The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever.

When I was a teenager, I found out that not everyone used the same recipes as my mom. There were many types of cookies, not just peanut butter or chocolate chip. And there were oodles of each type of cookie recipes. I then started my hunt for the best homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe. When I was a mia maid, I had my first taste of what I have now dubbed the best chocolate chip cookies ever. I got this recipe from one of my (now( dear friends and old Young Women leaders, Melanie Hillhouse. I've tried many recipes since, but these cookies cannot be outdone in their deliciousness. Many times, including the other members of my family, have asked for this recipe because they are so tasty. As I made these this week, I decided they would be the perfect recipe to post this time and share with cyber space.

1 Cup margarine or butter (I perfer "Gold N Soft"- we usually melt it in the microwave- or at lest have it partially melted)
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white suar
1 egg
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 package 12 oz chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients, roll into balls, bake at 375 degreees for 8-10 minutes

It can be a funny recipe, but we love them. Hopefully it'll work for you. DO NOT use Imperial margarine or some of the cheaper brands like it. It makes the cookie dough too soft and sticky.

These cookies will stay soft, and yet have a slight crunch to them. They are the perfect cookie. And so very tasty. Go try them out!

Ready-to-Eat Cake Batter Cookie Dough

This was never something I would have thought of in a million years, despite the face I love the taste of yellow cake. You know Cake Batter ice cream. The first time I had it, or had even heard of it, was at Maggie Moo's Ice Cream in American Fork. It was absolutely delicious. I loved it. And I wanted more of it.

To having cake batter dough as a cookie dough wasn't something I would have ever thought of. Wouldn't it just be regular old cake batter?

Either way, whatever you want to call it, it's super tasty.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup yellow cake mix

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 tablespoons sprinkles

4-8 tablespoons water

Directions:

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light, fluffy, and pale yellow. Mix in salt, flour, cake mix, sprinkles, and vanilla. Add water one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each, until you reach cookie dough consistency.

**On the end of the page, as I just noticed, there is a warning. Apparently raw flour, just like produce or raw eggs, can carry E.coli, however this risk is even less than getting Salmonella from raw eggs. But since it is apparently a risk they have found, I figured I should pass it along as the previous blogger had.**

http://willowbirdbaking.com/2011/03/20/three-safe-to-eat-cookie-doughs-chocolate-chip-sugar-and-cake-batter/

Read-to-Eat Sugar Cookie Dough

Maybe it's not just one of those weekends, but one of those months. These cookie dough cravings don't seem to be leaving. But this was perfect for me this weekend! What could be better than watching General Conference for 8 hours over the weekend than taking notes and eating as much cookie dough as a girl could want? Nothing. Nothing could be better. And this time I got to try a new kind of cookie dough that I hadn't even thought about looking for before!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup yellow cake mix

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 tablespoons sprinkles

4-8 tablespoons water

Directions:

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light, fluffy, and pale yellow. Mix in salt, flour, cake mix, sprinkles, and vanilla. Add water one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each, until you reach cookie dough consistency.

Once again, although the blog I got it from said 1 1/2-2 cups is what it yields, I found that it was a bit more than that. Though I had plenty of time to eat it all myself this time. 

http://willowbirdbaking.com/2011/03/20/three-safe-to-eat-cookie-doughs-chocolate-chip-sugar-and-cake-batter/