Food
Gotta have snacks and making them is also a hobby.
Everyone on the internet complains about recipes sites with hidden recipes, but that works better for a CMS.
I can throw one in though.
Chocolate chip cookies
This is a basic recipe, just cut in half for bachelors.
- 1 1/3 cup of flour, about 10 ounces
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Whisk all these together in one bowl.
If you are prone to spilling salt, pour it into the spoon over the measuring cup you used for the flour, instead of the bowl!
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, about 4 ounces
- 1/2 cup of butter, or one stick (or can use Crisco)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
I normally soften the butter in the microwave to help blend it in.
(Also, a spare bowl or measuring cup to drop the egg into to inspect for shell pieces is handy.)
Once all the wet is mixed well, start adding in the dry, until it gets consistent, and add in a cup of chocolate chips.
Variation: add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the dry, and a teaspoon of water to the wet, and substitute white chocolate chips.
This is enough to fill two baking sheets that are about ten by fifteen inches, which is what fills one rack of my oven.
I tend to make them smallish so they are more bite sized but giant is good too.
Bake 8-9 minutes at 350F (at least in my oven, vary as needed) and let cool a minute before sliding onto cooling rack
(and eating all the bits that fall off)
