If someone asked me to make a list of my 5 favorite things in the world- my hubby, cheese and a warm plate of chocolate chip cookies would definitely be in the top 3 (not neccesarily always in that order…). My love for chocolate chip cookies is a deep and profound thing; there’s not much in life that get’s me as excited as making a big ‘ol batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies. I can remember when I first discovered that I was a “gooey, chewy and warm center” kind of gal- my sister and I were little girls and our Uncle Dit-Dit (that’s my uncle Steve- we called him Dit-Dit) had just moved into his first house and let us girls come over and check things out. It guess it must’ve been around Christmas, because he gave us each a cute little stocking filled with little toys and things and then he made us a batch of chocolate chip cookies. He said he liked them best with the gooey, slightly undercooked centers…so of course from then on, so did I (Honestly, I can’t believe I remember all this!). Incidentally enough, I also credit Uncle Dit-Dit for teaching me how to dunk my Oreos in milk- I can remember sitting at Nana’s kitchen table with Uncle Dit-Dit, and him showing me my very first Oreo dunk.) So, I guess I have good ‘ol Uncle Dit-Dit to thank for my being a raging cookie-holic.

I’ve tried many a chocolate chip cookie recipe – the BFCCC’s-my current favorite, Joelen’s CCC’s made with vanilla pudding, the classic Nestle Tollhouse recipe, and many others. I’m still wanting to try the famous NY Times’ recipe for “the perfect chocolate chip cookie”- that one has definitely made the rounds in the food blogging world. But lately I’ve tried the Pioneer Woman’s recipe and was really pleased. I love that it calls for coffee granules and milk chocolate chips as well as semi-sweet. I definitely left out the flaxseeds because well…flaxseed just ain’t got no place in chocolate chip cookies, in my opinion. Like I said, these were great – hubby really loved them too, but I’m still on the quest for the absolute best chocolate chip cookie…and getting closer every day!

Pioneer Woman’s Good Ol’ Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/4 PLUS 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 heaping teaspoon instant coffee granules
1 rounded teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 heaping cup milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons flax seed, slightly crushed with rolling pin

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a bowl, stir together butter, margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar until combined. Add eggs and vanilla and stir together.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, instant coffee, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients in batches, stirring gently after each addition. Stir in flax seed if desired. (which it definitely was not.)

Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake 11 to 13 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and eat warm.

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