Moomers and LeeLee love being my "helpers" when I'm baking and they are getting really good at knowing which ingredients we need for our current favorite recipe. They usually decide between the two of them who gets to do what: Moomers, in charge of putting in the oatmeal, LeeLee the chocolate chips.
Each time I decide to bake cookies I'll suggest another recipe but they keep requesting this one so that's what we go with. I used to just buy whichever random semi-sweet morsels were on sale: usually Nestle or store-brand. But one day C brought home some Ghiradelli morsels because they were on sale.
I had never used them before and at first was not too into using milk chocolate instead of semi sweet, but I was so so wrong. They are delightful.
In all honesty, he probably bought them because of the San Francisco connection.
But the thing I like about the morsels is that they are HUGE. Not hard little chunks but big and soft: perfect for these cookies.
Since the flavor is a little more mild than semi-sweet I do add a bit more kosher salt and vanilla extract to balance them out.
The times I spent baking with my mom were some of my most treasured childhood memories so I love passing that on to my boys. They really love helping and they do already come from a culinary family: both their step dad and their uncle are chefs.
C had to take over with the baking lesson and show them how to scoop the dough onto the cookie sheets, I had to go feed baby G. The cookies turned out well!
1 comments:
Wow your baby is growing and it seems like you are in a happy place which is great!!!
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