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ALT #18. Chocolate chip cookie (with chocolate chips omitted) On only keeping the best part (with accompanying illustration)

ALT Here’s a personality test that I’ve come up with that I’m going to use on every person I meet from now on: imagine a chocolate chip cookie, but without any chocolate chips — would it be pointless or would it be the greatest cookie in the world? I don’t know what each answer really means, but for years, Elissa and I have stood on opposite sides of this. She thinks chocolate chip cookies are absolutely perfect the way they are. And I… and I know this might be blasphemous, but… I don’t really love the chocolate chip part of the cookie. I feel like it gets in the way of the buttery, chewy, caramelly, perfect cookie part. The chocolate (even when it’s dark chocolate!) is too sweet. It’s too much of a hit of concentrated chocolatiness and it overwhelms the subtle, nuanced, cookie part of the cookie. This gets to my thesis on the chocolate chip cookie. (full text at link)

ALT Here is the recipe: Chocolate chip cookies (with chocolate chips omitted): 1. Follow literally any chocolate chip cookie recipe. 2. Omit the step where you add the chocolate chips. It’s my new favorite cookie in the world. It’s simple. Understated. Balanced. It doesn’t need the bells and whistles of a snickerdoodle or a gingersnap. It isn’t as intensely sweet as a sugar cookie. And best of all… no overwhelming chocolate. All cookie in every bite. Try it. Let me know what you think. And get ready for your life to change forever.






