Wednesday, December 8, 2010

BetterThanHisMom's Cookies

by Stephanie Taylor


Shhh, I’ll tell you a little secret. My husband admitted (in front of his friend, no less) that he likes my chocolate chip cookies more than his mom’s.

SCORE! After years of living in this woman’s culinary shadows, I have FINALLY perfected upon perfection and made something better than her! Nana nana nanaaaa!

Ahem. Tonight we decorated our Christmas tree and while we did so, I baked my BetterThanHisMom’s cookies. I swatted my hubby’s hand and his friend’s hand as they dipped their fingers in my dough and then listened to their moans of enjoyment. Secretly, I loved it. It’s not often I emerge from my In-laws shadows and win a battle. (Notice I didn’t say the war!) So in honor of this victory…oh yeah, and of course, Christmas!... I will offer you the recipe for my now-famous chocolate chip cookies:

BetterThanHisMom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups white sugar

1 tbsp molasses

1 stick of butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

½ tsp of sea salt

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups flour

1 package of milk chocolate chip cookies

Mix all ingredients together except the flour and chips. Once complete, add flour one cup at a time. Once dough easily pulls away from the sides (you might have to add a little more flour), add chips. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375.

I’ll also be sending someone a Christmas ornament for their tree, and maybe, if you made the good list, some cookies for Santa! Leave your email address with your comment so I can contact you when you win!

**To Celebrate our '8 Crazy Nights', Decadent Publishing will also be giving the winner one FREE book of their choice from Decadent Publishing**

Stephanie Taylor

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39 comments:

  1. Psssst! I'll tell you a secret...my husband makes better Filipino food than his Mom... ;-)

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  2. Stephanie, the recipe sounds delish! I bet it's the molasses that does it every time. How can go wrong with molasses? :)

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  3. Sounds yummy, I'd like to be eating some right now. Happy Holidays!!

    seriousreader at live dot com

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  4. im so gonna have to try that recipe for real sound every yummy and easy to make toogreat post



    mortalsinn@yahoo.com

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  5. I've been looking for a great cookie recipe ever since I did my post and loads of people said they eat cookies at Christmas! So I'm going to have a go.
    Just have to work out exactly how big a 'cup' I'm supposed to use (American recipes always lose me at this point!).

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  6. It is a win when you do something better than your m-i-l isn't it? Not sure why but the standards seem to be set so high sometimes. Love the recipe and crossing fingers I get to taste some of them cookies. (no one dares make c.c.cookies around here. My m-i-l makes several batches/get together.)

    Happy Christmas!

    raemgilbert@yahoo.com

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  7. The best compliment a woman can get is that one of her recipes is better then mom's. I'll have to bake the cookies this week and bring some to my daughter's house this weekend. Thanks for the recipe, sounds yummy.

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  8. I cook everything better than my m.i.l., and that's why hubby was hooked. These look awesome tho. LOVE chocolate chip cookies.
    Great post!

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  9. Kudos to you for making better cookies than your mother in law. I always love it when my husband likes my cooking/baking better than his mom's.
    Crystal816[at]hotmail[dot}com

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  10. Thanks guys! Nina, 1 cup here equals 8 oz. Does that help?

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  11. yay!!! I must say your cookies are very good :-)
    kaliec@bellsouth.net

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  12. Mmmm... That's quite a compliment, Stephanie! Thanks for sharing the terrific recipe!!

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  13. I have been so good !!! I needs cookies . yumyum lol meandi09@yahoo.com

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  14. I have sampled those cookies and they are quite delicious!! Thanks for the recipe and feel free to make them for me anytime! Ha!

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  15. Congratulations on winning the battle. Here's a prayer for a truce. : )

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  16. I'm definitely making these cookies. I LOVE molasses and chocolate together. I always go for the molasses caramels in the box of chocolates my DH gives me for Valentines Day first! LOL

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  17. Chocolate chip cookies are my fav! I find the secret to perfect cookies is not to overcook them :-)

    smaccall @ comcast.net

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  18. I love chocolate chip cookies. And since these are even better than his mom's, you know I've got to try them. I'll be baking these.

    lenikaye@yahoo.com

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  19. Stephanie,
    Unfortunately, I don't cook (LOL). Well, unless you count mac n cheese, hot dogs, porkchops and eggs (hehehe). My hubby does most of the cooking. Hmmm...I guess I'd be safe to say that he cooks better than my MIL (hehehe).

    So if you're giving away free cookies I'll take some, because lord knows I can't bake 'em! Great post!

    rebekahg22@yahoo.com

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  20. Remember gals, all things in moderation!!! Wait, who am I kidding? EAT AWAY! BWAHAHAHAHA!

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  21. Mmmmm...sounds good. So the secret recipe's out now. Wonder if his Mom knows yet?

