The Holy Trinity Recipe
Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cream (on medium-low speed just until creamed, do not over mix):
1 cup salted (makes all the difference in the world) butter 1 cup brown sugar (if you want to get crazy, 1/2 cup dark brown and 1/2 cup light brown) 1/2 cup sugar
Then add (on medium-low speed again, just until mixed again):
2 eggs 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 (generous) cups flour
And finally mix in (you guessed it, one last time on medium-low speed):
1 cup dark chocolate chips 1 cup milk chocolate chips 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Bake at 325° for 15ish minutes and heaven awaits.
Hot tip — if you’re asking yourself “are these cookies done?” when you take them out of the oven, you’re doing it right. You want the edges to look just barely brown for that irresistible tough on the outside/total softie on the inside combo.
“So it is important not to get too starry-eyed when contemplating the spiritual dimension of love. For we can bring love’s sacred dimension into everyday life only by respecting and attending to the most simple and mundane details of our relationships. Although sacred vision may be vast and profound, it is also quite ordinary. It is a question of honoring the elemental qualities of things as they are - whether it be the solidity of earth, the heat of passion, the fierceness of anger, or the pain of a broken heart. This is why great spiritual masters irreverently cut through any pompous religiosity on their students’ part. ‘Where is the Buddha to be found?’ the earnest disciple asks. ‘The cypress tree in the dooryard,’ the Zen master replies. Even more pointedly, the master might answer, ‘The dogshit in the grass.’ Or simply put, ‘Go scrub the floor.’ Life’s ordinary magic lies right in front of us when we relate fully and directly to things as they are.”
Ollie’s Perfect Evening by Annie Petrik