{"id":2741,"date":"2025-04-27T18:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-04-27T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:59:50","slug":"cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"Cookies!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"710\" data-attachment-id=\"2743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?attachment_id=2743\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?fit=884%2C1039&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"884,1039\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1745622246&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?fit=604%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3-871x1024.jpeg?resize=604%2C710&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?resize=871%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 871w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?resize=768%2C903&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.venividiedi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5627-3.jpeg?w=884&amp;ssl=1 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living back in the \u2018burbs, I used to bake my own cookies to satisfy a sweet tooth. Moving to the city, I found myself surrounded by so many bakeries with various cookie offerings, each flavor more decadent than the other. <br>Unsurpaingly, D and I found ourselves missing the good \u2018ol cookies I use to bake. So i dug up my recipe book (yes, the printed ones with food stains and various scribbles as the recipes underwent \u201ccustomization\u201d). This is a base cookie recipe built to change out the chip flavor that I fancy. Today, I made chocolate chips for the humans and white chocolate and caramel for the puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 cup (120 grams) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon (2.5 grams) baking soda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd cup (100 grams) granulated sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 tablespoons (41 grams) brown sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon (5 mL) vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00be cup (170 grams) chocolate chips (caramel and white chocolate mix chips)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cream butter and sugars, add egg and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients then add the chips. Using an ice cream scooper, form into 12 balls in a cookie sheet, refrigerate for 30 min. Pop into 350F oven for 10-12 min. This is a simple, easy and fail-proof recipe. You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living back in the \u2018burbs, I used to bake my own cookies to satisfy a sweet tooth. Moving to the city, I found myself surrounded by so many bakeries with various cookie offerings, each flavor more decadent than the other. Unsurpaingly, D and I found ourselves missing the good \u2018ol cookies I use to bake. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=2741\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cookies!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff-i-cook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s71dzN-cookies","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":252,"url":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=252","url_meta":{"origin":2741,"position":0},"title":"Gluhwein and Glogg","author":"certifiedfoodie","date":"December 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I am giving away Gluhwein and Glogg for my dear friends in the clinic this year. 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