9.19.16
So even though I took a few weeks off from the blog, I hardly stopped baking. Right around the time I went radio silent, I received an email from a website called Skillshare. They had found my blog and invited me to teach baking online! Skillshare has built there website on what they call ‘bite-sized’ lessons. This means most lessons are well under 30 minutes. The skills taught on the site range from culinary, to computer programs, to crocheting to learning to find your zen. It’s a pretty large spectrum, and I was really excited to jump in. So over the course of two weeks, whenever I had spare time I was taping and editing my lesson, ‘How to Make Perfectly Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies.’
I am so so happy with the result and am in the midst of recruiting students. You can enroll in my class here. And while a premium membership is only .99 for three months you will help me out greatly, because the more students I get, the more I’ll be featured on Skillshare’s homepage! And if you’re not interested in the membership at all, you can join for the 99 cents and then cancel after you become my student, you’ll still be counted and help me on my quest!
The recipe is down below in case you’d like to print it out.
I was surprised that (through a lot of guidance from my husband) I ended up really enjoying the filming and editing process. I wrote outlines, storyboarded, and took tons of shots to create what I wanted to be an engaging lesson. Best part? My whole lesson comes to a total of 11 minutes! So you can learn to make great cookies in the time it takes to brew some coffee.
So head over to Skillshare, and be my student, I’m already thinking of the next lesson I can film.
Perfectly Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt, set aside
- In a stand up mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until light in color and fluffy (about 3-5 minutes)
- Add in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla one at a time, allowing each to beat in completely before adding the next
- Add all of flour mixture
- Turn mixer to low speed and allow dry ingredients to mix in, once just combined, add in chocolate chips, scrape down sides as necessary
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill over night
- Once ready to bake, preheat oven to 375
- Roll chilled dough into 1 1/2 – 2″ balls
- Place on lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes (11 was perfect for me), take out cookies and let them cool, they may look under baked!! Do not bake them longer!
- Once cooled for 5 minutes on baking sheet, move to wire rack to allow to cool completely
P.S.
*You can use a cookie scoop if desired, but I feel like just eyeballing it is fine
