Comfort comfort comfort - the buzzword floating around these seemingly grey pandemic days and especially in the McAlea household. I’ve been comfort snacking like crazy (think 🍪, 🍦, 🍫, 🍰) to stay sane but there’s just one niggling craving that I haven’t managed to satiate - superb chocolate chip cookies. So I decided this morning to just bake some. This best chocolate chip cookie recipe by @bonappetitmag was my go-to simply because I saw @adith1801’s beautiful cookie babies this week and was intrigued at the beurre noisette (brown butter) 🧈 requirement! I was initially scared to attempt this as I’ve tried making beurre noisette before but failed terribly (ended with beurre noir instead 🤪). But you know what, I’m up for a good challenge and today I am glad to report I succeeded! With the beurre noisette mastered, the rest was easy, the usual sugar, eggs, flour (phew thank god I had leftovers from before) and my go-to @ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips. Wham, bam, 10 mins in the oven at 150 degrees celcius and these chewy centered yummies were ready to be devoured. #CiaranMcAlea got first dibs and he went all Cookie Monster. I’m glad he approved. If you’re looking for a kick-ass choco-chip cookie that tastes like outdoors (think a warm stroll around the garden, with lemonade or milk in hand). #thebakerwhocooks #cookies #chocolatechip #foodforlife #comfortfood #cookiemonsterapproves https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZtlMiHsyN/?igshid=ly73rsmcnq1x