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I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe
suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee |
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"Stormmee" wrote in message ... I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee Buy a package of Nestles semi sweet chocolate chips. There will be a recipe on the package. The only changes we make are to use half butter and half butter flavor Crisco in place of the shortening. Oh and we drop the oven temp by 10 degrees, but that could just be our oven. Get a roll of parchment and put a sheet of that over your cookie sheet. Bake and enjoy. Jo |
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Stormmee wrote:
I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee I am a geek. And I have access to some geek toys. So I took the very carefully calibrated thermal probe home from work and checked my oven. At the setting of 200 degrees celcius on the oven, my carefully calibrated temperature probe read 241 degrees celcius. At the setting of 150 degrees celcius on the oven, my carefully calibrated temperature probe read 180 degrees celcius. It was fairly consistent around the oven, but I used the 'fan forced' option. I didn't bother to check for hot spots and cold spots without the fan on because I don't tend to use the oven without fan force unless I'm using it on its lowest setting. Moral of the story" ovens can be *way* out temperature wise. I had failure after failure with bread baking until I corrected the temperature, and now I can make wonderful, perfectly cooked, home made bread (and I will keep using that a good excuse every time one of my baking projects fails miserably!) Yowie |
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On Apr 21, 2:04*am, "Stormmee" wrote:
I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee You want simple? I got SIMPLE! Take one boxed cake mix. Any flavor, but for chocolate chips, yellow cake works great. Mix in 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and 2 eggs. Add 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips. Drop by spoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for however long you bake cookies (10 minutes?) at about 350 degrees. You can't get much simpler unless you bought cookie mix. Note: Chocolate cake mix is awesome with white chips. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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kilikini wrote:
Jo Firey wrote: "Stormmee" wrote in message ... I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee Buy a package of Nestles semi sweet chocolate chips. There will be a recipe on the package. The only changes we make are to use half butter and half butter flavor Crisco in place of the shortening. Oh and we drop the oven temp by 10 degrees, but that could just be our oven. Get a roll of parchment and put a sheet of that over your cookie sheet. Bake and enjoy. Jo I add a smidgen of cinnamon to the batch, too. It's heavenly! kili My mom puts a tablespoonful of peanut butter in hers Jill |
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On Apr 21, 7:15*am, Jane wrote:
On Apr 21, 2:04*am, "Stormmee" wrote: I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee You want simple? *I got SIMPLE! Take one boxed cake mix. *Any flavor, but for chocolate chips, yellow cake works great. Mix in 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and 2 eggs. *Add 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips. Drop by spoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for however long you bake cookies (10 minutes?) at about 350 degrees. You can't get much simpler unless you bought cookie mix. Note: *Chocolate cake mix is awesome with white chips. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita These really are good. The variation I've seen called for a 1/4 cup of oil and 1/4 cup of butter, and some walnuts. She prepared one batch with chocolate cake mix and one with yellow. Then she formed a small ball of each and kind squooshed them together, giving it a marbled look. (It was that "Semi-Homemade with Sandra" cooking show, the recipe is on her website, "Harvest Walnut Cookies" or something like that. Too easy, and good if you like a cookie that's soft and chewy. Sherry |
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The Toll House cookie recipe on Nestles TollHouse chocolate chips
is wonderful Sara "Stormmee" wrote in message ... I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee |
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Yowie wrote:
I am a geek. And I have access to some geek toys. So I took the very carefully calibrated thermal probe home from work and checked my oven. At the setting of 200 degrees celcius on the oven, my carefully calibrated temperature probe read 241 degrees celcius. At the setting of 150 degrees celcius on the oven, my carefully calibrated temperature probe read 180 degrees celcius. Wow, so you were burning or at least overcooking food, because you thought the oven temp was lower? BTW, 241 C = 465 F - yikes!! I don't think I've ever cooked anything at that temp. -- Joyce To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. ^..^ |
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thanks I have them in the freezer talking to me was just wondering if anyone
had a different one they liked, or suggestions like yours, thanks, Lee Jo Firey wrote in message ... "Stormmee" wrote in message ... I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee Buy a package of Nestles semi sweet chocolate chips. There will be a recipe on the package. The only changes we make are to use half butter and half butter flavor Crisco in place of the shortening. Oh and we drop the oven temp by 10 degrees, but that could just be our oven. Get a roll of parchment and put a sheet of that over your cookie sheet. Bake and enjoy. Jo |
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thanks, Lee
kilikini wrote in message ... Jo Firey wrote: "Stormmee" wrote in message ... I am thinking about chocolate chip cookies, and would like recipe suggestions, the simpler the better, thanks, Lee Buy a package of Nestles semi sweet chocolate chips. There will be a recipe on the package. The only changes we make are to use half butter and half butter flavor Crisco in place of the shortening. Oh and we drop the oven temp by 10 degrees, but that could just be our oven. Get a roll of parchment and put a sheet of that over your cookie sheet. Bake and enjoy. Jo I add a smidgen of cinnamon to the batch, too. It's heavenly! kili |
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