So here's the deal: Mark is a cookie fanatic. Sometimes he gets a craving and, seeing as cookies are the simplest things to make, I don't mind whipping up a batch.
Well, a year or two ago, Mark was having one of those I-need-a-cookie-now moments and I decided to make him my chocolate chip cookies (see recipe adjustments at the bottom). I assumed I had all the ingredients and so I started mixing everything together. When I got to the "add chocolate chips" step I realized ... there were none. I decided to bake them anyways and this was the result. It turned out to be a pretty good cookie and now (on purpose) I make these instead. If you ever wondered what the cookie part of the chocolate chip cookie tasted like .. here ya go :)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl (or mixer) combine together melted butter, sugars, eggs and extract until well blended.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture. Try not to over mix.
5. Scoop the mixture onto baking sheets. I line mine with either aluminum foil or parchment paper.
6. Bake for about 12 minutes. Pull them out when they start to look light brown.
For traditional chocolate chip cookies, substitute the almond extract for vanilla extract and add as many chocolate chips as you dare :)
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