I've been wanting to try making my Mom's from scratch oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe for a while, so I got the stuff to do that. I've never been able to get them JUST LIKE MOM'S. I followed the recipe to a T, and the cookies deflated and turned out super flat...the sugar/chips in some of them had caramelized. Mikey was around to supervise/babysit me (you never know what happens when I get in the kitchen). I was really upset and called my mom...the only thing we could figure out that was off was our oven temperature. It's my first time having a gas oven/stove, and it's super old, so we guessed that the temp. was inaccurate. I bought an oven thermometer at Target for the next go around. Luckily, my woes were relieved...the cookies were DELICIOUS...it was crazy. They stayed just a little bit chewy. These cookies (when made by my Momma, and this way) are amazing...you can taste a hint of the salt in them, and I like to use white chocolate (my fave way!) or butterscotch. Amazing I say!
Turns out that it was probably the margarine I used instead of butter (what, it was like $2.50 cheaper!) that made them come out differently. Looks like I have an excuse to try again! My roommates call a lot of things "dirty"--for example, the super, spicy Doritoes are "dirty chips"--so we called the deflated cookies "dirty cookies."
And then after Saturday's shows, the actors threw us a little pizza/beer party, so I made some "slice n bake" Halloween cookies to contribute. Only "slice n bake" aren't slice and bake anymore! They came in a package pre-cut and everything (with cute black cats and pumpkins!), so all I had to do was put them on a cookie sheet and bake them.
Now I want a cookie...
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