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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 12/24/2015 9:40 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 11:52:18 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> I made my cookies today, the first ones were some chocolate chips
>>> for my nephew.
>>>
>>> I really don't know what I did wrong, but I hope no one minds
>>> bendy limp cookies. Maybe I can serve them with a spoon.
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/30x7k45/9

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>> I don't see a problem. They look just like mine, although my husband
>> won't let me add nuts to his. (He just doesn't like them.)

>
> Oh, I gotta have the nuts. I did make a batch without since my
> nephew is allergic to tree nuts. He's the only reason I was
> making chocolate chip to start with.
>
>> Ours aren't bendy or limp, although they're just on the very edge of
>> structural stability, since we deliberately undercook them ever
>> so slightly.

>
> Works for me. I have a wide range of textures that I like in
> chocolate chip cookies. Thin and crisp? Great. Chewy? Wonderful.
> Crumbly, nice.
>
>> *sigh* Shouldn't have looked. The next time I'm in the area, I'll
>> stop by Zingerman's Bakehouse and buy a chocolate chip cookie.

>
> Sorry. It's hard to be watching what you eat this time of the
> year.


It's not for me. I just look at things I shouldn't eat as poison and then
no problem.