Boxcar Kitchen

Last week I decided that it was high time to make some cookies. Cookies, like for most people, were my initiation into the world of baking. The last time I was back in the States I pulled out this recipe, which was and always will be, my all-time favorite. This is the Clint Eastwood of all cookies. The secret to these chocolate chips is the coconut and wheat germ. Actually, there is very little white flour in them. I wonder, does that make them healthy? The hidden value of these gems is that the dough is as good as, if not better than, the real cooked deal. I know that everyone thinks this about cookie dough but it’s REALLY true for these beauties. I forced my husband to put it to the test. One of my greatest regrets is that he doesn't share my love of eating raw dough. However, I did manage to pretty please a nice little spoonful of it into his mouth. His dubious scowl quickly evaporated into a 'dang that’s good' kind of grin.

So by the time I managed to pull the first batch out of the oven, I had already eaten at least a dozen cookies worth of dough. It had been so long since I had made them, and I was not at all disappointed. Not one batch was offered up burnt as an offering to the oven-god and not one single cookie ran into another one. Perfectly round, particularly moist with perky little mini chips...yum. Being the smart baker that I am, I let them cool and then packed 3/4 of them into the freezer so that a) I wouldn't eat them all and b) I could have something spur of the moment when friends dropped by. Unfortunately for everyone else, I remembered just how much better they are frozen.