{"id":29,"date":"2014-01-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/my-famous-chocolate-chip-cookies\/"},"modified":"2014-01-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T12:00:00","slug":"my-famous-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/my-famous-chocolate-chip-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"My Famous Chocolate-Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks back someone asked me about my “famous chocolate-chip cookies,” which I reference in my bio in LADY OUTLAW. I will readily admit I’m not much of a cook, but I CAN make chocolate-chip cookies that’ll melt in your mouth and satisfy a chocolate craving. \ud83d\ude42 These are a staple in our house – and I like to believe they’re fairly healthy because I add oatmeal to them, though you can’t really taste it.<\/p>\n

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Because these are my favorite cookies – and I, unfortunately, cannot bake all of you a batch – I’m sharing the recipe here. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Chocolate-Chip Cookies<\/o:p><\/u><\/div>\n
3 sticks of butter (softened)<\/o:p><\/div>\n
1 \u00bc cups brown sugar<\/o:p><\/div>\n
1 \u00bc cups white sugar<\/o:p><\/div>\n
2 eggs<\/o:p><\/div>\n
1 tablespoon vanilla<\/o:p><\/div>\n
2 teaspoons baking soda<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/o:p><\/div>\n
3 cups oatmeal (blended to the consistency of flour)<\/o:p><\/div>\n
2 \u00bc cups white flour<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Chocolate chips<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Start by mixing the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Next blend the oatmeal\u2014I do this in our blender\u2014until it\u2019s the consistency of flour. Mix the blended oatmeal and the white flour with everything else.  When the dough clumps together, it\u2019s ready. The key to the right consistency of dough\u2014and therefore to fantastic cookies\u2014is the white flour. If the dough still seems wet or sticky, add another \u00bc cup of flour until the dough doesn’t stick to your fingers (too little flour=flat cookies; too much flour=clumpier cookies). Add chocolate chips next\u2014I typically put in half a bag. <\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Form the dough into balls to place on a cookie sheet. Cook at 350 degrees for 8 – 10 minutes or until the tops of the cookies are turning golden brown. The cookies won\u2019t necessarily look done, but once they have that slightly golden brown top, pull them out and set them on top of the oven to cool for another few minutes. <\/o:p><\/div>\n
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This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies\u2014depending on how much dough is snitched prior to baking them. \ud83d\ude42 <\/span>Most of them I\u2019ll freeze in Ziploc bags to be enjoyed later. These cookies freeze really well, and when you want one, 15 – 20 seconds in the microwave softens them perfectly. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks back someone asked me about my “famous chocolate-chip cookies,” which I reference in my bio in LADY OUTLAW. I will readily admit I’m not much of a cook, but I CAN make chocolate-chip cookies that’ll melt in your mouth and satisfy a chocolate craving. \ud83d\ude42 These are a staple in our house […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}