Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe [real butter + sugar]

I think I told you guys Dave begged for requested some plain ol’ chocolate chip cookies.  I usually experiment with semi-healthy versions of cookies, so apparently he was tired of all of the almond flour, nuts and oats. I tried once to do a basic M+M cookie and ended up with my Strawberry Jello M+M Cookies. Oops. What can I say…I like getting creative.

Honestly, it’s hard for me to make plain cookies. Which is funny because I used to make them all the time as a kid with my mom. She would make her Susie’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies and take them to work all the time. I even remember her having a baking competition with a coworker. I’m pretty sure Mama Sue is the reason I am obsessed with cookies.

I think I stopped making my mom’s chocolate chip cookies due to an incident in high school. My mom makes her cookies with Crisco. The Crisco gives it a certain color and texture; they always turn out very light in color (unless of course you burn them) chewy yet crisp. Well, I brought my mom’s famous chocolate chip cookies to school and was telling a friend that my mom used Crisco in them and she belted out “She uses LARD in COOKIES!!”

My face turned beat red as I tried to laugh along with everyone else, not knowing that Crisco isn’t even the same thing as lard. Lard = animal fat. Crisco = vegetable product.

Anyhow, that event embarrassed me so much I don’t think I touched the stuff for years. Gotta love high school, right?

Not to discredit my mom, but I did not use Crisco in these heavenly chocolate chip cookies. I do use it in my snickerdoodles (including my Whole Wheat Lemon Doodles), so fear not. My childhood incident has not completely scarred me for life.

I wanted to make my very own famous chocolate chip cookies. Plus, I like the taste of butter.

These classic chocolate chip cookies are soft, buttery, and just sugary enough with semi-sweet chocolate chips studded throughout. You will probably have to stop yourself from gobbling down the whole plate.

I took them to a shindig a couple of weeks ago (trying to make some new friends here in the twin cities) and I saw more than one person go back for seconds. Like walk-across-a-crowded-room-pushing-through-people-who-were-in-the-middle-of-conversations going for seconds.

Oh yes. They are that good.

 

[See nutrition information for Amanda’s Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies here.]

These classic cookies can now serve as a good base for other cookie creations. I even made some almond cookies with a few alterations (but I lost the photos…sigh). 

So what are you waiting for? Whip up a batch of these for yourself, a friend or your coworkers!

 

 

 

 

Tell me….

What’s one food that reminds you of your childhood?

What is your favorite cookie? 

 

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