This has been a great weekend. One full of community. Full of friends, both new and old. Full of late nights. Games played. Beautiful, vulnerable, grace-filled conversations. So really, it was one of the best kinds of full weekends.
We started the weekend off with seeing one of our oldest friends, “Uncle” Josh. Whenever he comes into town, we get ready for silly fun with the kids, great pizza, games, and homemade cookies.
So today, I’m going to share our delicious, super secret, cookie recipe. Except, when I say “our,” I mean Greg’s. I have never actually made these any cookies myself. And it’s not our recipe. It’s actually from the Joy of Cooking. This paragraph was just a series of disappointments. You’re welcome.
But in all seriousness, these cookies are amazing. And I take all desserts very seriously.
According to the recipe, this should make 3 dozen cookies. However, I prefer large cookies, so I feel less guilty and can only eat one cookie, instead of 5. So we only make 2 dozen. And with no more ado, here is the glorious recipe:
Ingredients:
1 cup + 2 tbs all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 stick unsalted, softened butter
1/2 cup sugar (though we are a little generous with this measurement)
1/2 cup brown sugar (again, we are generous)
1 large egg
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375.
Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl.
In a separate, larger bowl, beat together (on medium speed) the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Once well blended, add the egg, salt, and vanilla.
Combine the flour mixture with the butter mixture. Be sure to stir until it is blended together well. Then add the chocolate chips.
Spoon out the dough and drop it onto the cookie sheet (already greased, don’t use tinfoil! It’s totally worth the dirty dishes to have some crispy edged cookies sans aluminum. And with that soft and gooey center (insert heart-eyed smiley face emoji. Seriously)). The key is not to over-knead it. (We literally use a regular spoon and drop it onto the cookie sheet.) Be sure to space them well. We space 3 cookies per row, with 4 rows.
Bake for 9-10 minutes. Transfer cookies to cookie rack, and bake the second dozen.
We love to make something for our guests. I feel like it is an intentional act that shows they are worth our time and our effort. But maybe especially because we usually order the actual dinner!
Except now they know how easy it is to make these cookies. I guess the important part is that I’m sharing delicious cookies with them.
Do you have an easy, go-to recipe when you have friends over? Or something that you think of when you are getting ready for some great time in community? (Like deep dish pizza? Just throwing it out there. I’m excited to hear what food you share with the people in your life!)
So happy to read your post this morning. I have the habit of getting together with someone new or someone who could use some girlfriend time every few weeks. Something Emily said in Simply Tuesday brought me to think about bringing something home baked to that friend when we meet. So sweet to see “Cookies and community” confirming this little gesture God put on my heart!
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I feel so honored. Thank you! I just received the book and CANNOT wait to get started!
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These look delicious! And sounds like such a fun weekend!
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Thanks, Lori!
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Don’t you just love those weekends you get to spend with those close to you?! My go-to is loaded nachos! I like to make it buffet style and let everyone customize it. I am excited to try out this cookie recipe!
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Oh my gosh, Tiffany! That’s a delicious idea! I may try it for dinner tonight, just with my kids! 😉 Thanks!
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Looks absolutely delicious! We have a family cookie recipe too– mmmm!
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Thanks, Daisy!
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Yum, wish I could swing by and share one! xoxox
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Ha! Me too!!
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My favorite food to entertain with is my marinara sauce with sausage and pasta. It’s adapted from a family recipe and is always a hit and is easy to make in large quantities for a big group. By the way, there is nothing wrong with cookie recipes from the Joy of Cooking. That’s a good book!
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YUMMM…that sounds AMAZING! And I am suddenly starving. 😉
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They look so good! I’d make them right now if I wasn’t stuck in a hotel for a month!
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Ha! Thanks!
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Sounds so fun! And those cookies look delicious!
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Thank you! They gotten eaten so quickly, I may need to make more just to remember. 😉
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This is Awesome! Thank you for sharing!!!!
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Thank you, Charlotte! I appreciate you stopping by!
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That sounds exactly like my kind of weekend. Love late game nights…Sigh.
And you ARE a girl after my own heart. any cookies….lol I popped a batch of refrigerated Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Bar Dough in the oven last night for a treat (ahem, dinner) and burned them. How does one mess up almost ready made cookies?!
I love your reasoning for the big cookies. I NEVER thought about it like that and now I always will. 🙂
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Haha, Jessie! I am with you! I can’t stop burning food. Any food. My husband thinks I’m crazy. I’ve started to enjoy “crispy” food (as I now call it). 😉
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Crispy food. I like that. 🙂
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I love making homemade cookies!!
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Me too! There’s just something so wonderful about it! 🙂
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Your cookies look amazing! I’m always looking for a great cookie recipe. Thanks for sharing yours. I’m definitely gonna to give it a try.
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Thank you, Shana! Hope you like them!
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Yum! Those cookies look amazing!
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Thanks, Hannah!
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These look delicious – and your photography is wonderful!
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Oh thank you so much! We have terrible lighting so I have to get creative with trying to get decent pictures. I so appreciate your kind words.
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These look delicious! Chocolate Chip cookies are my favorite.
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Me too, Jenny! Really, just give me all the chocolate. 😉
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I always think of cookies whenever we are going to an event… or at least some kind of dessert! 🙂
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YES! I.love.desserts. All of them. 😉
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Yumm! I always love trying new cookie recipes. I’ll have to try these!
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Thanks, Marielle! I hope you enjoy them!
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I haven’t made chocolate chip cookies in so long! These pictures make me super hungry for them!!! I will have to bust out my mixer later and whip some up!
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Ha! You’re welcome. 😉
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1. We have the same counters
2. Chocolate chips are one of my favorite food groups
3. Your “disappointing” paragraph was my favorite one and made me laugh out loud! 🙂
4. I love it when friends become like family
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Ha! Thanks, Brooke! Those are also my favorites (all of them). And I love our counters…except that they hide all the dirt, and then I forget if I cleaned them. Not that it matters because they’re probably dirty again by then anyway.
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I’m craving cookies badly! Those look delicious!
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Me too, Adriana! I only got one out of this batch, and I’m thinking in going to need to make some more STAT!
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I’ve been looking for something to bake for the 4th…This looks perfect!
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Oh, great idea! I forgot all about the 4th! Thanks for stopping by!
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Such a great idea and I love new cookie recipes! Thank you for sharing!!
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Thank you, Ashleigh!
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Yum! They look delish…. chewy and chocolate filled… just the way they are meant to be 🙂
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Exactly, Kirsten! 😉
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