Dear Dish on Cookies and Butter
Dear Dish:
What is your recipe for chocolate chip cookies? I previously came about it through a third party, and had to pay many a dollar for it.
However, now the recipe has disappeared. Rather than hole up in my room and concoct conspiracy theories as to where it went (I suspect the mob),I thought the most sensical thing to do was to ask you for it again.
I've been advised in the past to accept no subsitutes on the butter front for these cookies. And I wasn't disappointed.
Sincerely,
A Baker by Night
P.S. - Do not delay! The butter in my fridge will go rancid shortly. Also, how long does butter last before it expires, anyway?
Dear BBN:
Dish suspects she knows the not-so-innocent third party to whom you are referring and is quite distraught to hear that others are profiting from her special recipe. Nevertheless, since it appears the secret is out, I will be generous and provide you with the information you seek for a limited time only. This is THE cookie recipe. Dish has won many a heart with these babies.
Chocolate Chip Cookies à la Dish
2 cups plus 4 tbsp of flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup of butter (you can also use margarine)
2/3 cup plus 2 tbsp white sugar
2/3 cup plus 2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
Sift the flour, soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream the butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy; beat in the eggs. Mix in the dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake at 350ºF for 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheets.
As for your question about how long butter will last, the easiest thing to do is to check the Best Before Date on the package. However, if you prefer to do things the hard way, here are some general rules: If kept in the fridge, butter will be at its best for about three weeks, although generally speaking, you can usually keep it around for quite a bit longer than that. If it has gone rancid, you will know it. The smell and taste will be unpleasant. To extend your butter's life and prevent other fridge odours from infecting it, keep it in the foil wrapper. As a general rule and for obvious reasons, salted butter lasts longer than unsalted.
Happy baking!
Dish
posted by Dish @ 5:48 PM
6 Comments:
Those have nothing on my Mom's cookies.
I demand a taste test.
Rumour on the street has it that the mob never mentioned anything about whisking at all! Heads will roll!
pah. I don't think anything beats Dish's cookies. That's why she got hired in the first place.
Whisking? What are we, the Queen of England? ;)
I have never tasted Chocolate Chip Cookies a la Dish...but I have had Brownies a la Dish and Cake a la Dish. Those delicious concoctions are how I came to love Dish. :)
Dish would like to point out that she has never used a whisk in the making of these cookies.
Dish would also like to point out that it appears Palmer is trying to score some free cookies by pulling the old "your cooking is not as good as my mother's" trick. If you already know they have nothing on your mom's than why do you need the taste test? Hmmm? Caught in the act!
As for the cake and brownies, I needed something to supplement the suppers of microwave KD and canned soup you dormies had me eating! :o)
i would just like to say that i have never extreacted money from anyone when sharing the Dish's not-so-secret recipe
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