Most, if not all, children are back in school, or will be very shortly, so why not welcome them home with homemade chocolate chip cookies. Just the aroma alone of freshly baked homemade chocolate chip cookie will make anyone feel at home. When I bake chocolate chip cookies I always use Ghirardelli® (pronounced “Gear-ar-delly”) Chocolate Chips ever since they were a Southern Living Cooking School sponsor back in the ‘90s. Ghirardelli has produced chocolate for more than 150 years and they are one of very few American manufacturers that make chocolate starting from the cocoa bean through to finished products. Try it and you and your family will taste the difference too.
Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip Cookies, my all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yields 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients
11 1/2 ounce Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cup unsifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)
Directions
Heat oven to 375ºF.
Stir flour with baking soda and salt; set aside. In large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color. Add eggs and vanilla, one at a time. Mix on low speed until incorporated. Gradually blend dry mixture into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.
Note: The 11 1/2 ounces of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips can be substituted with any variety of chip flavors (i.e. Milk Chocolate Chips, 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips, etc.).
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Our state and golf fans alike are thrilled that the PGA TOUR is coming to the Golden Isles of Georgia with the inaugural McGladrey Classic, October 4-10, 2010, being played on the legendary Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons. The McGladrey Classic is new to the PGA TOUR Fall Series and it’s certainly expected to be an intimate and spectator-friendly event that will showcase this gorgeous coastal golf course and community.
Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Course
The Davis Love Foundation is proud to be the host organization with proceeds from the tournament benefiting Special Olympics and local children and family charities—the Boys and Girls Club and Safe Harbor. Volunteers are essential to the operations and success of the McGladrey Classic, and the organization has provided a comprehensive Web site on its volunteer needs and benefits. It’s looking to solidify all its volunteers by next week, so if you’re interested click McGladrey Classic Volunteers for more information.
Daily and weekly ticket packages may be purchased online at www.mcgladreyclassic.com. Tickets are limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to spectators. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets early to ensure availability.
Stay tune for more information on With a Southern Twist about visiting the area as it gets closer to the actual event.
Tags: Davis Love, Davis Love Foundation, McGladrey Classic, PGA Tour, Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons
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We Southerners love our festivals, so why not finish the last of the dog days of the summer of 2010 with this weekend’s 8th Annual Summer Shade Festival. The weekend festival features two Artist Markets, live music performances on three stages, a children’s fun center, tasty foods, the Adams Realtors 5K RUN FOR THE PARK on Saturday morning, and Corks & Forks: A Fine Food & Wine Event. And it’s all located along the shaded pedestrian roadways of historic Grant Park.
Corks & Forks: A Fine Food & Wine Event is part of the Summer Shade Festival featuring scrumptious dishes prepared by top chefs from Atlanta’s top restaurants as well as the coolest wines and ales to hit the market. Each day features 10 – 12 chefs including, to name a few, Canoe’s Chef Carvel Grant Gould to TWO Urban Licks’ Chef Cameron Thompson.
The Summer Shade Festival is a free event, but tickets to Corks & Forks are $35 in advance and $45 at the door for each day. For more information, go to www.summershade.org. The Summer Shade Festival is produced by the Festival Organizing Committee for the benefit of the Grant Park Conservancy and its work to restore, renovate, preserve and maintain Atlanta’s oldest public park.
Tags: Atlanta chefs, Atlanta festivals, Georgia festivals, Grant Park, Grant Park Conservancy
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