{"id":805,"date":"2015-06-20T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2015-06-20T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T17:00:22","slug":"uncle-brads-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Brad&#8217;s Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are Uncle Brad&#8217;s famous chocolate, chocolate chip cookies. I was never able to get the cookies to replicate his chewy and delicious cookies, so I had him over last fall to demonstrate how to make them. It turns out that you should not take the measurements listed in the ingredients too literally&#8230;follow, instead, the recipe instructions for true measurements.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <div class=\"hrecipe\">\n       <span class=\"item\">\n          <p id=\"recipeseo-title\" class=\"fn\">Uncle Brad's Chocolate Chip Cookies<\/p>\n       <\/span><p id=\"recipeseo-rating\" class=\"review hreview-aggregate\">\n          <span class=\"rating\"><\/span>\n       <\/p><p id=\"recipeseo-ingredients\">Ingredients<\/p><ul id=\"recipeseo-ingredients-list\"><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-0\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-0-amount\" class=\"amount\">2 cubes<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-0-name\" class=\"name\">Butter<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-1\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-1-amount\" class=\"amount\">1\/2-3\/4 cup<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-1-name\" class=\"name\">Sugar<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-2\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-2-amount\" class=\"amount\">1\/2-3\/4 cup<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-2-name\" class=\"name\">Brown Sugar<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-3\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-3-amount\" class=\"amount\">2 tsp<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-3-name\" class=\"name\">Vanilla<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-4\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-4-amount\" class=\"amount\">1 tsp<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-4-name\" class=\"name\">Baking Soda<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-5\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-5-amount\" class=\"amount\">4 oz <\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-5-name\" class=\"name\">Vanilla Pudding Mix (dry)<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-6\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-6-amount\" class=\"amount\">2<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-6-name\" class=\"name\">Eggs<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-7\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-7-amount\" class=\"amount\">2-1\/4 cup<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-7-name\" class=\"name\">Flour<\/span><\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-8\" class=\"ingredient\"><span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-8-amount\" class=\"amount\">12 oz<\/span> <span id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-8-name\" class=\"name\">Chocolate Chips<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p id=\"recipeseo-instructions\">Cooking Directions<\/p><ol id=\"recipeseo-instructions-list\" class=\"instructions\"><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-0\" class=\"instruction\">Melt 2 cubes butter in the microwave until soft but not melted. Stir.\r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 1\/2-3\/4 cup sugar, amount depending on sweetness desired (measured in a glass pyrex liquid measuring cup). Stir. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-2\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 1\/2-3\/4 cup brown sugar, amount depending on sweetness desired (measured in a glass pyrex liquid measuring cup). Stir. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-3\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 2 tsp. vanilla. We just used the cap from my Costco vanilla bottle. Stir.\r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-4\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 1 tsp baking soda. Stir. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-5\" class=\"instruction\">Add in vanilla pudding mix. Stir. (If you want Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies, use fudge or chocolate pudding mix.)\r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-6\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 2 eggs. Stir. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-7\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 2-1\/4 cups flour (measured in a pyrex liquid measuring cup). Stir. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-8\" class=\"instruction\">Add in 12 oz. chocolate chips. Stir.\r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-9\" class=\"instruction\">Put large scoopfuls (golf ball size) on a foil or parchment lined baking sheet. \r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-10\" class=\"instruction\">Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10-12 minutes.\r<\/li><li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-11\" class=\"instruction\">Cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then eat!<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are Uncle Brad&#8217;s famous chocolate, chocolate chip cookies. I was never able to get the cookies to replicate his chewy and delicious cookies, so I had him over last fall to demonstrate how to make them. It turns out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/?p=805\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,59,65,85,99,116,129,145,341,362,365,366],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsgreene.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}