I LOVE cookies almost more than any other food group. Some day Orange Tree Lane will have the largest collection of chocolate chip cookie recipes anywhere because I just can’t stop trying them, and tweaking them, and then trying some more with the goal of less fat and sugar without compromising the true “essence” of an American staple. Two egg yolks give a chewy texture. (Add the whites to your morning eggs.) The picture shows the cookies with OPTIONS from the bottom because the originals were eaten before a picture could be taken!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup(s) butter -- slightly softened
1 cup(s) brown sugar -- or sucanat
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 egg yolk -- makes them chewy!
2 1/4 cup(s) whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup(s) chocolate chips
1 cup(s) walnuts
1/2 cup(s) raisins
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolks together. Sprinkle flour, salt and baking soda on top; then blend all together. Add chips, walnuts and raisins.
3. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes, or until turning golden on the edges.
OPTIONS: - Reduce sugar to 3/4 c.
- Replace 1/2 c. flour with oat flour or quick oats
- replace 1 Tbsp. of the butter with olive oil
- Replace raisins with chopped dates, walnuts with pecans, and chocolate chips with white chocolate chipsOTL 2011