Journey to the perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

The timeless classic, king of all cookies, has got to be the chocolate chip cookie. Its sweet and salty, crispy, yet soft and caramelly (if that's even a word) in all the right spots. In my opinion the best chocolate chip cookie is big, crisp on the edge yet chewy in the center with chocolate in every bite. I've baked hundreds of chocolate chip cookies and thus far they all seem to fall short. It's either too thin, too thick, not enough chocolate chips, too hard or just lacks flavor.

I've been researching cookie recipes, baking and testing for a few months now. My first recipe and the one that was very popular was unpredictable. Sometimes it would come out perfectly thin and chewy in just the right spots, other times it melted into a gooey mess in the oven. I can't work with that, I hate unpredictability. So, the search continued...until now.

I found a recipe that gave me the best of both worlds and from my research I learned that adding a bit of corn syrup to the recipe helps to maintain the softness of the cookie even after it cools. But the problem here is that I don't want corn syrup in my cookie. I want my products to be better than the crap we get out there in the grocery stores and chain bakeries. I want to use natural, quality ingredients. There has to be something better? So I started reading up on humectants. I found that I could use molasses, that's natural and i'm sure I can find a decent brand... but it changed the flavor too much. What else is there? And then it hit me, ahhh yes...honey. Honey gave me exactly what I was looking for and lucky for me I have a connection to purchase local honey from hives where pesticides are not used. The cookies are legit amazing and there is no turning back. The cookie turned out just right, every-single-time. Because you're here I want you to know that if you purchase cookies or any other item from SALT Bakery you are getting quality, natural, well-thought-out ingredients in every order. The mission is to be better... mind, body, soul and bakery better every day. But I understand that I am also biased, so order your batch today and drop me a line to let me know what YOU think.