Chocolate Chip Cookie Love

Every Friday we celebrate in some fashion. Whether it is an accomplishment of 100% on our spelling test, knowing our Latin vocabulary words, being able recognize certain words for a beginning reader, helping around the house during the week, and my very favorite...just being you.

The girls look forward to each Friday because we make it a point to let them know how proud we are of them, not that we don’t do it during the rest of the week, but it is also a time of reflection.

Many times it is where we will bake afterschool; take a snack to our neighborhood park and then the girls can play. It is usually just something a little different than normal. Maybe that is what makes it so much fun… because it is something different each week and the girls are surprised.

One of our favorite baking treats for the celebrations are making chocolate chip cookies. Over the years, I have tried so many different chocolate cookie recipes. I would have not thought that there could be so many different ones that sometimes they bake perfect, and other times they do not. But wanted to share with you our “tweaked” recipe for you to enjoy. In all honesty, every time I have baked these, they turn out…maybe it is just luck. But it is a good recipe; also, I have our favorite whole wheat cookie recipe a well...and a tip on how you can make it into a bar cookie.


Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 ¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
½ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar (make sure it is packed)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
1 (12 oz.) package of chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 325 F.

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, the sugars until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt and gradually blend into the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Another good recipe is using whole wheat flour. The texture is a little different than typical straight unbleached flour, but these are still keepers in our eyes.


Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup white sugar (you can substitute your sweeter that you prefer)
1 cup light brown sugar (you can substitute your sweeter that you prefer)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups sifted whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Generously grease cookie sheets.

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, the sugars until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and eggs. Combine the two different flours together, baking soda and salt, gradually blend into the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts if desired. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

*If you are interested in making these into bar cookies, press the dough into a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

On the Handmade Side
As many of you may know, I love to share handmade treasuries that fellow artisans create. This week, I wanted to share with you one dedicated to chocolate chip cookies.