On Jan 22, 1:13*pm, "Christopher M." > wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in ....
> >I didn't think it was possible to screw up chocolate chip cookies but it
> >is.
> > I bought a bag of "Chips Ahoy - Chewy" yesterday afternoon and....yuk!
> > Very
> > weird tasting. They should be labeled, "Processed Cookie Product," IMO.
> >
>
> > Actually most of the CC cookies found in the cookie isle are not so good.
> > Only the bakery has acceptable ones but the best are the homemade ones
> > from
> > scratch.
>
> > Guess I'll just make my own from now on. Another plus is that I won't eat
> > them often as I'm usually too lazy to make them. *Once I do though I find
> > it
> > hard to stop and, since I live alone now, I eat them up too fast.
>
> Sometimes I roll them in cinnamon. Those are called wookie cookies. (1 part
> cinnamon to 3 parts sugar). Have to use half milk chocolate chips and half
> semi-sweet chips so *you don't overpower the cinnamon though.
>
> Sometimes I substitute 1/4 cup of milk for an egg, and substitute some of
> the butter with shortening. I think that's the original Toll House cookie
> recipe.They're crispier, and more sugary. And, of course, they have a longer
> shelf life.
>
> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

Uh-oh, now you will experience the wrath of Mr. Negative, who thinks
we will die sooner if we eat "shortening" once in a while. (In my
cookie experience, oleo makes them softer, all butter makes them
crispier.)

N.