I had been longing for a delicious chocolate chip cookie for days.
Lack of finances always throws a kink into my cravings.
So I decided to make some of my own, only I was lacking the key ingredient: chocolate chips.
It's in times like these that I'm grateful I live next to my in laws. They indeed had chocolate chips and were happy to surrender them to my need for something sweet.
I present to you the mos scrumptious chocolate chip cookies I've ever had.
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
(I thought as I was making them that some kind of nut would be delicious, like walnuts or pecans. If you have some throw a cup of them into the mix.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt.
Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts if you so choose. Drop by large spoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes.
They were so deliciously yummy, but had kind of a cakey texture, which I actually liked.
They were sweet enough, but not tooth achingly sweet.
& they were gone within one day, although I have found 2 half eaten ones today around the house, one of which was in the kids' basket of mega blocks. Saving it for later I imagine...
