We’ve finally arrived. I started this journey as a fun experiment to kill time during quarantine. With all events, tragedies, and excitement that occurred over the past few months, one thing always remained constant: the chocolate chip cookies. After WEEKS of testing different recipes, it all really lead up to this moment: the final, side-by-side…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: My OWN Recipe
We did it. The final recipe before the FINAL taste test. Rather than reviewing a recipe, I decided to switch it up this time. I took all of the knowledge I’ve acquired over this experiment and created my OWN recipe. That’s right, this time, we’re reviewing my own! I got a bit technical for this….
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: Brown Butter and Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies (yes that’s the full name)
Now, I know. I’ve had bad luck with brown butter cookies in the past. So naturally I decided to do not just another brown butter cookie, but another Bon Appetit brown butter cookie recipe. This one was from Rick Martinez, a man known as a cookie connoisseur. He explained that while his cookies are meant to…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp
Ever since I started to acknowledge my love for chocolate chip cookies, I began looking for the BEST cookies sold in bakeries across the US. That’s when I found Levain. Levain bakery is known for GIANT, gooey, thick chocolate chip cookies. I used to DREAM about the day I got to taste these cookies, and…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: BA’s Best
It’s getting down to the wire, and while I’m by no means sick of chocolate chip cookies, I will say I was ready for a slightly different take on them. Leave it to Bon Appetit to make the “best ever chocolate chip cookies” to fulfill my wants and desires. Over the past few years I have become…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: The Baking Chocolatess
Another day, another blog, another chocolate chip cookie. Before I started this entire journey (“Quest” if you will), I had a go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. I added my own little alterations and methods to it, but in general, this was the recipe that I believed to be the BEST chocolate chip cookies of all time. These…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: DoubleTree by Hilton
I don’t know if it’s because of quarantine or if “DoubleTree by Hilton” just knew I was doing this “cookie comp,” but either way they recently released their iconic chocolate chip cookie recipe. Everybody has some version of this memory: you’ve been traveling ALL day. You’ve fought with your cohort, you’re tired, you kinda have to pee. You finally…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: “The Chewy” by THE Alton Brown
It’s been a while. And I’ll admit, it’s been some time since a chocolate chip cookie was made. But I’m not done with this quest for perfection. So I present to you the next on my list: Alton Brown’s “The Chewy.” Let me preface this by saying Alton Brown is one of my idols. He…
The Great Choc-Chip Cookie Comp: Martha Stewart Edition
Week 3. Another day, another cookie recipe. I wanted to pick one that was from someone well known. While I believe that bloggers and influencers often have the best recipes, I want to make sure I get a mix of the “famous” recipes and the secret, most likely tastiest ones. So I went with one of the…
Air-Fried Cauliflower Gnocchi…and Rainbow Carrots.
Let’s talk Lunch. Lunch is singlehandedly the most inconsistent meal for me. Unless I’m GOING OUT to lunch, it’s usually a weird hodge podge of whatever I can find around. It may be eaten at 11:30am or 4:00pm. Sometimes lunch doesn’t exist at all. Other times, lunch is the biggest meal of the day. Truly,…
Girl vs. Cake 