Candy Cookies

I really LOVE to bake. Fortunately, I really love to eat cookies, too. It’s a good match! Today I am going over to my mom’s for a dinner with her and my sisters. She told me not to bring something to share, as always, so I decided to whip up some of these delicious cookies to share. I made these a few weeks ago and my husband and I devoured them. Thankfully this time, we will have some help!

The recipe is actually the original Nestle Toll House recipe, with one alteration, as noted below:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

2-1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups Eillien’s ‘Mini Semi-Sweet Gems” (*I used these instead of chocolate chips, for something different. They can be purchased at Sendiks.)

Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar; add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in dry ingredients; stir in gems. Using a cookie scoop or a spoon, put onto cookie sheets. Bake at 350° until desired doneness, about 8 to 10 minutes.

I mixed the dough in the morning, as I like to let it set in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. I find that this makes my cookies turn out fluffier, and less flat.

I have a convection oven, so I chose to set it for convection bake for these cookies. I also used parchment paper on my baking sheet, which helps prevent the cookies from being overdone and also makes taking them off the pan, super simple.