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  22. Pfft. me making the good list is like the Cubs winning the Series: once every 70yrs. :-) Guess I won't be getting your cookies in the mail, but then again the diet fairy is happy about that, I suppose.

    This sounds YUMMY. Never had molasses in mine cc cookies. Unless Pilsbury puts it in theirs. :-) JUST KIDDING, I can bake. I just do it ever-so-rarely.

    Thx, Steph!

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  23. Well aren't you the baker with the best cookies!! Yum. I'd love to win. Sheila P52@yahoo.com

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  24. Oooh, molasses. Never heard of that in choc chip cookies. YUMMO!

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  25. Yummmm! I'll definitely have to try the recipe! I was fortunate enough that my MIL isn't a "great" cook. Hubster has only requested one time in 10 years that we get his mom's recipe for tuna casserole. But we baked it and I wasn't too thrilled with it. So I found another recipe and now it's his favorite. Hehe.

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  26. I love chocolate chip cookies! Am going to try your recipe----have never seen one with molasses before.

    kissinoak at frontier dot com

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  27. I so love the name of these cookies! My hubby used to say when we were first married that he didn't like sweets, but when I made Oatmeal Scotchies he would tell me stop making them, I can't stop eating them, LOL. I so am trying your recipe (or my daughter, she is the great baker!) I never heard of them with molasses in them. That must be the secret ingredient!

    cathiecaffey @ gmail.com

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  28. WTG, Steph! I too would be giddy if I won in head to head action. Those cookies sound yummy. Along with chocolate chip some more flavor choices that I adore are snickerdoodles and sugar. I love how simply perfect those flavors are.

    joderjo402 AT gmail DOT com

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  29. Oh, sounds like you should meet my M-I-L (yes, she is so good, she has to be cap even in shorthand!). What's sad is that she gets worse (more annial, more perfect-enest, much worse since retirerment) every year! She had even started getting on her husband's nerves.

    I did find the best solution: I married the man/son who did NOT want that! That always bothered him, and when we were dating & I saw how she kept house (& did everything else) and knew I could NEVER keep up to those standards, he told me he would be driven insane if he had to live like that again. SCORE!
    I even remind him of this when I have my off weeks and the house gets a little 'unkept.' LOL

    As for your wonderful cookies, I will pass thereciepe on to hubby. He is doing the major cooking this year. After 14 years, I have burned out! So I only cook once a week, he cooks about 3 times a week, and we get take out the rest of the time (lots of options now that city has grown). One big advantage of no kids. Even if M-I-L is horrified, her daughter does the same thing and has HER hubby cook a lot of the time, so M-I-L can't say too much (but you can see all the things see is thinking on her face. It is so funny to see her try to keep those comments inside!!!!)

    Gee, I think I might have a few issues with the things she has said to me over the years...

    vickykerr[at]sbcglobal.net

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  30. I love baking during the holidays. Thanks for a great recipe.

    What's the most unique dessert you've ever encountered?

    For me it was pretzel/strawberry casserole!

    --Carlie
    carlieangelus@gmail.com

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  31. Carlie, I totally LOVE strawberry pretzel salad (as it's called here in Alabama!). The most unique dessert, huh? Hmmm..lemme think...

    Ooooh! My husbands grandmother makes this "green fluff" stuff. It's, well, green, and I don't even WANT to know what's in it. I think pistachios, some sort of gelatin, whip cream maybe. ACK! I would NOT waste the calories on anything green, let me tell ya! I'll preserve it for my cookies and brownies!

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  32. I love chocolate chip cookies. I amgoing tot ry this one. It is alittle different
    debby236@att.net

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  33. Thanks for the recipe!

    amysmith98@gmail.com

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  34. I always cheat...I buy the pre-made dough. My hubby loves my chocolate covered Oreos and Peanut Butter Snicker Bar cookies. Still cheating...use pre-made Peanut Butter Dough and obviously the Oreos are already made too. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I may have to break down and actually make some from scratch!

    cbandy10(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  35. I love the recipe, will have to try it, with one change no regular four :( still adapting to the glutten free diet.

    My husband won't admit in front of his mom that he prefers anything of mine, even though he does, and she ALWAYS calls me on it. I have learned over the years to just take, and when he comes home he eats all of what I have made.

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  36. ha forgot to put my email

    heatherlire@gmail.com

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  37. I feel your glorious moment with you! It's such a shining moment when you do something better than your husband's perfect mom! I'll have to give these a try and my little baker (my 9 year) will be sure to love to help as he always does.

    ~huggles~
    Gracen

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  38. MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL! I LOVE WARM OATMEAL RAISIN WITH PECANS!

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  39. Oo, these look very good. :) -laura
    L_Hogg at comcast dot net

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