November has been a very quiet blogging month. I don’t think I can truly say that I live in Chicago. Maybe instead I will tell everyone that I lived at Rush University Medical Center, specifically at either cubby numbers 9 or 11 in the library of the MedCenter during my 12 months here in Chicago.
After weeks of exam after exam, Thanksgiving break is around the corner and thankfully for the BTN students, a mini break from exams too! With an easy, *almost* study free weekend, I broke out the cookie sheets and gave my Kitchen Aid mixer a bit of exercise.
Of course, John Y. is also visiting me during his driving from CA to CT (I seem to be the landing pad for many of these West Coast to East Coast road trippers!). He is an avid cookie eater and ice cream fan, so I concocted pretty much a No-Fail cookie recipe. I know it’s a pretty bold statement to make: No-Fail, but these are pretty yum.
My sister and I seem to always make it a point to go to Diddy Riese, an amazing ice cream cookie shop in Westwood when I am in town. One of those times, earlier this year included John . I was astounded that we had never thought to go there sooner together (see photo caption). No Diddy' Riese's in Chi, so I made my own amazing Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches!
It’s a basic chocolate chocolate chip cookie, but instead of using the regular semi sweet chocolate chips, I used white chocolate chips. Also, I opted not to add chopped nuts this time, but the recipe can easily accommodate the addition of some nuts. My roommate, Dave, isn’t the hugest fan of nuts, so in an attempt to have him eat some cookies, I left them out.
The resulting cookie is soft and chewy, which makes it a perfect candidate for making ice cream sandwiches. I haven’t quite made the dive for the ice cream Kitchen Aid attachment yet, so just popped in some Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I know some of you readers out there are haters of the Ben & Jerry’s (and of course for legitimate reasoning) but lets just say, the B&J’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough blows the Häagen-Dazs’ Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough out of the water. :] Usage of the cookie dough ice cream, as John stated “Isn’t that like eating chicken and eggs at the same time?” All I could reply back was “Like a Southwestern Omelet!”
Also, the cookie is perfect to be consumed as is, sans ice cream. Rich, chewy and soft, it is a great solution to any girl in need of a chocolate fix!
Chocolate White Chocolate Chip Cookies
ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter, softened (8 tblspn)
.5 c white sugar
.5 c brown sugar, packed
1 egg beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbl spn milk
.25 c cocoa powder
1 c flour
.5 tsp salt
.5 tsp baking powder
instructions
1. preheat oven to 350F
2. cream together butter and sugars
3. in a small bowl, beat eggs, vanilla extract and milk
4. add to creamed butter/sugar mixture and mix well, add cocoa powder
5. in another bowl, mix together flour, salt and baking soda
6. add to moist ingredients in 3 portions, mixing well between each dry addition
7. aliquot out onto an ungreased cookie sheet: 1 tablespoon sized dollops (it should be a relatively stiff and fluffy cookie dough)
8. bake 10-12 minutes until firm
9. let cookies cool to room temperature
10. make sandwich of cookie, ice cream, cookie
11. consume with utter happiness!
yields 18 cookies or 9 ice cream sandwiches!
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