There’s a super cookbook giveway at the end of this post, but first a little rant.
I really really wish I liked to drink coffee, but I just don’t like it. It would be SO much more convenient. Coffee is pretty much everywhere you turn, and us poor second class citizen tea drinkers are doing great if we can find some lukewarm hot water and a tea bag. It’s my favorite part of going to London…I am for once in the majority, hot-beverage-wise. Even though the last time I was there it seemed like there was a Starbucks popping up ominously on every corner. Fight back, my London friends!!
However, I mysteriously DO like the taste of coffee when it is baked into things. Say, for example, chocolate chip cookies. Say, for example, chocolate chip cookies made with a mix of dark and white chocolate chips. Say, for example, chocolate chip cookies inspired by the ever-fabulous Julia Child.
Which leads me to the awesome contest, because I have not one, not two but THREE copies of this to give you guys:
Yes I do. And it includes recipes for all kinds of fabulous Julia-inspired baked goods, including these…
There’s few things in life better than a full cookie jar on your kitchen counter, don’t you think?
So here’s what you do: leave me a comment on the bottom of this post telling me what your favorite kind of cookie is, and you will be entered into the drawing for one of these cookbooks. As always, my beloved email subscribers can enter by clicking the title of the post, which will flip you over to the actual website – you can comment there. I will announce the lucky lucky winners next Saturday, February 13, at 7pm. So bring on your cookies, and in the meantime, here’s the recipe for mine!
MOCHA CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, from Baking with Julia
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Chocolate chip! the old school toll house kind, though I won't turn down basically any kind.
Snickerdoodle. Even the name is fun to say!
Love your cookie jar! Would also love to win a cookbook–thanks for the chance.
I also love just plain old chocolate chip, though I'm open to new possibilities all the time! But my tried and true favorite is chocolate chip. Mmm.
Kate, My favorite is strufuli.It is a family tradition for my husband and seeing my children take part in it now just makes them delicious. The cookies and the children! ha ha
simple shortbread.. love them!
(wiping the drool from my face after looking at your pictures)….my every day fav. is chocolate chip, but the ultimate favorite are the old fashioned frosted buttermilk sugar cookies. A friend of mine makes these around Christmas time and I literally make myself sick eating them, lol!
i love a good chocolate chip cookie. my husband makes amazing ones. only with the tollhouse recipe, but somehow mine never taste as good.
I can't stand the taste of coffee…but I adore the smell of fresh-brewed coffee…and I do like coffee if it's had a healthy spike of Bailey's in it! My favorite cookie would have to be chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts in it! Yum!!!
I like a cookie called Chocolate Mints–they're made with Andes mints.
My favorite cookie is the last one I made-
Chocolate Caramel Cookie Brittle, the one you posted before Christmas.
It was also everyone else's favorite!
Looks like I'm in the same group as the majority of commenters — Chocolate Chip Cookies are my favorite.
oatmeal chocolate chip! right out of the oven hot and crumbled on vanilla bean ice cream is the best.
I'm with you about drinking coffee. I remember when I was a child I used to think to myself "oh I guess when I get older I get to drink coffee like my parents"….that day never came. I don't know if this means I'm just a big kid or I truly do not enjoy drinking coffee…haha;) Although I do confess I do like iced coffee. I agree mocha flavor is awesome inside baked goods. I'm all over this cookie recipe. Now this giveaway is awesome too! Fingers and toes are crossed;) My hands down favorite cookie has to be peanut butter. I like to roll it in sugar before it gets baked and then crisscross it down with a fork….yum!
deliziosi questi biscotti! pefetti per colazione!
Toll House, with oatmeal added to the mix. It must be the brown sugar. Nothing is better than burnt sugar. My mother-in-law makes the best cookies I ever ate– light, crispy and chewy– and gave me her recipe 10 years ago. I couldn't believe how great they were the first time I made them–they tasted just like hers
), and still do every time I make them. Thanks for your blog.
the best cookie is alfajores!
my friends always ask me to bake some
I'm not here to win anything, merely to comment that a) thank God someone ELSE never picked up the coffee habit either, I thought I was alone, b) being in London makes me want to drink tea in copious amounts (ohhh, Fortnum and Mason, how I miss you!), and c) you have reminded me that I need to go dig out my copy of In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs. There is a sweet potato pie recipe there that is to die for! Maybe you should take a look….
count me amongst the coffee addicts. i'm not ashamed.
favorite cookie? the ever-delightful and always-delicious oatmeal scotchie.
