Perfect Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies

My Grandma Jackies makes amazing cookies. Back in college I always looked forward to her care packages filled with homemade cookies. It would take me and my roommates weeks to eat all of them!

In honor of Mother's Day, I decided to make a comforting treat: chocolate chip cookies. As you know, I don't usually bake and generally avoid butter and sugar. But it seemed like the perfect way to honor my grandmother and participate in the America's Test Kitchen Boston Blogger Cookie Challenge. The Cooks Illustrated Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe was designed to produce a crispy, chewy cookie that improves on the traditional Toll House recipe.

I decided to give it a whirl and use only organic ingredients. It was comforting to know the delicious cookies would be pesticide and fertilizer free. Additionally, I used free-range, antibiotic free eggs. The results were fabulous. I can't describe how much fun they were to make. I haven't eaten cookies and milk in years!

Recipe and photos after the jump!
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