That’s good enough for me. Considering my affinity for cookies, that has to be one of the finest songs ever sung on Sesame Street. I always felt sorry for Cookie Monster, though. He never got to enjoy the cookies. As soon as he crammed them into his gaping mouth, they’d hit a wall of fabric. For him, eating the cookies meant spewing forth a messy fountain of crumbs. Sad story, indeed. No, merely having the illusion of eating cookies is not good enough for me. There was a very recent time in my life when I could have called myself a Cookie Monster, only I didn’t have the shaggy blue ‘do to pull it off. I would go down to the school cafeteria almost every day to pick up a freshly baked GIGANTIC chocolate chip cookie as an afternoon snack. Imagine the crumbs flying now.
I make cookies every now and then, but I still haven’t found a recipe that gives me a cookie that’s crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Something tells me that I might have to attempt GIGANTIC cookies to achieve that. Maybe later…for now, just give me a tall, cold glass of Lactaid milk.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
(makes 36 good-sized cookies – about 3 in. diameter)
1 cup (2sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract, plus 2 tbsp water
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper.
2. Combine butter, sugars, eggs, water, almond and vanilla extracts, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Blend in flour until dough is smooth and stiff. Stir in chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
3. Roll dough into little balls, placing them about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheets. Flatten and shape them by pressing down on the dough with the back of a spoon. Bake until edges are lightly browned (or about 16 minutes, rotating the pan 180 degrees after 10 minutes of baking).
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