Secret Recipes

After sharing the desired chocolate chip cookie of his grandmother with his business partner, Michael Coles, Arthur Karp knew right then that their business will going to be a success. The business partners opened the first store of Great American Cookies in The Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, Georgia) in 1977. Today, Great American Cookies now have over 350 stores. The company’s products have become a huge hit. This is why many people want to recreate their products. Great American Cookies bakes their products using a very detailed process. They use convection ovens and bake the goodies at exactly 280 degrees Fahrenheit for 16-17 minutes only. However, most people do not own convection ovens. Aside from that, setting the oven at this very specific temperature can also be difficult. This is why we have altered the recipe a little bit. Just make sure that the cookies will look undercooked and ONLY a little bit browned around its edges once you take it off the oven. This will make the cookies taste chewy once they are cooled.

Serves/Makes: 16 to 18 cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. chopped macadamia nuts

1 Tbsp. milk

1 c. brown sugar

½ c. softened butter (about 1 stick)

8 oz. solid white chocolate (sliced into chunks)

½ Tsp. salt

2 Tsp. baking soda

1 egg

1 Tsp. vanilla

½ Tsp. baking powder

1 ½ c. of flour

½ c. finely minced coconut flakes

Procedure:

1. Get a large-sized bowl and electric mixer. Cream the sugar and butter together using the electric mixer on high speed.

2. Add the vanilla, coconut, milk and egg in the mixture and beat well.

Instead of competing with its rival, Mrs. Fields took another step by buying out the Great American Cookies Company. After acquiring the company in 1998, Mrs. Fields is now selling its famous bakes goodies in over 90% of the most notable shopping malls in America. And, that’s how Mrs. Fields make “dough”! