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Thursday, May 31, 2007

The newest baker on the blogosphere, the Feilerettes favorite boy toy:

Actually, it’s very rare that I get to taste any of my recipes made by other people. I know people make them – friends call and you, my wonderful friends in the blogosphere, write – but generally they don’t make them for me, which is one reason why last night’s dessert, a variation on My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies, was so special. The other reason was that the cookies were made, from start to finish, with only one or two fatherly assists, by Mitchell, a 9-year-old with definite tastes.

Because Mitchell knows what he likes, he made some decisions about the recipe. He wanted chocolate-chip cookies, but he didn’t want “plain” cookies, so he made a Playing Around variation, Cocoa Chocolate Chip Cookies. He likes cookies softer than crisper, so he made his a little bigger and baked them a tad less. Because he loves cookies when the chips are gooey, he served them warm. Finally, because he’s as busy as the rest of us, he made the dough ahead of time, shaped it into balls, refrigerated the mounds, and then popped them on the baking sheet and slid them into the oven just as we were finishing our main course.

The cookies were a hit all around: we all loved them; I was delighted beyond measure to see Mitchell make them; and Mitchell was, like all of us bakers, so happy that he had made everyone around the table happy.

Labels: Food

Posted by B Feiler at 5:08 PM
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