Arundhati Raghavan

Chocolate Chip Cookies . Ever since Father’s Day this year, Ms. 8 has been asking me to bake Cookies with her. Something or the other always seems to come up. And then, @mcsachin went to Nairobi to play in the @lastmanstandst20cricket tournament and I told the children that there was simply no point in baking Cookies for Father’s Day when the father was away. . Finally, we checked to ensure that we had everything we needed. I’m usually well stocked on baking items, but we had run out of Flour. And Butter. So, I arranged to restock all of these. And we watched @youtube videos and browsed through recipe books and settled on @chefannaolson ’s Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. It was especially helpful (to Ms. 8) that we watched the video and read her book. . We doubled the recipe and also made our own additions to this absolutely fantastic recipe. . We creamed 1 cup of Butter with a cup each of Brown Sugar and White Sugar. Then, we added 2 Eggs with 2 tsp Vanilla and beat the mixture together. We sifted in 2 1/2 cups of Flour, 1 tsp of Baking Soda, 1 tsp of Salt, and 2 tbsp of Corn Starch. We mixed all these ingredients together and added 1 1/2 cups of toasted Pecans, 1/2 cup of Cashews (at Mr. 13’s request), 2 cups of assorted Chocolate Chips and a cup of random Chocolate chopped up, including some Peanut Butter Cups. . We made balls from this mixture and refrigerated them for an hour or so, while we went to play tennis, and came back and baked them at 160C for about 18 minutes. . The children chopped all the Nuts for this and the making of dough balls for refrigeration was a family effort. . I baked 2 trays of these Cookies and I transferred the remaining dough balls to a freezer bag where they will remain until their turns come. . While this is a recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies, I find that it’s a good recipe for a fun family activity and a fantastic recipe for 2 happy children. . Try it and let me know. . #raagasbakingadventures #lapatisserieraaga #cookies #chocolatechipcookies #easybaking #weekendbaking #bakingwithchildren #familybaking #recipepost #chocolatechipcookierecipe