Comments on: leite’s consummate chocolate chip cookie

By: grace

grace — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:02:10 +0000

i just gasped audibly.

By: Myra

Myra — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:28:22 +0000

These cookies look amazing! But I baked them up this morning, and they came out tall and slightly puffy – not at all like in your photos. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks :=)

By: Marilee

Marilee — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:51:38 +0000

Hey Deb? This is probably a stupid question, but in step #2, where it says to cream the butter and sugars for about 5 minutes, what speed on my KitchenAid do I use? Thanks. ^_^

By: deb

deb — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:19:05 +0000

You can make your own cake flour -- it's easy!

By: New-to-baking

New-to-baking — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:49:49 +0000

We dont get cake flour or bread flour where i live :-(
Are there any additions I can make to my all purpose flour in order to make these cookies? They look YUMMY! Love your website!

By: Kathleen Green

Kathleen Green — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:03:52 +0000

I love to bake! I love eating what I bake (most of the time more than what others bake). However, my world changed just yesterday. While I was on vacation, my co-workers found SmittenKitchen website and these cookies. They were baked and brought into the office yesterday. I broke off half a cookie, ate it and nearly oohed and aahed the whole time. Yes, I ate the other half! Before leaving for the end of the day, I took one “to go” and repeated my pleasure. EXCELLENT!!

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:53:27 +0000

i have made these too many times to count as i do believe they are indeed THE best chocolate chip cookies on the planet. i have never splurged for the valrhona chocolate discs and was using some other brand until i discovered Euphoria chocolate buttons which are SO GOOD (euphoriachocolate.com) and you can buy in bulk. This is the kind of recipe that needs to get passed down so i am holding onto it!

By: deb

deb — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:14:54 +0000

You can use them any time you need baking chocolate; many pastry chefs do, as they melt quickly and evenly.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:24:20 +0000

Are there other really good recipes that call for these chocolate disks? Say, brownies? I would really appreciate some guidance, as I have a few boxes of the milk chocolate ones now.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:52:27 +0000

dear lord, i hope not

but even still, i was a bit shocked–it’s a meal

and so from now on, i will treat it with such respect