Oh. My. God… Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle from the Piece of Cake blog 7/2009. Make it. It will change your life.
l love mexican wedding cookies. they are the ones that are dangerous for me to make because i just cannot stop eating them when they are still warm. i am an avid cookie baker and love to try all kinds…..i want to try the chocolate caramel cookie brittle mentioned in marcia's post……..but cookies with coffee? i'm in!
I am boring with my favorite cookie…it is Oatmeal Chocolate chip. I really like them when my mom makes them because they always seem to be flat and chewy. But…what isn't better when your mom makes them :0)
While I can't recall ever coming across a cookie I didn't enjoy, you can't beat good old chocolate chip.
While I can't recall ever coming across a cookie I didn't enjoy, you can't beat good old chocolate chip.
I really love a chewy ginger molasses cookie. Although I baked giant oatmeal raisin/date/dried apricot/walnut/butterscotch chip cookies for the Super Bowl.
My favorite cookie is by far peanut butter with chocolate chips!
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Right now, my favorite cookie is the Chewy Chocolate Gingersnap Cookie by Martha Stewart. They seem more grown up than the originals.
Pattie in Las Vegas
I got everyone around me addicted to melomakarona..traditional Greek orange juice cookies, drenched in honey syrup and tossed in chopped walnuts
I would have to say that my favorite cookies would be oatmeal raisin! I love the texture and just the mixture of the oats and the raisins together.
soft gingersnaps. YUM!
my favorites are snickerdoodles they are fun to say and fun to make!
My Favs are to many to pick just one… I'm a cookie junkie and love them all. i guess if I had to pick on it would be chocolate chip.
i like shortbread but especially cornflake shortbread that i've never had outside my home state of hawaii. y'all are missing out.
Oh man, that's hard! There are so many cookies out there that are all so different. I'd say my go-to recipe is oatmeal chocolate chip. I looooove oatmeal in baked goods. But I can think of like 10 more kinds of love love love!
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How about no coffee or tea, for me. Never liked the taste of either. Coffee, tea? No, just water thanks.. Like you I do love coffee, espresso in baked goods and I love coffee ice cream.
Cookies are a favorite snack of mine. I say a cookie a day makes me a happy girl. My favorite is Dark Chocolate, dried cherry and pecan cookies from America's Test Kitchen.
My favorite cookie is chocolate chip, but I love almost all cookies.
Peanut butter oatmeal!
Sugar cookies are my favorite!! There is SOOO much one can do with sugar cookies!! Flavors can be added, the decorations, they have endless possibilities and taste amazing!!!
My favorite cookie is shortbread with raspberry filling in the center! Those or russian teacakes with pecans!
peanut butter blossom hands down. those are amazing.
Chocolate chip…and love your cookie jar!
I'm a coffee guy… but what recipes are there for baking with tea? I like a good Lapsang Souchon myself…
My favorite cookie would be "Candied Bacon" Cookies. A basic sugar/choc chip cookie, but the bits are pieces of bacon that have been candied with sugar in the oven. My mama's idea… pretty good, if admittedly weird. Mama's also big on snicker doodles with chili.
Gonna hafta try the 'cronflake shortbread' cookies from Hawaii, sounds…. interesting.
But I'll let you know my favorite after you send me the book!
oh, I adore Julia Child. Awesome giveaway. My favorite cookies are the chocolate chips cookies that my grandma makes. They are always perfectly yummy.
I love peanut butter cookies!
Definitely chocolate chip!
Chocolate chip cookies for me. I use the best chips I can get my hands on and add cocoa nibs.
A version by Alice Medrich though now I'm fast becoming a fan of Thomas Keller's version.
I love white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies!
Chocolate chip for me! Although it's a long time since I've been able to produce a decent ccc out of my oven.
oatmeal chocolate chip with peanut butter! the more flavors, the better.
ck9@geneseo.edu
We love, Chocolate Chip Walnut, with yeast!
The Del sisters
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies with Walnuts is a big family favorite.
My favorite cookie is, by far, a chewy chocolate chip.
I love good old chocolate chip cookies. But they have to be big, and adding oatmeal and m and m's doesn't hurt. Oh, and peanut butter added is great, too!
My favorite cookie is chocolate chip. Yum!
Macarooooooooons! Years and years ago there was a mini-mall in the basement of the Pentagon. If I had to go there, I'd always try to time it so I could visit the bakery there on Macaroon Day. YUM!!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip!
What a wonderful-sounding cookbook!
My favorite cookies would have to be gooey and warm oatmeal chocolate chip!
I cannnnnnot wait to make these cookies! My favorite cookies have to be plain old chocolate chip!
My new favorite (as of discovering the recipe on 101cookbooks.com in December) is sparkling ginger chip cookies. Chocolate and ginger, rolled in crunchy sugar. Bite sized Mmmmmm. PS: Pick me!
