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The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

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Anyone who stays at the DoubleTree knows that the best part is the warm welcoming cookies homemade by the hotel. If you are opposed to making a reservation just for the famous cookies, this recipe is just for you.

Ingredient List:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • ▢ 1/2 pound of softened butter (2 sticks)
  • ▢ ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • ▢ ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ▢ 2 large eggs
  • ▢ 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ▢ ¼ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ▢ 2 ¼ cups flour
  • ▢ 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
  • ▢ A pinch of cinnamon
  • ▢ 1 3/4 cups chopped walnuts (optional) 
  • ▢ 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chip
  • 1. Preheat the oven to 300°F
  • 2. Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
  • 3. Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice, blending with a mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, then medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl.
  • 4. With the mixer on low speed, add flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, blending for about 45 seconds. Make sure not to overmix.
  • 5. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
  • 6. Portion dough with a scoop (about 3 tablespoons) onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart.
  • 7. Optional: Sprinkle a pinch of salt on top of each cookie to create a salty and sweet masterpiece.
  • 8. Bake for 20 to 23 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown and the center is still soft.
  • 9. Remove from the oven and cool on a baking sheet.

Enjoy!

-Harrison S.

How to Make Spam Musubi

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Spam musubi is one of my personal favorite snacks to make whenever I have free time. Its a very simple dish to create using only a few ingredients.

Ingredient List:

Spam Musubi

  • ▢ 1.5 cup/310g Rice (uncooked)
  • ▢ 1 tbsp Toasted sesame seeds
  • ▢ 1 Nori seaweed sheet 
  • ▢ 1 can of small Spam 7oz(200g)
  • ▢ 2 tsp vegetable oil

Spam Sauce 

  • ▢ 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • ▢ 1 tbsp sake
  • ▢ 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • ▢ 1 tbsp sugar
  • ▢ 2 tsp Katakuriko (potato starch)
  • ▢ 1 tbsp water
  • 1. Cook rice by the instructions listed on your rice cooker.
  • 2. Once the rice been cooked, sprinkle toasted sesame seeds into the rice.
  • 3. Slice the spam ham into 6 even slices.
  • 4. Heat a frying pan over medium heat with vegetable oil
  • 5. Add Spam. Cook and brown each side for about 2-3 min.
  • 6. Set aside the cooked spam slices. Then place all ingredients into the pan and reduce the heat to low.
  • 7. Stir continuously until thick, put the Spam slices back into the frying pan and coat the spam with the sauce. Turn the heat off.
  • 8. Next is to assemble the Spam. I like to use a specific mold for Spam, but if you don’t have one there is a very easy alternative. Line a washed spam tin with cling wrap and put 1/6 of the cooked rice into the tin.
  • 9. Press the rice down with your hand. Add a piece of spam on top and press.
  • 10. Remove the spam and rice, place the nori strip over on the centre of the spam and wrap over the musubi.

Enjoy!

-Harrison Schreiman