Tuesday, February 02, 2010

classic chocolate chippers

Classic Chocolate Chippers with ice-cold soy milk


I call February "The Grey Season." All the colorful holiday lights are down. Income taxes loom over our heads, and our mailboxes are inundated with those hateful black and white W2s and 1099s. The sky seems to be one big swoosh of steely grey, and those of us in the Northeast are suffering from sweater fatigue. Is it any wonder I usually make chocolate chip cookies in February?
These are my go-to comfort-food cookies, perfect for dipping in soy, coconut or rice milk [or in chocolate soy milk, if you've had a really bad day]. I've found that melting the Earth Balance before beating with the sugar makes the whole mixing process much easier. And instead of using a hybrid of brown and white sugars, I use 100% brown: the resulting caramel flavor appeases my inner hedonist.
And even if you don't make these comforting cookies, take heart: the crocuses and primroses will be peeking out from under the frozen earth in just a matter of weeks.


CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CHIPPERS
  • ½ cup Earth Balance, melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 T soy, rice, coconut or almond milk
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 1 heaping T soy flour
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • Optional additions: ½ cup nuts, ½ cup chopped dried cherries

    Makes about 2 dozen cookies, recipe easily doubled
    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two cookies sheets with silpat mats or parchment paper. Or spray them with non-stick baking spray.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together Earth Balance, sugar, salt and milk until well blended.
    3. Add remaining dry ingredients, about ¼ cup at a time, blending well after each addition and occasionally scarping down the side of the bowl.
    4. Stir in chocolate chips and optional additions, if using.
    5. Drop in 1 T increments onto cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with a spoon.
    6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
    7. Cool for one minute on cookie sheet, then use your spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack. Cool for 30 minutes.

Variations: Make these using vegan white chocolate, cinnamon, espresso or peanut butter chips instead of chocolate.

14 comments:

Tyler January said...

yum! looks delicious! a true cure to the february, gloomy, gray-blues.

Jenni (aka Vegyogini) said...

found vegan flavored chips? If so, please do tell! I've never seen a vegan PB chip (or cinnamon or espresso).

Sindy said...

Appeasing the "Inner Hedonist" is important on these gray days!

Shelton said...

Yummy! I'm trying these this week-end.

Bianca said...

Is there anything in life better than a chocolate chip cookie? Um, no.

Virginie P. said...

I can't imagine crocuses and primeroses are coming in just a few weeks... This winter seems not ending. However, I'm still enjoying the snow, so don't feel bad with it... Even if I wouldn't say no to your nice cookies...

Anonymous said...

Dynise - Just want to say that I LOVE your cookbook! Especially all the soups! Thank you!

jess (of Get Sconed!) said...

perfect.

Up & Adam said...

The sf|noir's Ninth Annual Black History Month Celebration will be five full days of delicious cuisine from some the best Black chefs and local wineries throughout California.

Author and chef of Vegan Soul Kitchen, Bryant Terry, will be there for Friday February 26, 2010 at Marcus Books in San Francisco. He’ll also be participating as one of the chefs at The Shrimp & Grits Taste-Off, which opens The sf|noir Wine & Food Event at the Museum of the African Diaspora.

Please feel free to make a post on your blog for the event.

Thanks.

buffalodick said...

Baking batches of cookies warms the house up too!

Sandy said...

Chocolate chippers looks yummy. I feel this is a quick recipe that can be prepared in a tasty manner

Levinson Axelrod said...

All time favorite. Mmm!

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Minime said...

How can anyone eat such ubersweet cookies...is that just america?

I more than often take less than half and it is still very, very sweet.

Also very sweet for the people I gift some of the goods I bake, it is not just me.

Do you really take so much sugar and! chocolat chips too?