Today is National Chocolate Chip Day!
It made me think of how good our house smelled when I’d walk in the door after school and Mom would have a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies. They were my favorites.
I tried and failed so many times over the years to recreate her cookies and couldn’t.
Mom was never good about writing down recipes or sharing them, so I finally gave up.
After she passed away, I happened to find her recipe, tried it, and the cookies were just like the ones she used to make. With every bite of chocolate-imbued nostalgia, they took me back to those days when I’d come home and she’d ask about my day while I sat at the counter and had a glass of milk with a cookie or two.
If you need a good chocolate chip cookie recipe, here’s the one from my mama.
Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
2 1/2 cups flour
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugars. Add egg and combine. Add vanilla. Stir baking soda and salt into flour then add a little at a time to dough. Stir in chocolate chips.
Use a cookie scoop, or a tablespoon to drop dough on parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes until cookie are just set and barely starting to brown. Remove from oven and cool for a minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Yield: 36 cookies
What is your favorite way to enjoy chocolate chips?
If you aren’t a chocolate fan, what is your favorite cookie?
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