I've always been a huge fan of the chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies. Haven't had one in a while, but would really love one right now!
Cornflake cookies!
Oh my, these sound amazing! I'm a Snickerdoodle Fan as well, but I really love a soft chocolate chip cookie.
White chocolate macadamia nut cookies from diddy riese! Even better w. vanilla ice cream smothered inbetween
Chocolate chip WAS my favorite cookie, but I have a feeling when I get a chance to try these they will replace it!
I love Thomas Keller's "Milan Cookies". Eat them alone or with coffee or ice cream or fruit.
I love Julia. She used to capture your attention in an amazing way. I have many cookbooks but none of Julia Child. I would love to add this one to my collection.
I will try your cookie recipe. It sounds delicious.
Thank you for posting it.
Pumpkin chocolate chip! Always a hit =)
I love almond florentines with candied orange peels:
http://www.sweetsonian.com/2009/12/more-florentine-fun.html
I love, love snickerdoodles.
I am addicted to snickerdoodles <3
i love chocolate chipppppp
)) by Jacques torres recipe..
Chocolate Chip Cookie with Sea Salt on top.
Snickerdoodles, madelines, and chocolate chip, I am a sucker for classics.
I'm going to have to go with chocolate chip, straight out of the oven.
Chocolate chip cookies or chocolate chocolate chip cookies with dark chocolate.
My favorite cookie would have to be oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Chewy chewy chocolate chip cookies. I know I'm boring, but I don't care. Especially right out of the oven.
My favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin cookies can't beat those plump raisin the chewy ones are the best
I would have to say good old chocolate chip though there are lots of other good ones too: christmas sugar, double chocolate, shortbread, monster, and many more!
Chocolate chip cookies – crunchy edges and soft, melty, centers.
my favorites are oatmeal chocolate chip! all chewy and warm… mmmmm.
White chocolate macadamia nut – preferably ever so slightly undercooked so they're all squishy.
There's no way to cut it down to one kind for a cookie monster like me. I love soft ginger cookies, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, chocolate chocolate, pumpkin white chocolate, chocolate mint…last night I made mocha chocolate meringues with almonds, mini choc chips, and cinnamon. Life is good.
My favorite is called "team cookies" and I got it from one of my favorite food blogs. it has peanut butter, peanuts, oatmeal, chocolate chips… and it's totally perfect. Absolutely delicious!
mmm, i love mocha flavored things, although i don't mind a good coffee either. It's way to difficult to name just one cookie but I have to say the New York Times Chocolate chip cookie has been one of the best.
What a generous giveaway! My favorite cookie is a thick oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, the kind that has a minimal amount of flour and melty chocolate. Ohyes. Or just give me the cookie dough.
Those are some gorgeous cookies!
My favorite is a Salted Oatmeal with Raisin Cookie, although the NYTimes Chocolate Chip Cookie is a very close second. I might just add the 3 Tb. of instant coffee, inspired by your recipe, next time I make them.
Either way, if I win or if I don't, have a great day!
My favorite are definitely snickerdoodles.
Thanks for the giveaway
Chris
zekks at yahoo dot com
I LOVE white chocolate, cranberry, & macadamia nut cookies! I die.
Is there such a thing as a bad cookie??? I think not, but I must say my tride and true favorite is the good old fashioned chocolate chip cookie, I love to bake cookies and am always tempted to make many different ones, but then I think are they really a better choice than chocolate chip? I must say though that your cookies do look amazing and I will be giving them a try, the best of both worlds!
My favorite to eat is probably chocolate chocolate chip cookies, but one of my favorites to make is rosemary butter cookies. I used to have a boyfriend who loved rosemary. The boyfriend is gone, but the recipe still gets put to good use!
My favorite cookie is by far ginger cookies made with crystallized ginger as well as ground ginger ~ the more "gingery" the better IMO!! I'll have to go search for the Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies that Sara mentioned; those sound pretty yummy too. DH, however, won't touch anything other than chocolate chip or peanut butter. I may try to slip these Mocha Chocolate Chip cookies by him since they definitely appeal to me more than plain old chocolate chip cookies.
Cheryl (phantom at aol)
The best of all time cookies actually tastes more cake-like then cookie. It's a Black and White, and they just don't make them in Seattle so whenever I go back to the East Coast, it's the first thing I get. Yom yom yom.
I love frosted Christmas sugar cookies, so delicious! Sugar cookies just aren't as good the rest of the year.
A good old-fashioned peanut butter cookie … yum!
Chocolate mint cremes or snowballs…yay for Christmas cookies!
I love chocolate and pistacchio biscuits!