Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Today I’m going to be linking up to Thinking Out Loud so I can just type out whatever comes to my brain. Thanks, Amanda, for hosting!

1. Tomorrow I’m going to be hauling some serious butt and cooking up a storm. I go back to school this Sunday and most likely won’t have too much free time to create new recipes. So, I’ve decided to try to stockpile some for future posts so I can keep Apple of My Eye going with a steady stream of blog posts.

Kyle is going to come over tomorrow and making his specialty: Chicken Noodle Soup!

Also on the to-do list? Dark Chocolate Orange Avocado Truffles (a different take on my original Avocado Truffles), the BEST breakfast hash ever, and Brown Sugar Glazed Asian Roast (a family favorite).

Hopefully I make it out of the kitchen alive.

2. How cute is this wallet?

I got it right before Christmas, but didn’t find a good time to blog about it. I usually don’t like spending money on the thing that holds my cards and cash, but it was calling my name and right next to the checkout line. Way too easy to grab it and go! Luckily, TJ Maxx shot down the price so it wasn’t too pricy.

3. HELP. Kyle’s birthday is coming up this month and I have no idea what to get him. This is a rough time of year for me (first world problem), because I have to figure out what to get him for Christmas, his birthday, and Valentine’s Day- all in quick succession.

In the past, I’ve gotten him a leather messenger bag, custom man-jewelry, a ski jacket, sweaters, a tennis jacket, a video game, a custom photo book, and who knows what else. I’m at a loss! If you have any brilliant ideas, I would appreciate it SO much if you could shoot me an email!

4. I’m glad my post on How to Increase Your Pinterest Traffic was helpful to you guys! Those posts always take a long time to write and it makes me so happy to hear from you guys that they weren’t a total waste of time to read ;).

5. I’m thinking about getting a new layout for Apple of My Eye. I’ve been eyeing the Thesis theme, but am a bit hesitant to have to go through the whole remodeling process again. Anyone else have any experience with it?

6. They just released seasons 5-8 of Dexter on Netflix. I know what I’ll be doing the next couple of days.

7. I went to the gym today and completed my “I Don’t Want to Workout” workout and one round of the “Arm Definer” workout on my Nike Training Club App. HOLY HECK was it hard! Definitely feeling the burn from the medicine ball pushups.

Andd that’s all that comes to mind at the moment! Check in tomorrow night for a tasty new recipe!

The other day, I went to a cookie exchange at my friend Erin’s house. It’s been a tradition for a couple of years now, and I always look forward to seeing the friends I went to school with for 12 years before heading off to college. Not to mention it’s a mother-daughter event, so we all have a great time laughing at all their antics (too much wine) and grimacing when they unblushingly tell all of our embarrassing stories (again, I blame the wine).

Even though I’ve grown up with these girls, I can’t help but want to show off when it comes to bringing the most extravagant cookies and usually like to experiment with a few showcase cookies that can’t help but look and taste delicious!

Please pin the picture below if you’d like to pin this recipe! Thank you!

For me, life is all about balance and I truly believe that a completely healthy life depends on both your mental sanity and feeling good in your own skin. Yes, I exercise and eat healthy, but I have absolutely no desire to live a life that consists of restricting and overexercising in the name of your health. If I want to eat a cookie, I’m going to eat it. If I want to take a week off from the gym because I’m not feeling too well, I’m going to do so without any regret whatsoever. I know this sounds a little off tangent for a cookie post, but I sometime feel that “healthy living bloggers” get themselves stuck in a negative place when it comes to food and exercise and try to put forth a perfect picture of their life and body image. While Apple of My Eye usually concentrates on healthier recipes, I don’t want to restrict my site to any one genre. How boring would that be?

Anyways, I bring this up because this recipe has sugar. Lots of sugar. And butter. And caramel. And chocolate chips. Get the picture? It’s deliciously indulgent and the perfect recipe for any party where you really want to bring a dessert that has the “WOW” factor to it!

The cookie recipe I use is from Parents Need to Eat Too, and let me tell ya, it’s the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve ever made. I think I’ve baked at least 30 batches of them over the last couple of years and others really just don’t match up to it. This is definitely one of Kyle’s favorite desserts as well! When they’re baked on a plain cookie sheet, they have a slightly crunchy exterior, but still maintain a softer inside. I can’t even explain them. Think joy and kittens and rainbows and Zac Efron all mixed into one cookie. Yup.

And these Deep Dish Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies? Think of everything I described above, but with a oozy-gooey caramel center surrounded by half-baked cookie dough and a more firm cookie crust. Unreal!

There’s one key rule when it comes to the these cookies, though. DON’T OVER BAKE.

I know it’s super tempting to look into the oven, see an underdone cookie, and set the timer for a few more minutes, but you need to resist. Seriously, apply that willpower of yours because these cookies are a million times better when they are soft in the middle and will finish baking outside of the oven as they cool.

And, without further ado, I present to you: Deep Dish Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Dig in!

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