I was reading Gini Dietrich’s new book and in it she says that even if you give someone your recipe, they will never be able to make it like you do. She was using a cooking analogy for why it’s okay to let people know how you do your business but it’s really true.
I am known all over the world for My Cookies (a.k.a. Lauri’s Cookies). I give the recipe out freely and it’s a really precise recipe. And, yet, I still get people asking if I left something out or changed it so no one could make them like I do. The answer to that is no. Because you will never be able to make them like I do so I don’t have to. 🙂
Back when we lived in Clearwater, the Tampa Tribune interviewed me. I gave them the recipe for my cookies and for my Kahlua Fudge Poundcake (which is extremely photogenic, by the way). Being a Rottmayer in the day of phone books, it was hard to hide and when my cookie recipe didn’t turn out, my phone rang off the hook with people wanting to know why. I give pretty detailed instructions so I couldn’t give them an answer. I could only ask, “Did you follow the recipe exactly?”
In the facebook group for Gini’s book, I left this info about the cookies to confirm what Gini had written. This had Gini and others ask for the recipe. A quick search of my blog showed that I have NEVER put this recipe here. I couldn’t believe it. So here it is.
- 1 cup Butter; (I mean the real stuff. Land O'Lakes unsalted preferred)
- ½ cup Light brown sugar (C&H)
- ½ cup Sugar (C&H)
- 1½ tsp Pure vanilla extract; (NOT imitation)
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 Egg
- 1.5 cups Gold Medal flour
- 2½ cup Old fashioned Quaker Oats; (not the quick sawdust stuff)
- 6 ounces Semi-sweet chocolate chips (I prefer Guittard)
- Melt butter in microwave. Stir in sugars, vanilla and soda and mix well.
- Mix in egg. Add flour until smooth. Add oats and chocolate chips.
- Drop by scoops onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on rack until the next sheet comes out of the oven, then remove to rack or platter.
- Makes approximately 3½ dozen awesome cookies