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Description
The Chocolate Chip Cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield, the owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, which was later taken over by Nestle. Made with unsalted butter and a combination of white and brown sugars, chocolate chip cookies are rich and chewy cookies with caramelized edges.
The main ingredients that go into a chocolate chip cookie recipe are flour, sugar (white and/or brown), butter or margarine, baking powder and/or baking soda, eggs (optional), vanilla and chocolate chips. However, every baker has his own custom recipe that ends up with mild variations.
By-products of chocolate chip cookies include:
• Crushed chocolate chip cookies: The biscuits are crushed either with hand or by placing them in a cloth and pounding them with a hammer for a few seconds. The latter procedure tends to impart a finer crushed product than the former.
• Powdered cookies: You may powder the biscuits in a dry grinder or by placing them between cloth or plastic sheets and pounding them with a hammer. They may be powdered fine or coarsely as per the recipe requirements.
Crushed chocolate chip cookies
Place the cookies on a butter paper or a rolling board and coarsely crush it with the help of a rolling pin till you get small pieces, we do not advice to do this in a mixer as it will get powdered.
How to select
Check the brand and the expiry date before buying.
Culinary Uses
• Cookies are usually enjoyed as a snack with a cold or hot beverage
• These cookies may form a base for puddings or pies.
• Crumbled cookies can be used as a garnish for ice cream or custard.
How to store
• The cookies should be stored in an airtight container.
• Do not store them with strongly-flavoured biscuits like pineapple or orange cream as these flavours will alter the aroma and flavour of chocolate chip cookies.
Health Benefits
• Chocolate chip cookies are a quick source of carbohydrate, thus keeping hunger away.
• Chocolate chip cookies made with whole wheat or oats are a rich source of B-complex vitamins and dietary fibre.
• However, you should exercise moderation in their intake because most chocolate chip cookies are made with refined flour and contain lots of sugar and hydrogenated fats.