December is full of days that are dedicated to tasty, warm food as the holiday season enters full swing. And this year National Cookie Day is Wednesday, December 4, a perfect excuse to whip up a batch of homemade cookies or buy some from a store.
National Cookie Day
Some days there is nothing more comforting than biting into a gooey chocolate chip cookie, still warm from the oven. Or more satisfying than dunking a cookie into a glass of milk and letting it melt in your mouth. Cookies may not be the best thing, but according to a crowdsourced ranking website, the top five “most delicious kinds of desserts” are ice cream, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate, and milkshakes. Cookies themselves made it number ten on the list. [1]
No matter how you look at it, cookies are the “old reliable” of desserts, simple and tasty; they’re easy to mix up no matter the occasion.
As Christmas draws closer, sweets line the aisles at stores and cookie recipes pour out of every food magazine; it only makes sense that in the midst of all the holiday sweets and desserts, December 4, or National Cookie Day, arrives. This Wednesday, the cookie takes a day for itself- not to be confused with National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (which is August 4), today is a day we celebrate all the cookies- no matter their shape, texture, or flavor.
To get you in the mood for cookies we’ve put together our favorite, tried and true, chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
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- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- In a mixing bowl, mix the first five ingredients until light and creamy. Add the salt and baking soda and mix until blended. Add flour slowly, mixing at a low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover mixing bowl and chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325 F and grease cookie sheets. Drop cookies by rounded tablespoons about 3 inches apart on cookie sheets.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheets before putting them on cooling racks.
Notes:
- ^“The Most Delicious Kinds Of Dessert.” Ranker, 4 Dec. 2019, www.ranker.com/list/best-desserts-list-types/ranker-food?ref=search. (go back ↩)
