So I've got my first apartment and it has a real oven in it and everything. I've started teaching myself how to cook -- primarily baking cookies and muffins and such.
Since I don't really know how to cook, I said to myself, "How can I get a reliable list of things to try without just blatant trial and error?"
And then I was like, "Dude, why don't I just ask people I think are reliable to begin with?"
Which was followed by, "KR needs a cookbook."
I'm in the process of making another batch of cookies for D&D night, which provides me with a great example post for the first entry of the cookbook.
Skywalker's Chocolate Chip Cookies
(Because everyone supposedly loves a softy.)
Recipe makes 6 dozen
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and salt.
4. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla.
5. Blend in the flour mixture.
6. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
7. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. (Edges should be golden brown.)
Since I don't really know how to cook, I said to myself, "How can I get a reliable list of things to try without just blatant trial and error?"
And then I was like, "Dude, why don't I just ask people I think are reliable to begin with?"
Which was followed by, "KR needs a cookbook."
I'm in the process of making another batch of cookies for D&D night, which provides me with a great example post for the first entry of the cookbook.
Skywalker's Chocolate Chip Cookies
(Because everyone supposedly loves a softy.)
Recipe makes 6 dozen
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and salt.
4. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla.
5. Blend in the flour mixture.
6. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
7. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. (Edges should be golden brown.)
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