Voila!: Chocolate Chip Cookie Trials, complete

So it's not often that a recipe that I've completely designed myself comes out on the first try, but today's seems very close to it!

This is what my tester looks like when going into the oven: flat, half flat and round.

This is what my tester looks like after it's baked. In this case, I opted for the half flat. It's a bit puffy and has nice tooth, but isn't quite so cakey as the round.

The first batch is light and sweet and apart from desiring a darker chocolate chip (probably coarsely chopped instead of whole chips) I am really happy with them! The duck egg keeps them moist and the almon meal keeps them from getting heavy and bready.

Voila!

In the kitchen: Chocolate Chip Cookie Trials

I'm experimenting with posting while baking here. The trouble is that I can't place photos mid-post via phone. If anybody has a good iPhone app for blogger, let me know!

Anyway, when I test a recipe (or do a series of trials, like today) I carefully keep weight measurements of my recipes scrawled out in a little moleskine notbook.

I test the cookies by making up a half or quarter batch of the current recipe and I spoon out small, weighed balls onto a sheet. I then do a series of three per test. One balled, one slightly flattened, and one squished. This lets me see the way the dough spreads as it bakes. It's also a guarantee that for every one cookie I'm happy with, there are two less perfect that the husband and I get to snack on. Heh.

Morning Prep: Chocolate Chip Cookie Trials

I've done this before, and it resulted in tedium and mediocrity, but today I will be mad with joy as I create the perfect chocolate chip coooookie!!

Mwahaha.

I intend to make a protein punched chocolate chip cookie using almond meal, hard red wheat flour and duck eggs. Mediocrity better watch her back!

This was my last attempt at Chocolate Chip cookies. It was tasty, sure, but it wasn't the kind of cookie I would return to a bakery for. Typical and wheaty, it seemed too bland to be something I'd like to sell at the market booths.