Potluck #51

Adjusting the ingredients of a recipe can make you feel like a contestant on "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?" But now there is an easier, faster and potentially more accurate way to increase or decrease a recipe using the computer rather than pen and paper.

Aftr searching for a chocolate chip cookie recipe and reviewing websites such as Food Network, Bon Appetit, and Gourmet, I used the Southern Living website which forwarded the search to Betty Crocker. After finding it, and using the Recipe Ingredient Conversion Calculator, the computer doubled the recipe.

By going online to find the recipe I expanded my options of choices. Also, using the Calculator was a fast and easy way to double the recipe.

This is the original recipe:

Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies

An easy chocolate chip cookie to make with extraordinary results!

Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 35 min
Makes: 3 1/2 dozen cookies


1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 eggs
4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 package (24 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Mix butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs in large bowl using spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
2. Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Bake 13 to 16 minutes.


Time Saver
Chocolate Lover's Shortcut: For a quick answer to those cookie cravings and as a fun way for the kids to start baking, pick up a few pouches of Betty Crocker® chocolate chip cookie mix. Delicious!

Nutrition Information:
1 Cookie: Calories 240 (Calories from Fat 110 ); Total Fat 12 g (Saturated Fat 7 g); Cholesterol 25 mg; Sodium 170 mg; Total Carbohydrate 32 g (Dietary Fiber 1 g); Protein 2 g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4 %; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 2 %; Iron 6 % Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 2 Fat
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

And now, the doubled recipe:

Recipe Adjustment Factor is 2 Times Original Amounts



Buttery chocolate chip cookies

3 cups butter or margarine, softened
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 eggs
8 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
2 packages (24 oz) semisweet chocolate chips