Homemade Cookies Introduction

I have always enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies. It's my go-to. And everyone likes chocolate chip, right? Now that I am a SAHM, I'm exploring other things that I can make myself... both in and out of the kitchen.

So far a few things that I have done recently are organic baby food, homemade tortillas, & homemade biscuits. All very yummy. Some plans for the future include growing an herb garden, making some of my own vinegar based cleaning products, and DIY gift-giving.

I am also working on using things at home in place of buying a product at Target... for example, oatmeal baths for my baby with dry skin.

I love to take pictures, so here is my latest batch of cookies:



I think I could eat the whole batch myself...



OK, I'll tell you my tips.

1/ Use fresh ingredients... they'll be good if you use that flour thats been in the back of the cabinet for 6 months... but they'll be great if you just bought it

2/ Salted butter (unsalted ruins the taste)

3/ Use the Kitchen Aid if you have one (not necessary but easier)

4/ I follow the Tollhouse recipe... except for the timing... if you want them to be soft and delicious on day 2 and day 3, you have to take them out at 8 or 8 1/2 minutes... and its deceptive because they look like they aren't quite done... but just try it, you can let them sit on the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack if that makes you feel better

5/ Put them in ziplock containers before they have completely cooled (crucial for day 2 softness




Worth while to make your own cookies?

I use Wegman's for my cost analysis (because they have prices on-line)

Flour $1.79 / 5 lb. (20 cups)... so $.18 per batch
Sugar $2.69 / 5 lb. (10 cups)... so $.20 per batch
Eggs $1.29 / dozen ... so $.22 per batch
Salt $.69 / 26 oz. ... 6 tsp. = 1 oz. so < $.01 per batch
Brown Sugar $1.59 /32 oz. ... $.30 per batch
Tollhouse Chocolate Chips $2.49
Vanilla Extract $5.99 / 2 oz. ... $.19 per batch
Baking Soda $.79 / lb. ... < $.01 per batch
Butter $2.49 / 1 lb. ... $1.25 per batch

Total Cost to purchase all ingredients = $19.81
(This will only make 1 batch due to the chocolate chips, if I was still teaching chemistry class I would call the chips my limiting reactant)

One batch of cookies = $4.80 (I rounded, only 2 sigfigs, LOL)

Now - what do I compare homemade cookies to?? I mean Chips Ahoy is $2.99 but you can't even compare... Wegman's version of homemade cookies are a whopping $10.99!!! So I think it is pretty safe to say that making them yourself is worth while!!! :) Happy Baking




I didn't know how else to introduce this blog then to give an example of what I do! This is what happens when you are a science teacher turned SAHM.