Some Things Are Better Left Unchanged

I made my brownies using Dutch Processed Cocoa.  They are good, and very moist, but lack the chocolate punch of my regular brownies.    They look like they would be super chocolatey, but it is more subtle - that's not my kind of brownie!  If I made them this way again, I would add some chocolate bits to the batter, or something to give it a little more of kick.  I love how moist they are and the rich color, but that is about it!  My taste testers all liked them and I am not completely giving up on this version, but it needs some more Test Kitchen experimenting to wow me! 

Brownie with Dutch Processed Cocoa

CCC Update

I saved half of the batch to bake the next day.  They were just as good, with a slightly different texture.  Day two they were just as chewy and delicious.  They did not dry out like a lot of cookies tend to do the day after they are baked.   Another positive for recipe number 2!

They are everything I want in a Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Close-up

A Quest For The Best........Chocolate Chip Cookies...Round 2

This is only the second recipe, but I think we may have a winner!

I am so excited about these cookies!

The first CCC's that I made were good, but these are amazing and a beautiful specimen of a cookie!
They looked wonderful coming out of the oven, had great texture, and are the best tasting CCC's I have ever had!

I put the plate out for small group and the CCC's got rave reviews.  There wasn't a cookie left!

I had 12 taste testers on this one and everyone loved them!

Of the original contenders, I have one recipe left.  It sounds incredible too, so I can't wait to compare!
I don't really think I will look much further than that because I LOVE THESE COOKIES!!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Close-up of Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Cookie, A Brownie & Another Cookie

While it rained all afternoon, I was in the kitchen baking up a storm!

I made Butterscotch Chip Spice Cookies, Sea Salt Brownies, and Sugar Cookies for a client's gathering tonight.   We covered the super sweet, chocolate and plain tastes.

After hours of baking for someone else, I needed to make something for my own household's dessert and company.  I decided it was time to test recipe #2 of the chocolate chip cookie trials..............

To be continued in the next post :)

Butterscotch Chip Spice Cookies

Sea Salt Brownies

Sugar Cookies 

Boxed and ready to go!

Coffee Break

Banana Bread and Coffee.........yum!

I had not made a banana bread lately, so I changed that and I made a rather delicious one yesterday.

I have added a milk frother to my kitchen appliance family, so I can make pretty coffee every day now!
Of course I had to use this as part of my banana bread picture!

After spending about two weeks working on an album for a new client, I was ready to do some baking.
A post about the album will follow soon.

I also have been making a bunch of cards, but they are ones I have sent out, so I need to wait a few days before posting.  :)

I am about to go start on a dessert order.  Brownies, Butterscotch Chip Spice Cookies, and Sugar Cookies.

I want to try making my regular brownie recipe with a different kind or cocoa, and it is about time to try out recipe number 2 for the quest for the best chocolate chip cookies.   I haven't decided which will come first, but both will be soon.  

Off to the kitchen!