Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2008

I decided to give this one a shot, in spite of my skepticism about the amount of flour - it's more than a cup more than my usual recipe, so I was a little nervous. I followed the recipe exactly, including the (also scary, LOL) 300 degree oven temperature. This is a great cookie for all the chewy CC cookie lovers, I think that's the effect of the additional flour - a chewier cookie. The dough is VERY stiff to work with, my KA didn't like it much. Very tasty cookies, and I'll probably make them again!

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ShariV

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rochester, New York, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2008

A great recipe! I have spent years trying out various chocolate chip cookie recipes, and this one reminds me of the delicious, big ones you can buy at Subway or lots of sandwich shops. They are a bit greasy, which is why I took off one star. Otherwise, a delicious treat and a nice chewy texture with a crispy outer edge. I made the cookies about 1/2 the original size so you can 2 without quite as much guilt. :)

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Anne102181

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2008

well.. I think with a title like this one they're going to disappoint. They are really really good cookies! I like them. They would be amazing with some ice-cream. I would have given them a five if the title wasn't so ... final. I do recommend only putting eight cookies on a sheet, when you flatten them they get much bigger then you might expect. so to avoid an unfortunate mess just put less cookies on the sheet. *edit* I have made these cookies MANY times now. I think this is officially "my" chocolate chip recipe. I usually use 1/2C margarine and 1/2C shortening, it saves on using up all my butter at one time. I also don't usually put in all the vanilla it calls for (depending on who I'm cooking them for, my mom hates cookies with a lot of vanilla flavor) If your using vanilla extract use the full amount, but if your using REAL vanilla, you can half the amount and they still turn out wonderful. I've also noticed that sometimes I don't always use the last 1/2 C of flour, I add the flour 1/2 a cup at a time and sometimes 3 1/2 cups is too much.

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LRoecker

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Logan, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

This is exactly the recipe I was looking for! The cookies came out chewy, with a crispy outer edge - perfection! Just like another reviewer said, they're like Subway cookies. I like my cookies chewy, and the crispy outer edge is enough so that it doesn't fall apart and doesn't appear underbaked. It is a large cookie - about 1/4 cup dough for each. Notes: The recipe didn't say if brown sugar was to be tightly packed or lightly packed; I made mine tightly packed. I didn't grease the baking sheet since the recipe didn't call for it, not a problem at all... it actually came out a bit greasy. I left the cookies on the baking sheet for 10 minutes after taking them out of the oven (15 mins baking time), then put them on paper towels to absorb some of the grease. I can understand how the title can put some people off. It uses a lot of ingredients and I was a bit afraid to make the full recipe but went for it anyway. I'm more than happy I did!!! SINFULLY YUMMY!

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purplegold

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2008

Very good, thank you for the recipe. I have tried many different cookie recipes, and this is by far my favorite. I usually always pay careful attention to the directions and noticed you did not mention where to put the white sugar (although i'm sure you mix it with the flour and brown sugar). Anyway, great recipe! My husband and I enjoyed it very much :)

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XOfelicity

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2008

I had a hard time believing there was a chocolate chip cookie recipe better than the one I already use. Curiosity got me and I tried them out. Absolutely fabulous! A nice big cookie...great for wrapping individually for a gift. Took a little longer in my oven...more like 18-20 minutes. I'm going to go hide them before the kids come home from school!

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sheena

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2008

These really are amazing cookies! It's silly to rate them lower than 5 because of their name. Be prepared for stiff dough, but I still managed, even with a hand held mixer. A bag of chocolate chips is approx. 2 cups, and I made mine heaping. The cooling time on the sheets is important, since it lets the middle of the cookie finish baking through. My kids couldn't believe I gave them a cookie THAT big. The only down side to these is that the dough, being stiffer, isn't so tasty uncooked. More for the oven, then.

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Magnificent7

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Snohomish, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2008

I only made a half batch of these and still got about 24 cookies. I'm glad I made a half batch, though, because I didn't think they were that great...I liked the texture a lot, but the flavor didn't do a lot for me. Too vanilla-y, for one. Think I'll stick to my usual chocolate chip cookie recipe!

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