How To Disappear Completely

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An epistolary approach to luddism...

Sarah C. Funke wrote:

Dearest Mother,

Would you mind sending me Nixie's recipe for chocolate chip cookies (or maybe it was not her recipe). But anyway, the recipes I get off the internet turn out too cakey and not good and chewy AT ALL. What am I doing wrong??

Signed,
Dejectedly Disappointed with her Cookies....

Joan C. Funke wrote:

Dear Dejectedly Disappointed,

You may be putting too much flour in your cookies. When they are too flat and gooey here we have to put flour in them so they are not wafer thin with choc-chip bones sticking out of them. Also, the recipe calls for baking SODA, not baking POWDER. If you used the latter it could have caused caky cookies.

Here is Nixie's famous Choco-chip cookie recipe:

Cream together:
[removed to protect secret family recipe from internet dispersion]

Add and mix thoroughly:
[removed in the spirit of great-grandmother who would deliberately withhold key ingredients in recipe exchanges, for the sake of maintaining secret knowledge of fabulous culinary arts.]

Add and mix thoroughly:
21/4 Cups all purpose flour
1tsp baking SODA

Hand mix into batter:
120z pkg. chocolate chips (2 Cups)

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes

Love you,

Mums

Sarah C. Funke wrote:

aHa! The recipe not from Nixie but from the internet had me use THREE cups of flour, a circumstance I found a trifle odd at the time because I had to add water to get everything to mix together, but that is what you get for using the internet instead of tried and true family recipes. Thanks!!! And after I finish off my two dozen rather cakey cookies, I will try this anew.

Love,

Heavenly Hopeful

Joan C. Funke wrote:

Three Cups O' Flour. That's way too much. Maybe you could dunk the cookies in milk before you eat them. Like for 2 days.

Kiss, Kiss
Mums

Posted by funke at 5.02.07 12:39 | TrackBack | Posted to Culinary Caprices