Crunchy

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If you are a crunchy cookie aficionado, I have a special treat for you today. It’s an easy, butter-only (no shortening) recipe for a thin-to-medium-thickness chocolate chip cookie that is crunchy through and through. It’s adapted from a book I was reading at the store. I scanned the measurements, memorized them the best I could, [...]

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Published on May 29, 2008
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Crunchy Almond Cookies

Today’s cookie is quite different from the soft and gooey chocolate chip cookies we’ve been talking about lately. It’s hard and crunchy and the texture stands up to the big chunks of chopped natural almonds which I “toast” in the microwave. You can toast them any way you like or, if you can find them, [...]

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Published on May 4, 2008
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Big Cookies

Sunday evening, during a retail therapy session at World Market, I found some Guittard Super Chips. It was break-through session! See, I’ve been checking World Market off and on for months looking for these chips, but the World Market near my house never had them. So now they do, and I have another chocolate chip to add [...]

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Published on April 22, 2008
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Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Classic Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from KA) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, unsalted, room temp 4 tablespoons shortening (butter flavored) 1/2 cup brown sugar, very firmly packed — mixture of light and dark 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 tablespoon apple cider or white vinegar 1 ½ tablespoons lightly [...]

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Published on April 8, 2008