Chocolate chip cookies are a part of my daily diet, but normally I just go with the frozen Otis Spunkmeyer variety. Since they have stopped selling them at my H.E.B. and I am much too lazy to go about trying to figure out having them order them for me... I am back to making my own. I have made a couple other kinds of chocolate chip cookies (
here and
here) but though they are delicious, I have continued my search for the ultimate recipe. When you search around on the internet for the best chocolate chip cookies, this
recipe from the New York Times always comes up. They are really delicious, though the waiting for the dough to set for 24-36 hours is almost impossible. I waited... but I took some samples of the dough along the way. I don't know if it was worth it, but I can say they are yummy caramel flavors that develop.
What makes this recipe so good?
1. The mixture of the cake flour and the bread flour. Cake flour is finer and the bread flour has gluten, both important.
2. The size of the cookies. When you make your cookies too small they dry out faster and get too crunchy.
3. The chocolate. Sorry, Toll House. And don’t even think about the generic supermarket brand. I only use Ghiardelli 60% Cacao chips — they’re pretty widely available the best chips you can buy at a grocery store.
4. The sprinkle of sea salt on the top really brings out the chocolate flavor.
5. Make sure your ingredients are room temperature, I never realized how important this was until the past year.
There is a little park by my house that Lua loves to go exploring, and I love how it is such a serene spot in the middle of the city. We went there this morning for a little walk and studying. Austin weather is already warm and hazy, even in the early mornings, and nothing suits this kind of weather better than a white vintage dress. This dress is one of my favorites because it is so easy and the fringe makes me want to dance . I paired it with some old Frye boots, a vintage belt, and an Isda & co sweater that I think gives the outfit a pulled together but casual feel. These are the biggest earrings I own, and I am not sure I even like them, but I do feel drawn to them and look for excuses to wear them. What is your go-to warm weather outfit?
When was the last time you dyed Easter eggs? I think it has been at least 8 years for me, and let me tell you people... there have been some innovations (at least they are new to me). I always thought I was being creative as a kid when I would get out the paint brushes or stickers to add a little something to my Easter eggs. My brother Jake just liked to leave his in as long as possible to get it over saturated with color, and while I liked the way it looked, I was never patient enough to wait on my egg. I have been seeing these different kind of eggs as I have browsed around other blogs and pinterest, and I am so egg-cited to try some of these techniques... especially the silk tie dyeing one. Amazing. Are you going to decorate Humpty Dumpty? What is your favorite way to fancy up your eggs?
