{"id":5730,"date":"2019-12-04T02:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T08:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=5730"},"modified":"2019-12-04T00:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T06:49:31","slug":"december-4-is-national-cookie-day-mix-up-a-batch-of-cookies-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/december-4-is-national-cookie-day-mix-up-a-batch-of-cookies-today-20191204","title":{"rendered":"December 4 is National Cookie Day- Mix up a Batch of Cookies Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December is full of days that are dedicated to tasty, warm food as the holiday season enters full swing. And this year National Cookie Day is Wednesday, December 4, a perfect excuse to whip up a batch of homemade cookies or buy some from a store.<\/p>\n<h2>National Cookie Day<\/h2>\n<p>Some days there is nothing more comforting than biting into a gooey chocolate chip cookie, still warm from the oven. Or more satisfying than dunking a cookie into a glass of milk and letting it melt in your mouth. Cookies may not be the best thing, but according to a crowdsourced ranking website, the top five &#8220;most delicious kinds of desserts&#8221; are ice cream, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate, and milkshakes. Cookies themselves made it number ten on the list. <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"&#8220;The Most Delicious Kinds Of Dessert.&#8221; Ranker, 4 Dec. 2019, www.ranker.com\/list\/best-desserts-list-types\/ranker-food?ref=search.\" id=\"return-note-5730-1\" href=\"#note-5730-1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter how you look at it, cookies are the &#8220;old reliable&#8221; of desserts, simple and tasty; they&#8217;re easy to mix up no matter the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>As Christmas draws closer, sweets line the aisles at stores and cookie recipes pour out of every food magazine; it only makes sense that in the midst of all the holiday sweets and desserts, December 4, or\u00a0National Cookie Day, arrives. This Wednesday, the cookie takes a day for itself- not to be confused with National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (which is August 4), today is a day we celebrate all the cookies- no matter their shape, texture, or flavor.<\/p>\n<p>To get you in the mood for cookies we&#8217;ve put together our favorite, tried and true, chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"lst_ingredients_1\" class=\"checklist dropdownwrapper list-ingredients-1\"><\/ul>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup melted butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar (packed)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 egg + 1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/li>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/li>\n<li>2 cups semisweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a mixing bowl, mix the first five ingredients until light and creamy.\u00a0 Add the salt and baking soda and mix until blended. Add flour slowly, mixing at a low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover mixing bowl and chill for 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 325 F and grease cookie sheets. Drop cookies by rounded tablespoons about 3 inches apart on cookie sheets.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheets before putting them on cooling racks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/><div class=\"simple-footnotes\"><h4 class=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h4><ol><li id=\"note-5730-1\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-5730-1\">&#94;<\/a>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/best-desserts-list-types\/ranker-food?ref=search\">The Most Delicious Kinds Of Dessert<\/a>.&#8221; Ranker, 4 Dec. 2019, www.ranker.com\/list\/best-desserts-list-types\/ranker-food?ref=search. <a href=\"#return-note-5730-1\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year National Cookie Day is Wednesday, December 4, a perfect excuse to whip up a batch of homemade cookies or buy some from a store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[244,220,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5732,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5730\/revisions\/5732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}