If you have stayed in a Double Tree Hotel or have had the chocolate chip cookies that I make, then you know what they are. If not, then you are missing out on quite possibly the best use of flour, butter, sugar, eggs and chocolate in the world. When you stay in a Double Tree, they give each guest a warm chocolate chip cookie upon check in. I first had one when I went to Chicago with Cas Smith and his parents for a blues festival. I forgot all about them until last year when me and Belinda went to a Jimmy Buffett concert in Indy and stayed at the Double Tree in Carmel, In. I like to try to duplicate recipes and this is one that I had to try to crack. Several dozen dozens of cookies later, I think that I have it about as close as you can get without paying a bill and a half per night at the hotel for a cookie.
You'll need
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup of oat flour (I grind up oatmeal in my magic bullett)
1 cup packed brown sugar (i make my own with plain granulated sugar and molasses)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup crushed walnuts
2 sticks of room temp butter
2 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1.5 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups MILK chocolate chips
Pre heat oven to 375
Cream butter, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, lemon juice and sugars together. Add salt and soda and mix for about 30 seconds. Blend flours in 1/2 cup at a time. Stir nuts and chocolate in. Drop on a parchment line baking sheet and bake for 9 minutes, rotating pan half way through to ensure even cooking. Cool on pan for 2-3 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy the hell outta them cookies!
