Yesterday the first of the autumnal storms roared across the farm. These storms are very slim bands of weather. Hitting one farm and not the other. Wreaking havoc here and calm over there. 
Hugo laughed crazily and ran out into the storm. Josh had been recording the sounds of the storm in the corn (he is a musician, a composer – needing a quiet spot to work on a Fellowship proposal and loves all things sound) so they banded together and screamed into the teeth of the gale – scaring it away.
Yesterday I lost a bet. Hugo ( who looks after the chickens – the layers) and I have been betting for days as to how many eggs the chickens will lay and so far I have always been right. But yesterday evening I lost the bet – there were not 15 eggs there were 22!. I lost with a startlingly wide margin of error. Hugo, of course, looked smug and said “Well, You see I talk with them – they are my little friends.” (you have to say that in a French accent).
So today (because I lost the bet) I have to make Chocolate Chip Cookies ” Lots of, lots of, lots of . ” – apparently.
But I have never made chocolate cookies. I am not a chocolate chip cookie lover, you see. So. Do you have a recipe for me? -that only uses maybe five or six ingredients. Not fancy. Just tasty. I have a block of good bitter chocolate in the fridge. Now what?
I hope you have a lovely day,
Love you friend on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
56 responses to “Stormy Chocolate Chip Cookies”
Do you have peanut butter? Here’s one that’s very quick and easy, and the cookies always get wolfed down in the blink of an eye:
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup soft dark brown sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup dark chocolate chunks
2 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
Stir everything together till fully blended. Dollop large teaspoonfuls onto a couple of baking paper-lined cookie sheets leaving an inch or so between them. Bake on the top shelf of the oven at 325F/175C for 15 minutes – start to watch them after 12 mins, as they get dark very quickly. Very, very yummy.
No flour? The rest sounds really good!
No flour! The ground peanuts do the job of the flour. I was dubious at first, but now I’m a total convert.
I am going to buy some peanuts and try this one next time – sounds wonderful
You need to have some smooth and some crunchy and the slight saltiness you get with peanut butter for the full taste experience…
I bet a teaspoon of espresso powder in there would be good too!
I wouldn’t be at all surprised!
Perhaps you should start talking with a French accent to your chickens. Zay wheel lohv eet!
oh! and a recipe! Fannie Farmer ( “Fannie” means something different to you, I believe )
1/4 butt, 1/2 dark-brown sug, 1/2 sug, 1 egg, vanilla, 1 1/8 c flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 nuts chopped, 6oz choc chips. …. Though in France you can’t by choc chips! So I pound up a dessert chocolate
cream the sug and butt. marry the wet. toss the rest in. If you are busy, make one big cookie in a shallow pan and cut it after. You’ll never burn the last batch that way.
You can buy choc chips in France! Biocoop (the organic food chain) has them that you can buy by weight into a brown paper bag. NO PLASTIC! You can also buy suotanas, ground almonds and other ingredients there in useful quantities. Most supermarkets sell choc chips in tiny plastic bagfuls by the cake ingredients, but they are v expensive and not enough to make anything worth eating! I buy lots of grains and seeds in Biocoop to make my own meusli.
I’m on it!
Hope you get loads of recipes to try C.
🙂 Mandy xoxo
Fantastic black-and-white photos, both of the Prairies autumn weather and those crazy guys – that one will be remembered ! Think you will have a mini cookie cookery book at the end of the day and we’ll be able to share . . . no contributions from here sadly being a ‘savoury’ gal . . . . but perhaps I should try Kate’s when people come to call: actually sounds yummy!
A little add-on: You well know I oft ‘pinch’ your photos for my computer background . . .well, like them B&W so put the second one up about half an hour ago and I happen to have a rather large screen . . . . the boys may howl and laugh but it looks scary !!! Our clouds definitely are not THAT thick !!!
Eha, they are very good, and one of their chief virtues is how quick they are to make. Plus, of course, very few ingredients… If the Dowager drops by for coffee unexpectedly, I can have them ready to serve within 20 minutes!.
Thanks Kate! Shall definitely try – already because I always have all the ingredients in the pantry and for biscuits they are remarkably ‘healthy’ 🙂 ! What we learn sipping tea at the farmy !!!
Try this one, adding 1 1/2 cups of chocolate bits, putting in the cinnamon as optional. http://www.quakeroats.com/cooking-and-recipe/vanishing-oatmeal-raisin-cookies.aspx Tres magnifique! Mix it in the kitchen aid as it will be very stiff.
Tried the link here (which said it was nonfunctional) but here’s the same recipe from their site today, November6th (24.11.06) and also looks like the same link to me, but searched and copied on my browser, not through WordPress app this time.
https://www.quakeroats.com/cooking-and-recipes/vanishing-oatmeal-raisin-cookies
Pinterest! I look there for EVERYTHNG!
Oh – were it only to rain big chunks of chocolate chips. Hail to the chocolate!
I love chocolate chip cookies. I think Hugo has the right idea to request dozens of them! I especially love peanut butter chocolate chip cookies like these:http://www.itsjustlife.me/slightly-sweet-saturday/ Have fun baking!
Love the black and white photos! My favorite CCC recipe: the back of the Toll House chip bag 😉
Oh what a fun read today. Screaming the storm away. Had not thought of that. Maybe it’s the lyrical sound of Hugo’s voice that the chickens like. Bet they like music too. I have no recipes other than the old standard toll house so I’m of little help to you.
If I were at home, I would give you the recipe out of the Woman’s Home Companion cookbook. I have one of the 1st editions that my mother in law gave me when we married. It is their family go to cookbook, and I can understand why….. It’s very simple ingredients with no ‘pre-made’ items. You will never find the quote “add a can of cream of ____” soup….. I like that kind of cook book. There is a whole lot of cream, milk and butter in this cookbook. We make the peanut butter cookies and add chocolate chunks to them.
Thanks, Josh does have a face – yay 🙂 Kates’ recipe looks good, but whoever’s recipe you settle on ….. please don’t add nuts 😦 that blanket of cloud sure does look wet and heavy. Laura
Very strong monochrome pictures of the storm…and neat shot of the guys…..I’ve stopped making biscuits and thrown all recipes away….we just ate too many otherwise…I don’t think you’ll be short on offers … 🙂
Those are some fierce storm shots. You’ve never made chocolate chip cookies? Oh, my…