Time To Eat: about 35 minutes
Prep Notes: These were easy to make; no need to chill dough and I didn't even roll the balls but used a small ice cream scooper to make them and then used the other side of it to flatten them.
Drum Roll Please! - Overall Score
Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars - all smiles
Standard Ingredient/Taste Comparison Score: 5/5 stars
You could not tell a difference between a 'regular' cookie and these.
I gave these to kids in the neighborhood. They gave them two thumbs up and an 'up tongue' to add!
They were gobbling them up as we said good bye; cookies were gone before kids got home. Adults loved them too. They were chocolately and crispy and light. Using shortening instead of margarine or oil helped. If you are looking for a chewy moist cookie, try shortening the baking time or go with another recipe but if you want crunchy, crispy chocolate goodness - these are the ones to bake.
I will bake these again! This one is a winner.
It's amazing to get results like these after years of trial and error and finding the authors that really come up with recipes that work. I remember not being able to bake a cookie that didn't turn into a gooey mess in the oven, no matter how many recipes. Oils in cookie batter ended in disastrous results for me. I think it must have been sometime in 2nd year of my DD life that she had a cookie for the first time.
It took me months and a friend's help to track down a kosher margarine (Mother's Passover version) that didn't contain soy and milk and I remember purchasing like 40 lbs. of it to safe keep for future. I remember being in tears when she had her first cookie and probably have a photo of it somewhere. It was a great moment for me and I learned to persevere and keep at it to make it great. So don't give up when cooking with alternative ingredients - it's a re-learning process of cooking/baking chemistry!
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