Chocolate chip cookie recipe?

Lisa6255

Anyone willing to share a really awesome cookie recipe? I need to bake some for Brenna's housewarming party this weekend and . . um. . . I've never made them. :::hides in shame::: I helped spoon the dough on the sheet with my mom as a kid but never made the batter.  And her recipe they always came out super flat and I'd rather have something with a little more body to them.

I'm also making an apple streusel cheesecake recipe (actually a cheesecake factory recipe from what I was told!) which is delicious too! If anyone would like the recipe I have it in a word doc I can email it.

RachieK10

I don' thave a recipe, BUT i have a super important tip for you. [Note I am a fabulous cook but I SUCK SUCK SUCK at baking, and this helped me figure out why]:

 When you measure by volume, like in a measuring cup, it can vary based on air pockets, how level it is, etc. If you can get a recipe that tells you how much to use of each ingredient by weight, and measure it out on a kitchen scale, it's much more exact (which is a lot more important in baking than regular cooking). Just my two cents

mickylvr1

Lisa, I have an awesome chocolate chip cookie recipe at home.  It uses vanilla pudding and makes the moist and soft and chewy.  I will try to remember to get it for you tonight.  Also, the recipe on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips is a pretty common/popular one.

danies08

Honestly, I have tried every recipe out there, and both myself and Jeff's mom always come back to the same one. Follow the EXACT recipe on Nestle's milk chocolate chips (salt, baking soda, everything)...I also for the dough into ping-pong sized balls before putting them on the cookie sheet. Seems like the cook more evenly that way.

Marick

danies08:

Follow the EXACT recipe on Nestle's milk chocolate chips (salt, baking soda, everything)...

This is exactly what I was going to say!  I've tried several, and these are consistently the best. Can't wait to see other recipes though I love baking! 

Laurms15

I agree my nestle recipe ones always come out great. I find that if I sub in margarine for butter they are a little softer sometimes...random I know.

 http://tendercrumb.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookie.html Found this recipe on pintrest and I REALLY want to try it.....

dls.1215

http://thegoddesskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/03/thick-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

We have always made these and they are AWESOME.  Not flat, but puffy, chewy awesomeness!

Good Luck! 

Lisa6255

Thanks so much for the recipe ideas! I will look over them this evening and decide then which to make. I am leaning to the one Danielle shared bc they look amazing, but Julie I would love that recipe with the pudding!

 

MandahGirly

This one is based on the Nestle Toll House Recipe - It's from Cook's Illustrated and the cookies came out AMAZING! http://kitchenmisfit.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/perfect-chocolate-chip-cookies/