Batch One...

Well, I did it! I made my first batch of cookies. I measured every ingredient precisely and followed each step of the instructions exactly as they were written without any deviation. Everything was going great and I was positive that I had in fact made the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie! That is until it came time to put the dough on the baking sheets. Apparently, the recipe is supposed to make 30…yes, 30…cookies. Who has that many baking sheets if you space out each cookie like recipe advises? Not me. And what’s this business about letting the baking sheet cool “completely” between batches? Who’s got that kind of time? Again, not me.

Needless to say, I did not make 30 cookies. Instead, I thought that I would make each cookie slightly larger than suggested. What could it hurt, right? In my opinion a bigger cookie would be ideal since you can tell anyone who asks that you only had one cookie (even though it was the size of two) and not be lying. Sounds like a plan to me. So, 21 cookies sounded close enough to me.

Once again, the recipe was right. Instead of having cookies that were the texture of cookies, they were more like little cakes…kind of. Whatever they were like, they were too thick for cookies. Fortunately, they really didn’t taste that bad… in fact they were rather good…they just weren’t what one would consider the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Despite this, I couldn’t let them go to waste. Besides, this whole endeavor is about learning to make the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie so if would be pointless if it happened on the first try (even though that would really boost my baking confidence!!). So, I boxed up my cookies in cute little plastic containers, because everyone knows that it’s all about presentation, and shared them with my neighbors and co-workers with the understanding that they would provide me with constructive criticism. I’ll let you know what they said next week…