{The End To My Quest...?}

Fortunately, it only took me a few months to find this recipe (well, I do look at new recipes from different food blogs almost everyday...). When I first made chocolate chip cookies, I used theNestle Toll House Recipe. I thought that the cookies were already delectable, but when I saw Alton Brown's recipe, I was instantly intrigued. There were so many different instructions and ingredients from this recipe that had to see if the cookies would turn out better than the ones I made using the Toll House recipe.

In Alton Brown's recipe, you need to have one egg and one egg yolk, and you have to melt the butter instead of using it when it is room-temperature. Also, you have to use a lot of brown sugar and less white sugar. A lot of bloggers have said that this is their favorite recipe, and that the brown sugar makes the cookies very chewy. The cookies turned out just how I liked them. When I first bit into one of the cookies, I immediately knew that it was the best cookie that I had ever made. I am very picky when it comes to cookies, and I do not really enjoy cookies that are too dry, crunchy, or cakey. These cookies were perfect - chewy and moist, with a lot of flavor. I will definitely be using this recipe from now on whenever I want to bake cookies!

Adapted from Alton Brown's The Chewy Recipe

Note: I did not have bread flour. I just used all-purpose flour, but the cookies still ended up really chewy. Also, the recipe does not indicate how long you should refrigerate the dough, so I refrigerated it for one hour.

I was baking during the afternoon, and there was a rainbow on the cookie tray because of the sunlight that hit the windows (I just had to take pictures of this!).

This is one of the best things that I have ever baked, and I really hope that you try to make these for yourselves! If you like them as much as I did, you can not eat just one!

{Apple Crrrummmblle}

Something I dream of being able to wake up to the smell of something baking everyday, like a batch of freshly baked gooey chocolate chip cookies or fudgey chocolate brownies, followed by a quick hurry to the kitchen, and searching hastily until I pinpoint the treats waiting patiently for me to eat them.

I found myself wanting to eat this crumble all the time - the first treat I lay my eyes on everyday, a simple snack after a tiring day at school, and for something sweet to eat after every lunch and dinner. The apples that I purchased were juicy and firm, and I was delighted when I got my first slice of the apple crumble. The apple pieces turned very soft, and there was even more juice seeping out! I absolutely adore the crust - it was crumbly and sweet with a hint of butter.

I was fortunate to purchase one of Ina Garten's cookbooks, and my eyes are always glued to the TV whenever her show is on. I got the her recipe for this crumble from the Food Network website, but I hope I get to use one of her other recipes from her cookbook soon! Banana Crunch Muffins, Chocolate Buttercream Cake, Pecan Shortbread, Raspberry Tarts - I am going to have a complicated time deciding what I want to bake next!

While waiting 40 minutes for this crumble to finally be ready to consume, I was getting ravenous by the minute. Cinnamon wafted all around the house, but I attempted to distract myself to avoid dashing into the kitchen and taking the crumble out of the oven too soon. It's astonishing how fast time flies. Before I knew it, the crumble was ready to be eaten, hot and served with some freezing vanilla ice cream. I guess I could compare it with life a bit. Sometimes I feel as if just a week ago I was ready to experience what being a kindergartner was like. A few days ago I experienced for the first time what it was like to have a locker and learning what Day A and Day B were, and now I am finally getting used to high school. Before I know it, I'll be sitting in an unfamiliar classroom in a university, anxious and exhilarated before the lesson starts!

Crrrummmmbbllyyy

If you would like the recipe for this delicious crumble, click here. I highly recommend trying this - it can be eaten at any time of the day, and all you need to do is heat it up in a microwave before you consume it. I altered the recipe by adding more cinnamon and using apples into of peaches and blueberries. You can experiment with different fruits, but I felt like using four diced apples instead of peaches and blueberries.

Note: Instead of using ramekins, I used a Pyrex glass dish.

Oh-so-delicious crust