{"id":617,"date":"2009-07-16T16:09:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/398dot2.figcan7-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2017-02-16T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:18:36","slug":"sweet-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Giant Black Bottom Toffee-Chocolate Chip Cookies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>(or to avoid the excessively long name:) \u00a0Sweet Happiness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=500%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=250%2C179&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=252%2C180&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=420%2C300&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=210%2C150&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-2.jpg?resize=400%2C285&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Ingredients:<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>2 cup butter or regular margarine, softened<br \/>\n1\u00bd <span>\u00a0<\/span>cup sugar<br \/>\n2 cup packed brown sugar<br \/>\n4 egg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>2 tablespoons vanilla<br \/>\n6 cups all purpose flour<br \/>\n1\u00bd <span>\u00a0<\/span>teaspoon baking soda<br \/>\n1\u00bd <span>\u00a0<\/span>teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1 package (12 ounce size) milk (or semi-sweet) chocolate chunks<br \/>\n1 package (7 1\/2 ounce size) toffee bits<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Directions:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-620\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?resize=500%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?resize=250%2C350&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?resize=129%2C180&amp;ssl=1 129w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies.jpg?resize=357%2C500&amp;ssl=1 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Heat oven to 350 F. Cream together sugars and butter on a large bowl.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Mix in eggs and vanilla.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Stir in the flour, baking soda, and the salt. Add chocolate chips and toffee chips and mix well.<\/p>\n<p>Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out leveled dough about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges are golden brown (the centers will be soft).<\/p>\n<p>Cool for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool for 15-20 minutes in the refrigerator, this helps the chocolate stick to the cookies easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Melt <span>approx. <\/span>14 oz of chocolate (I usually use Wilton Candy Melts in\u00a0Light Cocoa since it\u2019s easy to find) according to package directions.\u00a0 Pour the melted chocolate\u00a0onto a cookie sheet so that there is a thin layer of chocolate coating the bottom of the pan.<\/span>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-619\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?resize=500%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?resize=250%2C350&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?resize=129%2C180&amp;ssl=1 129w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/398dot2-Black-Bottom-Cookies-3.jpg?resize=357%2C500&amp;ssl=1 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><span>Quickly (the chocolate cools rapidly) remove the cookies from the refrigerator and place each cookie on the cookie sheet of chocolate. Allow the chocolate to cool completely before placing the cookies in a decorated cookie tin (a square of wax paper between each cookie keeps them from sticking).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Black Bottom Toffee-Chocolate Chip Cookies (or to avoid the excessively long name:) \u00a0Sweet Happiness Ingredients: 2 cup butter or regular margarine, softened 1\u00bd \u00a0cup sugar 2 cup packed brown sugar 4 egg 2 tablespoons vanilla 6 cups all purpose flour 1\u00bd \u00a0teaspoon baking soda 1\u00bd \u00a0teaspoon salt 1 package (12 ounce size) milk (or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[9,32,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foodie","category-recipes","category-scraps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5OzjB-9X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}