{"id":52281,"date":"2024-10-17T04:45:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T04:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/over50feeling40.com\/?p=52281"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:53:50","slug":"pamelas-kitchen-best-ever-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/over50feeling40.com\/2024\/10\/pamelas-kitchen-best-ever-chocolate-chip-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"Pamela’s Kitchen: “Best Ever” Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Thursday, everyone.  Welcome to Pamela’s Kitchen featuring the “best ever” chocolate chip cookies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before leaving San Antonio, I tested a feature post called Pamela’s Kitchen<\/strong><\/a>, to see if there was interest in a regular feature.<\/p>\n

Well, there was!<\/p>\n

So, when I invite you into the new Pamela’s Kitchen, there will be recipes that I have created, as well as, recipes that I am testing of others.<\/p>\n

I will link and acknowledge if I am testing out other recipes.<\/p>\n

I love to cook, and in the past year have found it to be a passion.<\/p>\n

So, join me today with a recipe I have been tweaking for years…<\/p>\n

PAMELA’S KITCHEN: THE “BEST EVER” CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES <\/strong><\/p>\n

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For years, I have made good<\/em> chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n

But, finally, I have tweaked and created a recipe that grandchildren and others call “the best ever” chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n

My grandchildren want me to cook these for the football teams, the classmates, the friends at home….and I have been willing to comply.<\/p>\n

First, last Monday, they went to the football teams and the reaction was the same from players and parents…these are the “best ever.”<\/p>\n

Now, I believe I have hit my forever recipe for chocolate chip cookies and will stop my tweaking.<\/p>\n

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The right amount of ingredients is so important with chocolate chip cookies so that they are not too flat.<\/p>\n

Also, my family believes the “best ever” chocolate chip cookies are chewy and not crunchy…and full of chocolate.<\/p>\n

Here is my recipe:<\/p>\n

PAMELA’S “BEST EVER” CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 1\/2 cups organic all purpose flour ( a little more than a toll house cookie)<\/em><\/p>\n

1 teaspoon baking soda<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon sea salt<\/p>\n

1 cup of European Butter, softened (see below)<\/em><\/p>\n

1 cup of packed light brown sugar<\/p>\n

3\/4 cup of sugar<\/p>\n

2 eggs (room temperature)<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla<\/p>\n

24 oz. Nestle Semi-Sweet chocolate morsels (you read this right…the chips are doubled)<\/em><\/p>\n

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This brand of butter really changed everything for my chocolate chip cookies…it is excellent…and is a brand from the HEB grocery group called Central Market.<\/p>\n

There are many brands of European butters.<\/p>\n

According to kitchen sites and Land o Lakes, the European butters have a lower moisture content and an increased fat content of 82%.<\/p>\n

The majority of American butters have 80% fat content.<\/p>\n

Here is an article that may be of interest to you on this topic: THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BUTTER.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After taste testing with my own target group, I know for sure this butter took my chocolate chip cookies next level to “the best ever.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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First, cream the two sticks of European butter in your mixer.<\/p>\n

Mix well after each ingredient…add, in order, the brown sugar, the sugar, eggs one at a time, then vanilla, the flour mixture; then the chips.<\/p>\n

I mix the flour, salt, and soda together in a bowl with a whisk before adding.<\/p>\n

The dough is made the day before I want to bake the cookies and placed in the refrigerator…I usually let it sit overnight.<\/p>\n

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.<\/p>\n

A melon scoop is my utensil of choice to place them on cookie sheets with parchment paper and get a uniform size.<\/p>\n

They are a little more challenging to scoop since they have more chocolate chips in them.<\/p>\n

I am getting accustomed to a new oven, so I watch them closely and it has been right at 11 minutes when I think they are perfect.<\/p>\n

The “best ever” chocolate chip cookies are slightly underdone and NOT overdone….they are chewy.<\/p>\n

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Mr. B just now said that he went into the kitchen to eat one cookie….and ended up eating five!<\/p>\n

Be careful, they are addictive…but definitely grandchildren pleasers!<\/p>\n

PAMELA’S KITCHEN: STILL MOVING IN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am still moving into my new kitchen and getting familiar with it, but so far, it has been a joy to cook here.<\/p>\n

I finally started some fresh herbs and began with rosemary.<\/p>\n

With great window space, I can grow some of it right in the kitchen…will look for basil and oregano next.<\/p>\n

I have so many places to visit in a completely new town and nurseries are on the list.<\/p>\n

Let me know if you have questions about the “best ever” chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n

But I guarantee this recipe from Pamela’s Kitchen is a crowd pleaser!<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by Pamela’s Kitchen…where singing always happens!<\/strong><\/p>\n

STAY STRONG & KEEP SMILING!<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE:  I will not have a new post tomorrow, Friday, October 18, but will be here on Saturday with 2024 Fashion Trends.  Thanks for understanding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Pamela Lutrell<\/em><\/p>\n

For all your shopping, please use the links on my SHOPPING PAGE<\/strong><\/a>\u2026thank you, thank you to all who shop this way.<\/em><\/p>\n

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