Chocolate Chip Cookie Hunt-Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I've had this idea for months!  I thought it was time to finally just do it!  Let's go on a Chocolate Chip Cookie Hunt together!  Maybe I've sang Bear Hunt too many times. haha or maybe I just really love cookies but on my quest to find the best CCC I've tried lots of recipes.  I thought it would be fun to do it with everyone!  If you're a cookie lover you've probably been on your own hunt to find the very best.  

Each Sunday I will announce the new recipe we'll focus on that week, and I'm hoping to make them that day too, but feel free to make them anytime you can/want throughout the week.  We'll share our thoughts and feedback of the recipe.  As the weeks go on you can freeze a couple dough balls each week and then we can bake them all up and compare them every so often.  Then we'll decide which cookie is the best of them all!  As time passes we'll have lots of cookies, gained cookie baking experience, and have tried lots of new cookie recipes (with I'm guessing lots of success!).

I'll be sharing some of my favorite recipes, tips, and tricks I've learned!  We'll be making some of my favorite recipes as well as some I've always wanted to try!  Cookies are fast, easy and comforting, making them is a specialty and trade we'll need for the rest of our lives! :)Think of it as a virtual Bake-A-Long with RuthAnne, Chocolate Chip Cookie edition!  Hope you Bake-A-Long with me!

Every so often I will pick a random winner to win some of my favorite cookie baking supplies, special ingredients for the next upcoming Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes, or cookie must haves!  In order to be entered to win these giveaways you have to post to your stories or IG feed the cookies you made and tag me on Instagram @ruthanne.strong and use the hashtag #chocolatechipcookiehuntwithRuthAnne so that means the more cookies you make, and share on social media the more chances you have of winning!  Honestly it's a win-win situation!

So let's get started!  Grab your mixing bowl and preheat your oven let's get baking!

For the week of May 17 (THIS week!) we will use the Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe!

Find the Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe HERE!  It's also right on the back of the Nestle Chocolate Chip bag.  I love to get the big bag from Costco so it lasts a lot longer but the small, regular bags at the grocery store are perfect as well!

We have to start with the recipe that started it all!!  This recipe seriously is a classic and is used by so many.  My grandma, my mom, Dallin's mom, my great aunt, the list goes on and on!  

Some tips for this recipe to keep in mind-  I have heard many people use more flour (especially at higher altitude as noted in the recipe) and it works really well!  Some people love to use half butter and half shortening!  Some like it just the way it is.  

For the batch I made I added about 1/4 C. +1 1/2 T. extra flour just like Grandma would make!

The dough of this recipe is unreal!  When Dallin and I first tasted it we both felt like we were transported right back to our moms kitchens when we were little kids.  So many memories of sneaking dough, licking the batter and enjoying cookies with family!  You might just want to make this recipe for the dough alone. haha 

We love that these cookies are a family favorite and they have a lot of memories and feelings connected to them.  The crunchier base and all semi sweet chocolate make them so delicious!  Having that much butter in the recipe is really a wonderful thing, there's this buttery note at the end of your bite that just makes you want another one. I hope that you make them!

Next week we will be doing the Tried and True Chocolate Chip Cookies from A Bountiful Kitchen so take a look at that recipe and make sure you have all the ingredients!  You may want to make sure you have the regular cookie making ingredients in your storage at all times, just saying! ;)

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