The chocolate chip cookie is the first of my classical favorites collection. This wonderful cookie seems timeless. As well as age-less and occasion-less too. It's great at bridal showers, housewarmings, quinceañera's, teen dance pre-parties, my birthday party, your birthday party , and almost everyone's un-birthday party too! (i say almost to include, as i exclude, those that don't or can't eat chocolate) It's not so timeless though because it only dates back to the 30's. And dude, cookies go all the way back to the 7th century in what is now Iran. Regardless of the gap, this cookie still feels quite O.G to me and I give great applause to Ruth Wakenfield, past owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. She is the baker to thank. Nestle even bought her Inn's name soon after her sweet invention, which used Nestle chocolate chips, because it was an instant and fast growing success.
It's a little strange because the first words that pop up when i see this cookie are: home, comfort, and tradition. But this cookie was sadly and rarely in my home. And never freshly baked! My mom wasn't a baker, only a wonderful cook. My dad was the one with the sweet tooth so he would buy that pink box of awful donuts on Sundays. Or, he would bring us those pre-packaged little cinnamon roles you could wind out to get to that gooey thick center. You know what I'm talking about? My sisters and I know what I'm talking about.
My point: what a cookie! How am I making this point: my immediate associations of this cookie show us just how strong of an impression this cookie can make. I did not grow up with this cookie, but every time I make and gobble them, I feel like I did! It could be wishful thinking running very deep in my psyche that shakes me up a bit as i shake the brown sugar because really I'm trying to shake away those bad bear claws away from me. Roar to you bad bear claw! Or, this cookie is giving me memories I never actually had: wow! what a cookie!
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