I have tried so many chocolate chip cookies
recipes, but nothing beats the cookie recipe on the back of the Hershey’s
chocolate chip packet. They are soft and cakelike in the middle and crunchy
around the edges. The little hint of salt offsets the sweetness. These are
always a hit with the kids!
https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/en_US/recipes/5368/hersheys-perfect-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
I’ll be baking these for the kids’ teachers
as I think that there is nothing nicer than getting a home made cookie,
especially when these things are hard to come by in HK.
Cookie
hints
Keep a few handfuls of chocolate chips aside
and before baking poke a few into the dough balls. This is because during the
rolling process, the chips often get lost inside the dough.
Don't forget to leave room for the cookies
to spread while baking and let them cool completely before moving them to a
cooling rack, this gives them a crunchy bottom. Everybody likes a crunchy
bottom.
To Christmas them up a bit I have dipped
the raw balls of cookie dough into various sprinkles (jimmies if you are from
the US), funfetti and gold pearls. There
are so many combinations to choose from.
You may also like to half dip the baked and
cooled cookies in white or milk chocolate, apart form tasting slightly illegal,
you can further add Christmas cheer by sprinkling with festive coloured cake
decorations. You can zap chocolate melts in a microwave safe bowl in the
microwave at 20 second intervals and stir gently until melted. I like working
with white chocolate more in general because it is less temperamental.
I use the semi-sweet chocolate chips and if
I’m baking for adults I add some roughly chopped unsalted macadamias.
These cookies keep best in an air-tight
container.
Enjoy,
The Sw#@ring Baker
xxx
Festive Chocolate Chip Cookies