Week 12.1- Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookies

Okay, technically I didn't make a recipe during week 11 because we were out of town visiting family. However, I did make up for it by trying 2 recipes during week 12. The first of these recipes was again related to my quest for a "Go-To" chocolate chip cookie. And I may have found one! This one came from a cookbook entitled Bakin' Without Eggs. All of the recipes are, as expected from the title, egg-free. Several of them do, however, contain milk or milk products. Sometimes a substitution would be simple (soymilk for milk), but substituting too much with baking recipes can get complicated. (Baking is such a science that you can lose a lot of texture and shape when you swap ingredients in and out.) There are enough recipes that I can play with, however, and I found one particular chocolate chip cookie recipe that was in fact Bryan-safe without any major modifications.

Recipe- Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookies from Bakin' Without Eggs by Rosemarie Emro
Modifications- Used Bryan-safe margarine and chocolate chips. Didn't add optional nuts or coconut.
Reactions- These were great! Bryan, Claudia, and I all liked them. Again, Dad said he wanted to try, but never got around to it.
Notes- These cookies were chewy and moist, which is definitely a plus when you're baking without eggs or real butter. They do basically hold their shape when you bake them (no spreading), so I might "flatten" them a little more when I scoop them onto the cookie sheet. The dough can also be frozen for a quick slice-and-bake cookie later. I think I have a winner!