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Double Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe

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These are what my kid considers “normal cookies” because we make them the most! They’re also almost always what people are asking for when I get a message that goes like “remember those cookies you brought months ago… could I get the recipe?” Since I’m sending them to school for his teachers and typed up the recipe to put on the bag (in case of allergies), I figured I might as well share it on my blog at the same time.

A pile of double chocolate chip cookies.
A pile of double chocolate chip cookies.

¾ C (1 ½ sticks) butter

1 C sugar

1 ½ tsp vanilla

1 egg

1/3 C cocoa

1 1/3 C flour

¼ tsp soda

1 C chocolate chips

The type of chocolate chips you use makes a big difference in these: my go-to is the President’s Choice Decadent Chocolate Chips, but these are also fun with peanut butter chips or whatever decent semi-sweet I can find in the store.

  • Cream butter, sugar, vanilla
  • add egg, mix
  • add dry ingredients, mix
  • add chocolate chips, mix
  • Drop by the tablespoon full onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375 F for 8-10 minutes

Gingerbread Cookies

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I typed up this recipe to accompany some cookies I’m sending to my kid’s school, so I figured it was a good time to share it here! This can make a slightly chewy gingerbread if you roll the cookies thick enough. I got this recipe from some old copy of Chateleine my mom had, probably from the 80s.

1 ½ C shortening

2 C white sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1 C molasses

4 ½ C flour

2 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cloves

2 tsp ginger

2 tsp cinnamon

  • Cream shortening & sugar
  • Add eggs & molasses, mix
  • add rest, mix

If using cookie cutters, chill for an hour before rolling out dough and cutting

Bake at 350F for 10 minutes

Glaze: 1C icing sugar, 3-4 tbsp water. Boil and apply while warm. Add sprinkles if desired. Or decorate with butter icing if you don’t need to make them easier to transport! I used to regularly make these for cookie parties and let people add their own decorations.