Often I come to the kitchen with the intent to bake for others – bread for dinner, sweets for birthdays… And yet I also find myself more collected, thoughtful, rested after this time apart from letting my tasks and my organizing brain control my day. This therapy of baking, and letting my thoughts summer, mellow, ferment… Gives me more than I initially intend.
And sometimes, even though I bake for others, I get to enjoy the dough along the way!
That said, I ran to my good ole friend Food52.com to stealth a recipe for these chocolate chip beauties.
Now don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t have possibly followed the recipe exactly, it’s just not in my nature. Since the cookies are for a work event, I tried not to implement any healthy substitutions that surprise… I DO live in the Midwest ;)
First, I doubled it. Usually tricky for me – somehow I mix things up. But no, beautiful cookies abounding!
I didn’t have the right amounts of sugar so normal brown sugar came in handy giving me 1.3 c sugar + 1.7 c brown + 1c dark brown. Skipped the molasses because I figured the extra brown would cover that. Used less chocolate chips (maybe 4-5c total in the double batch), and only ate about 2-3 spoonfuls of the batter. Oh, and who needs parchment!
Results: puffy, beautiful cookies!
I can’t wait for my hubby to come home and try one!
fermentation lab 