Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

2 sticks butter, room temperature softened (microwaving it will ruin what it does for cookies, trust me :)
1 cup oil (I used canola)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract
5 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 lb chocolate chips (I used Hershey's)

Cream butter, oil and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Add dry ingredients (1 cup at a time). Add chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoons and bake at 400 degrees for 10-11 minutes. Best when underdone and cooled completely. ( I never wait...I love chocolate chip cookies and cold milk)

PW Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

PW Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ree posted this recipe on her blog a couple of weeks ago and I just had to try them. I printed it out immediately.

I love chocolate malts...I can take or leave milkshakes but add some malted to a chocolate shake and I'm there baby!

I don't have chocolate malts very often but when I do I feel like I've found the fountain of youth. I just love the chocolaty, creamy, maltiness of it. Sometimes I will have just a malt for dinner when we're out because I get plenty filled up. Only about once a year, though.

Look at them...you know you want one...or ten. 

Aren't my little American Flags just adorable?

I made these today for Fourth of July dessert. They are thin but still chewy. The flavor is a subtle malt flavor and the milk chocolate chips work well with these. I used Hershey's Milk Chocolate Chips. I ate 15 of them.

I think I will make a chocolate malt to dip the rest in.

The Recipe on Ree's blog

Enjoy!