Isn't it amazing how just one little alteration to a recipe can significantly change the result? Take, for example, the omnipresent Chocolate Chip Cookie.  Pretty basic cookie, right?  They're probably the most popular cookie in the world (although, after their 100th anniversary, the Oreo manufacturers would argue otherwise). But, did you know chocolate chip cookies actually started out as a mistake? Apparently, Ruth Graves Wakefield was trying to make her signature Butter Drop Do cookies. The recipe specified baker’s chocolate, but one … [Read more...]