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One
of my favorite things to do in this world is bite
into one of my mom's delicious chocolate chip
cookies. It's such a guilty pleasure to savor a
cookie warm from the oven, and then wash down that
first delightful bite with a big swig of cold milk.
Hot and cold. Sweet and wonderful. I LOVE those
cookies.
About 150 miles separate my mother and I now, so I
don't get many opportunities to soak up the familiar
comfort of time spent sitting at the kitchen table of
my childhood, savoring those splendid cookies. My
waistline is thankful, but my perpetually homesick
heart is not.
I left metro-Detroit about a decade ago, but a piece
of my heart remains there with my parents and
sisters. When I feel like I need to get back to the
old neighborhood but can't pick up and physically go,
I mix up a batch of these cookies with my girls and
let that first warm bite take me back to the memory
of snack time with my sisters, sitting at the big
oval table in Mom and Dad's kitchen. While baking up
a batch of memories is no substitution for actually
going home, they sure are tasty.
So tonight was one of those nights. Abby, Amelia and
I put on our matching floral aprons and - with a
little assistance from their dad- we fired up the
Kitchen Aid mixer and got to work. The girls are too
young to understand why I love these cookies as much
as I do. But it's my hope that while I'm baking my
way back to my childhood home, the girls are having a
good time making memories to recall should they
decide to mix up a batch with their kids someday.
In
case you want to give this recipe a whirl, here it
is:
Chocolate
Chip Memory Cookies
* 1 3/4 cups flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened)
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 6 oz. package of chocolate chips
1. Sift flour, baking soda & salt onto wax paper.
2. Beat butter, granulated and brown sugars, egg and vanilla in large bowl.
3. Stir in flour mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Scoop mixture with teaspoon, dropping balls of dough on a cookie sheet about an inch apart.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until cookies are golden brown. Cool on metal rack.
Pour yourself a tall glass of milk and enjoy!
Note: These cookies are best when shared. : )