http://www.chocolatechipper.com/chocolate/n30.html The best chocolate chip cookies in the world might come from your kitchen, your mom's kitchen, your grandma's kitchen, the Mrs. Fields store or the grocery store. Ask five different people and you'll get five different opinions about where you can get the best chocolate chip cookies. en-us Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:54:49 EDT Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:54:49 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 What you consider to be the best chocolate chip cookies depends on many things, starting with how you like your chocolate chip cookies. Some people think crispy chocolate chip cookies are the best, and some think the best chocolate chip cookies are soft. And still others think that a slightly crisp edge and a softer center make the best chocolate chip cookies. Your Idea of the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Your idea of the best chocolate chip cookies in the world was probably formed at an early age, especially if your mom baked a lot. Of course, baking them is half the fun. Once everything is mixed, eating the dough was as much fun as anything. Now, if your mom's chocolate chip cookies were always kind of crispy, that's probably how you like them best. If your mom's chocolate chip cookies were always soft, you probably like them soft. Sometimes, people make different kinds of chocolate chip cookies too, like chocolate chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with M&Ms in them or even peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips. Maybe you consider one of those kinds to be the best chocolate chip cookies--especially if your mom made them. Speaking of mom, she probably knew the best recipe, right? The most famous (and probably most often used) chocolate chip cookie recipe is probably the Nestle Tollhouse Cookie, followed by the Mrs. Fields version and then the Nieman Marcus recipe (the one behind the famous story). But some rely on recipes from famous cookbooks like Betty Crocker or Better Homes & Gardens. Whatever recipe is chosen, the basic ingredients are the same: flour, sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, baking soda, salt and eggs. The amounts may vary, and some recipes call for a grated chocolate bar in addition to the chips, but the end result is usually the same--tasty chocolate chip cookies! Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:54:49 EDT