How Do You Bake The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies?
The secret to great cookies is the technique and the ingredients. Once you master this, you will have consistentley great home-made cookies! CHOCOLATE: Use only REAL semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips. Choose a good brand like Nestle. Remember, the cookies will only be as good as the ingredients. EGGS: The size, grade and color eggs make a big difference. Extra Large eggs will produce cake-like cookies that are not as rich in flavor and will have a more cake-like texture. Use Premium Quality Large, white eggs that are organic or all-natural like Eggland’s Best. You will find that most baking books and recipes call for LARGE eggs more than any other size. BUTTER: Use REAL butter or “stick” margarine that is made for baking. Never use margarine that comes in a tub because your cookies will be flat! Use UNSALTED butter or if you are concerned about cholesterol, you can try new Smart Balance “sticks” where butter and margarine are sold. FLOUR: Use UNBLEACHED All Purpose Flour. Why? Because
