Nancy's Notions: New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sometime earlier in the week Nancy saw that Sarah had baked The New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and declared that it was time, after a year of wanting to bake them herself, that she take the plunge and bake them NOW.  Not one to bake alone if she can find some willing co-conspirators usually, she queried on Twitter if anyone else wanted to bake along, so a little group of us baked the NYT CCCs together.  A full recipe makes only 18 cookies...18 very very very large cookies.  5-6 inches in diameter large.  500 calories each.  I decided I would make a couple of this size for the boys and the rest would be more reasonably portioned as no one around here can afford to be eating 5" 500 calorie cookies with the exception of Matt, who swims 5 hours a day.  And, of course, other swimmers who come by and are always willing to eat anything I make.   This is why all my baking pals are envious of me...not for my baking skills, but for my ability to be able to fob off food at a moment's notice.  You all know how I feel about chocolate, so can't attest to these cookies other than to say they disappeared quickly and every single bite was accompanied with a "these are really really good, Mrs. G."  The recipe is easy enough to find, just google it, make them, and you can form your own opinions.

Jonathan, Matt, Kiernan, Mike, and Jack after the CSC Hayride and cookout tonight.  Several more swimmers (like maybe 25 more) dropped by and all the cookies were gone in no time...definitely need to make these again.