Vedio Clips - THE PERFECT Chocolate Chip Cookie - CHOW

Tia Harrison, owner of the Lucky Cooky Company, takes simple ingredients and creates a soft, sweet, crisp-crusted cookie, full of melty Guittard milk chocolate drops. It is, indeed, the superior-est chocolate chip cookie. Video by CHOW.com.

Some Comments

"About the strangers touching all over your food, that's how it's done in professional kitchens all over the world. Professional cooks and chefs only wear gloves for REALLY messy jobs. Other than that they just wash their hands...a lot. Watch some episodes of Iron Chef or any of the big cooking shows and you'll see a lot of professional food touching."


" These people haven't got a clue!
You just slap an egg, four olives, 1 tea spoon of vinegar and a bag of sugar in a wok for 80minutes(on low heat) and you're done.
Add some chocolate sprinkles for decoration. "


"It was totally the lighting. Everyone's oven is different, but her methods are wonderful. Leaving the products out the night before DOES help in the heating process. The 350 degrees for that amount of time works well, although 2 minutes at the end might help if the cookies look pretty light after the last one minute. It's not about how the appearance of those cookies look in THAT lighting, it's the texture and the taste. If you use SEMI-SWEET chocolate chips, it comes out very well. Not 2 Sweet."

Low Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies will never be declared a health food, but you can make them less unhealthy by tweaking the ingredients a little. Here's a recipe for a lighter chocolate chip cookie that still manages to satisfy a sweet tooth, but perhaps with a little less guilt.


Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp butter, melted
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookies sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg whites, butter, and vanilla; stir in the brown sugar until smooth. Gradually add in the flour mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop dough by the tablespoon onto cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake one cookie sheet at a time for 10-12 minutes.

Yields 24 cookies.

Per Cookie: Calories 92, Calories from Fat 30, Total Fat 3.4g, (sat 2.6g), Cholesterol 6mg, Sodium 45mg, Carbohydrate 14.5g, Fiber 0.7g, Protein 1.2g

Prepaired by Low Fat Dessert Recipes, Source By Fiona Haynes, About.com