Cookie Fest 2008

Cookie Fest 2008

For the last 5 years or so I’ve baked 5 different kinds of cookies for the holidays. It has always been therapeutic sprinkled with fleeting moments of stress.

This year I didn’t have time for a baking extravaganza, so I chose the simple yet divine chocolate chip cookie as the headliner. I used the trusted recipe from Jacques Torres that appeared in the New York Times months ago. The secret is lightly dipping the dough balls in sea salt or fleur de sel for a sweet and salty touch. Holiday cookies don’t have to be red or green, they just have to be delicious.