On Sep 24, 7:18*pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> For many years I would only use the "original" Chocolate Chip Cookie
> recipe on the Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chip package, and thought
> they were near perfect. However, the original recipe called for 1/4 tsp,
> water and I don't recall it using 1 cup of all butter, and the cookies
> were thicker and chewy, but I used 1 cup of Crisco shortening in place
> of butter, as found that made them flat and crisp, and I don't like thin
> crisp cookies.
>
> Over the years I have tried other recipes, that said they were "the
> best". Some used half butter and half shortening, and some used brown
> AND white sugar both. I was pleased with them the day I baked them, as
> seemed chewy and exactly what I wanted, but then after I stored them in
> a airtight container (usually Tupperware) they would get soft and break,
> and no longer chewy and solid. I get one I think is the "perfect one"
> only to be disappointed after they sit awhile.
>
> If you have a recipe you think I might be looking for, please post it
> here...thanks! It's my hubby's favorite cookie, although it has never
> been mine. Oatmeal Raisin are my favorite cookies, or a soft (but firm)
> raisin spice cookie.
>
> Judy

It doesn't matter what recipe you use because once you seal them up in
a container they're going to get soft. A cookie that's dry and crisp
on the outside and moist and chewy on the inside when it comes out of
the oven is not going to stay that way.

wrote:

>It doesn't matter what recipe you use
> because once you seal them up in a
> container they're going to get soft. A
> cookie that's dry and crisp on the
> outside and moist and chewy on the
> inside when it comes out of the oven is
> not going to stay that way.

Not true.....for the holidays, I make 20 to 23 different kinds of
cookies, and seal them up in Tupperware and Rubbermaid containers and
keep them in a cool place for two weeks, or more, and they stay the same
texture as when I first store them away, but I've always had this
trouble with chocolate chip cookies, and have tried several recipes over
the years, hoping to find one that didn't soften in a matter of hours.

Judy

Judy wrote:

> for the holidays, I make 20 to 23 different kinds of cookies, and seal
> them up in Tupperware and Rubbermaid containers and keep them in a cool
> place for two weeks, or more, and they stay the same texture as when I
> first store them away, but I've always had this trouble with chocolate
> chip cookies, and have tried several recipes over the years, hoping to
> find one that didn't soften in a matter of hours.

Have you tried storing them with a slice of bread in the container?

Bob

"Bob Terwilliger" <wrote> Have you tried storing them with a slice of bread
in the container?

>
> Bob

Bob, I wondered about the slice of bread, but figured the wolves here would
eat the bread too.
In her book, CookWise, Shirley Corriher explains everything there is
about cookie baking. She thoroughly discusses types of flour, fat,
sweeteners and explains 3 different ways to use the same recipe for
different results. There's a section on doing chocolate chip cookies basic,
thin, puffed and in between. There's another section on fine-tuning the
spread, puff, tenderness and color.
If there's a failure in CookWise, I guess it's that she never tells how
to bake cookies in secret or how to hide them. Polly

On Sep 25, 5:57*am, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" <wrote> Have you tried storing them with a slice of bread
> in the container?
>
>
>
> > Bob
>
> Bob, I wondered about the slice of bread, but figured the wolves here would
> eat the bread too.
> * * In her book, CookWise, Shirley Corriher explains everything there is
> about cookie baking. *She thoroughly discusses types of flour, fat,
> sweeteners and explains 3 different ways to use the same recipe for
> different results. *There's a section on doing chocolate chip cookies basic,
> thin, puffed and in between. *There's another section on fine-tuning the
> spread, puff, tenderness and color.
> * * If there's a failure in CookWise, I guess it's that she never tells how
> to bake cookies in secret or how to hide them. *Polly

My mom used to hide them in the freezer labeled as liver

merryb wrote:
>
>My mom used to hide them in the freezer labeled as liver

Anything chocolate tastes better frozen. My mom used to hide her
stash of chocolates in her bra drawer, I ain't kidding... was a big
mistake. hehe My grandmother, my mom's mother always had candy for
me; Charms, Chicklets, Tootsie Rolls, Chuckles etc., I wasn't supposed
to eat any before dinner but my gramma would hide her goodies in her
bra and have me reach in for a surprise... what does a three year old
know.

Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered stupidly:

> Anything chocolate tastes better frozen.

Utter bullshit. Utter *ignorant* bullshit.

Bob

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> merryb wrote:
>> My mom used to hide them in the freezer labeled as liver
>
> Anything chocolate tastes better frozen. My mom used to hide her
> stash of chocolates in her bra drawer, I ain't kidding... was a big
> mistake. hehe My grandmother, my mom's mother always had candy for
> me; Charms, Chicklets, Tootsie Rolls, Chuckles etc., I wasn't supposed
> to eat any before dinner but my gramma would hide her goodies in her
> bra and have me reach in for a surprise... what does a three year old
> know.

Hmmmm. And thus your fixation?

--
Jean B.

On Sep 25, 4:35*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> merryb wrote:
>
> >My mom used to hide them in the freezer labeled as liver
>
> Anything chocolate tastes better frozen. *My mom used to hide her
> stash of chocolates in her bra drawer, I ain't kidding... was a big
> mistake. hehe *My grandmother, my mom's mother always had candy for
> me; Charms, Chicklets, Tootsie Rolls, Chuckles etc., I wasn't supposed
> to eat any before dinner but my gramma would hide her goodies in her
> bra and have me reach in for a surprise... what does a three year old
> know.

LOL- Now we know where your breast obsession started!

On Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:35:55 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> merryb wrote:
> >
> >My mom used to hide them in the freezer labeled as liver
>
> Anything chocolate tastes better frozen. My mom used to hide her
> stash of chocolates in her bra drawer, I ain't kidding... was a big
> mistake. hehe My grandmother, my mom's mother always had candy for
> me; Charms, Chicklets, Tootsie Rolls, Chuckles etc., I wasn't supposed
> to eat any before dinner but my gramma would hide her goodies in her
> bra and have me reach in for a surprise... what does a three year old
> know.

What if you had to reach into Judy's panties to retrieve the Charms, Chicklets, Tootsie Rolls and Chuckles? Did someone mention liver? No matter how many times you wash that hand...

--Bryan

Bob wrote:

>Have you tried storing them with a slice
> of bread in the container?

No, I haven't tried that with chocolate chip cookies, but I remember my
mom doing that with some she'd make, but I was thinking it was to keep
them from getting HARD? I want my chocolate chip cookies chewy, and not
to be real soft and delicate, so they crumble when storing.

Judy

they will stay the way you want if you slip a slice of bread in there with
them. Lees
> wrote in message
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On Sep 24, 7:18 pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> For many years I would only use the "original" Chocolate Chip Cookie
> recipe on the Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chip package, and thought
> they were near perfect. However, the original recipe called for 1/4 tsp,
> water and I don't recall it using 1 cup of all butter, and the cookies
> were thicker and chewy, but I used 1 cup of Crisco shortening in place
> of butter, as found that made them flat and crisp, and I don't like thin
> crisp cookies.
>
> Over the years I have tried other recipes, that said they were "the
> best". Some used half butter and half shortening, and some used brown
> AND white sugar both. I was pleased with them the day I baked them, as
> seemed chewy and exactly what I wanted, but then after I stored them in
> a airtight container (usually Tupperware) they would get soft and break,
> and no longer chewy and solid. I get one I think is the "perfect one"
> only to be disappointed after they sit awhile.
>
> If you have a recipe you think I might be looking for, please post it
> here...thanks! It's my hubby's favorite cookie, although it has never
> been mine. Oatmeal Raisin are my favorite cookies, or a soft (but firm)
> raisin spice cookie.
>
> Judy

It doesn't matter what recipe you use because once you seal them up in
a container they're going to get soft. A cookie that's dry and crisp
on the outside and moist and chewy on the inside when it comes out of
the oven is not going to stay that way.