My Grandma S. always arrived for a visit with a pan of homemade, baked from scratch goodness in her hands. Growing up, we visited my grandparents on Vancouver Island every summer. There was always dessert after lunch and dinner. Always. Whether our grandparents were visiting us, or we were visiting them, we always hoped it involved my grandma's chocolate squares or her chocolate chip cookies.
Both are manna from heaven.
When I was betrothed, those were the first two recipes that I copied and put in my recipe box. Those two recipes have been made countless times in my past 20 years of marriage. The Boy is always begging for chocolate squares. I am always begging for the chocolate chip cookies.
And so, I give you,
Dorothy's Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup shortening or 2/3 cup margarine (I always use margarine)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup raisins (optional....I never put these in, but if you're serving them to my dad, you'll hear about how they are not really his mom's cookies without raisins in them)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix margarine and both sugars together until creamy and light.
Add vanilla and eggs. Beat well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt and soda together.
Add dry ingredients to wet. Mix well.
Stir in chocolate chips (and raisins if you're baking them for my dad).
Eat copious amounts of cookie dough.
Drop rounded spoonfuls of the dough that you haven't eaten onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Cool on wire racks.
I've tried a lot of different chocolate chip cookie recipes. For me, this one is the perfect marriage of sugar, salt and chewiness.
And when you eat one, you'll feel like this:
Enjoy!
Both are manna from heaven.
When I was betrothed, those were the first two recipes that I copied and put in my recipe box. Those two recipes have been made countless times in my past 20 years of marriage. The Boy is always begging for chocolate squares. I am always begging for the chocolate chip cookies.
And so, I give you,
Dorothy's Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup shortening or 2/3 cup margarine (I always use margarine)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup raisins (optional....I never put these in, but if you're serving them to my dad, you'll hear about how they are not really his mom's cookies without raisins in them)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix margarine and both sugars together until creamy and light.
Add vanilla and eggs. Beat well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt and soda together.
Add dry ingredients to wet. Mix well.
Stir in chocolate chips (and raisins if you're baking them for my dad).
Eat copious amounts of cookie dough.
Drop rounded spoonfuls of the dough that you haven't eaten onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Cool on wire racks.
I've tried a lot of different chocolate chip cookie recipes. For me, this one is the perfect marriage of sugar, salt and chewiness.
And when you eat one, you'll feel like this:
Enjoy!
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3 comments:
Hey, Just made them and the whole family agrees they are awesome and definitely without raisins!
I had combined a recipe of Martha Stewart and Mrs Fields but not as good.
But the biggest problem with my cookies was me trying to make them healthy
I would cut down on the margarine and put in mashed bananas and put in some oats and mix different flours.
Dorothy's cookies are incredible!!
Thank you
Mmmmm...sounds good! I might actually try that!
Chocolate chip cookies shouldn't be healthy. Ever.
They are for pure enjoyment.
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