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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:07 pm
by Lorelei
Its not for everyone Cail but I find a touch of cinnamon adds a little something to the dough. People love my cookies and can't figure out how I do.
Oh I think I live in between you and Cruella and I have a stand mixer, you're more than welcome to borrow my kitchen for experiments.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:48 am
by Zarathustra
MM wrote:Not sure why I came to this thread...but now that I've read it, I'm finding Cail's quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie to be oddly compelling.
Don't mind me, I'm just a clueless observer.
Exactly my thoughts as well! Damn Cail, you're funny. You should write a cookbook for divorced males. [/quote]
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:49 am
by Zarathustra
MM wrote:Not sure why I came to this thread...but now that I've read it, I'm finding Cail's quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie to be oddly compelling.
Don't mind me, I'm just a clueless observer.
Exactly my thoughts as well! Damn Cail, you're funny. You should write a cookbook for divorced men.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:49 am
by dlbpharmd
Matrixman wrote:Not sure why I came to this thread...but now that I've read it, I'm finding Cail's quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie to be oddly compelling.
Don't mind me, I'm just a clueless observer.
The thread is an allegory - Cail's "quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie" is really his quest for the secret of the universe.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:41 am
by stonemaybe
dlbpharmd wrote:Matrixman wrote:Not sure why I came to this thread...but now that I've read it, I'm finding Cail's quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie to be oddly compelling.
Don't mind me, I'm just a clueless observer.
The thread is an allegory - Cail's "quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie" is really his quest for the secret of the universe.
Not the bloodline of Christ?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:00 pm
by Cail
"In dark chocolate, veritas"
I've slacked and haven't made another batch in a while. I got on a scale about a month ago and realized that I was damn near what I weighed 15 years ago, which is almost to my dream "target weight", so I'm currently shunning all sweets.
I do have a jar of applesauce in the fridge, and I picked up some WW pastry flour, so I'm getting ready to give it another go. I need to hurry up, as I should finally be getting my stuff back within the next few weeks, and I want to do this without the benefit of all the wonderful kitchen gadgets.
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:46 pm
by Menolly
Cail...
First and second batch posts have been cached to The Cantina. Looking forward to a third batch report.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:46 pm
by Cail
Heh....Give it time.
I've got a killer stir-fry I may add in a bit as well.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:02 pm
by Menolly
Cail wrote:Heh....Give it time.
Will do.
Cail wrote:I've got a killer stir-fry I may add in a bit as well.
I look forward to it!!!
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:51 am
by Wyldewode
MMM. . . cookies!
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:31 pm
by Cail
Oh man on man oh man.
I got a Kitchen Aid Artisan mixer on sale today at Kohl's for $200 (couldn't resist). I whipped up a batch of cookies today that are just killer.
I can make a great batch of cookies with common utensils. I make The Best Damn Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever with a mixer.
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:22 pm
by Menolly
Congrats on your new baby, Cail. Is it a 325 motor? How many quarts is the bowl?
I
love my KA.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:05 am
by Cail
It's a 325 tilt-head 5-quart bowl. I went back to Kohl's today and it was $300.
I would've loved to have gotten the Professional model, but I couldn't justify twice the price.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:09 am
by Menolly
Cail wrote:It's a 325 tilt-head 5-quart bowl. I went back to Kohl's today and it was $300.
Niiice...
Cail wrote:I would've loved to have gotten the Professional model, but I couldn't justify twice the price.
Wouldn't we all, but for home use, you don't need any more powerful than that, even if you decide to mix bread dough in it.
I can't wait to hear more of your adventures using it.
Enjoy!!!
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:17 pm
by Wyldewode
Yay, Cail! Yours sounds a lot like mine. . . I have the heavy duty model, 325 watt, 5 quart with the bowl lifter instead of the tilt head. Mine's cobalt blue, and I've had it for 5 years with nary a complaint.
Now, we were talking about cookies, yes? Get baking, man!
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:14 pm
by Cail
I am a B.A.M.F. in the kitchen.
So I decided to whip up another batch with a twist....
Peanut motherlovin' Butter.
Same recipe, added three heaping soup spoons of all-natural (no added sugar) creamy peanut butter, upped the milk to somewhere around 2 tbsp, and added roughly 1/3 cup of flour (to compensate for the added wet stuff). Cooked 'em for about 12 minutes (watch that, I think my oven might not have been all the way preheated).
Awesome.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:50 pm
by Wyldewode
Sounds pretty good, Cail. When you gonna publish your cookbook?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:06 pm
by Cail
When I can talk a publisher into letting me do a pop-up, scratch 'n sniff one!
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:41 pm
by Wyldewode
You forgot about the scratch n' taste part too. . .
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:39 pm
by Cail
Heh.....I just got a mental image of people standing in a bookstore licking my cookbook.