Alright you guys. I’m pretty sure this is it. Like, the one. The cookie recipe I’ve been searching for. This Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from King Arthur Flour is seriously perfection.
Call me crazy, and I know we’re only 16 (with 36 left to go) recipes into the Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment, but I’m honestly tempted to look no farther! This recipe from King Arthur Flour is everything I’m looking for…
Let’s talk about qualifiers for a perfect chocolate chip cookie:
White chocolate covered pretzels, pecans and lots of chocolate chips come together in these Pretzel Pecan Crumb Bars that are perfect served warm with a side of ice cream.
Happy April Something Swanky readers! It’s Emily from It Bakes Me Happy here again to share another tasty bar dessert you’re sure to love! With the temperatures starting to rise that typically means picnics and family get togethers increase and these buttery, Pretzel Pecan Crumb Bars make the perfect ending to any meal.
I have days when I just crave something sweet and chocolatey, but I don’t know exactly what I want to bake. In fact I had one of those days last week, enter these Pretzel Pecan Bars; they’re buttery squares filled with white chocolate pretzel pieces, pecans and chocolate chips. They are pretty fantastic alone but even better when served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or make it a real treat and throw a little chocolate fudge on top as well. I really think you’re going to love these bars, they’re easy to make, delicious and a real crowd pleaser; enjoy and happy baking!
This recipe has come highly recommended from bloggers and home bakers all over the place, and I was super excited to try it. If you don’t know it yet, Chocolate Chip Cookies are my jam. And any CCC recipe that comes this highly recommended puts me over the moon 🙂
And they’re totally worth the recommendation. But first, I have to tell you the pains I took to get my hands on the original recipe for these guys…
Do you guys remember the Neiman Marcus Cookies? They’re famous for having a recipe that cost Neiman Marcus patrons $250 to acquire.
Well, this recipe didn’t cost me $250. But it did cost me 39.99. Which, you know… is kind of equally annoying.
I found lots of recipes for these cookies from other bloggers. But I’ve been really committed through this experiment to follow each original recipe exactly to the letter. And I didn’t want to go off of another blogger’s version of the recipe in case they had changed a little something here or there.
So I found the original recipe on the Cook’s Illustrated website… available only to their paying subscribers. But they had a 30-day free trial option– provided you entered your credit card information, of course…which I did. I figured I’d just cancel once I got the recipe.
But then I thought… what’s so great about this site that you have to pay 39.99/month for access to their recipes?? Maybe I’ll just try it out for the month and see if I find any other really cool recipes.
You can guess the rest. I put a reminder to cancel up on the white board in my office, and Emma covered it up with some of her artwork… and today the subscription fee came out of my account.
And if you were wondering… nope. I haven’t re-visited the site since that first fateful day that I nabbed this chocolate chip cookie recipe. Not even once.
But I guess the silver lining to to this story is that we can all rest easy knowing that this is for sure the original and exact Cook’s Illustrated Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies!
So I bet you’re all wondering… was the 39.99 worth it?
Well, in all honesty, I would have been just as happy eating AllRecipes.com #1 Ranked Chocolate Chip Cookies or Food Network’s Simple Chocolate Chip Cookies (recipes that I didn’t have to pay for). But I will concede that this Cook’s Illustrated recipe is pretty darn good! It possibly broke into my top 5 favorites, so I guess that’s saying something (as we are now 15 recipes into the Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment!!!). I love the flavor you get by using more brown sugar than most recipes call for. And by melting the butter and adding an extra egg yolk, this recipe yields a chewier cookie than most. Overall: very yummy!!
However… please feel free to donate 39.99 to Something Swanky each time you visit for the recipe 😉
Bad news y’all. I don’t have any time to stay and chat today. I’m really sorry!
I try to do this pretty much never, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to eat and run. Today has been nuts. Just simple as that. But it’s totally okay. Because this recipe is actually perfect for those nuts-o kind of days. In fact, I made myself a bowl this morning before running out the door!
It’s two ingredients + fruit (if you want), takes about 10.2 seconds to whip up, and uses healthy ingredients! Win-win-win, right? Plus, it tastes like dessert. So another win.
I hope you enjoy this on your busy days as much as I do! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to scoot!
