I can hardly believe it's been a couple of weeks now since my last post. It's even harder to believe it's nearly time to bid farewell to summer. We've had a good break and a nice summer but I'm definitely not ready to end our summer vacation.
So let's console ourselves with some cookies? I was inspired to bake these chocolate cookies, studded with white chocolate and semisweet chocolate chunks, after coming home from our recent vacation. We went on a cruise - our very first! My son has been asking and asking to go on one (since hearing so much about it from my sister, who is a seasoned cruiser) and we finally set sail recently for a few days to Bermuda. We had a nice, relaxing time and it was a fun change - the most appealing of which was the luxury and convenience of not having to fly!
While we were on our cruise, the fellas often stopped for a little snack in the form of a few cookies. They ate a ton of chocolate ones - soft and slightly chewy, studded with white and dark chocolate chips. I thought I'd make something similar now that we're home so I whipped up a batch of Ina Garten's chocolate white chocolate chunk cookies. I opted to use both (mostly) semisweet chocolate and white chocolate. I'm personally not a big fan of white chocolate but it adds a nice contrast.
Technically, the cookies from the cruise were labeled "mudslide" cookies; I think of chocolate mudslide cookies as having melted chocolate in the cookie dough (similar to this recipe). These are simply flavored with cocoa powder, which make it even easier to turn out a batch. And quite frankly, their sturdy, firm texture really mimic the cookies we had on board the ship. These are soft, slightly chewy, with plenty of chocolate chunks waiting in every bite. I am happy I was inspired to make these.
On the home front, I've been fairly busy. We've polished off most of the goodies and things tucked away in the freezer so I've been motivated to begin anew. Among other things, I made a batch of vanilla ice cream with grated chocolate, and with these cookies on hand, I had to make a few ice cream sandwiches!
As you can tell, I have a tendency to overstuff my ice cream sandwiches - how about you?
On the home front, I've been fairly busy. We've polished off most of the goodies and things tucked away in the freezer so I've been motivated to begin anew. Among other things, I made a batch of vanilla ice cream with grated chocolate, and with these cookies on hand, I had to make a few ice cream sandwiches!
As you can tell, I have a tendency to overstuff my ice cream sandwiches - how about you?