressed Husband factor: 5+ (He actually gave me a 10, but I told him that wasn’t in our grade range!)

Leftover-friendly: 5

(posted by marites)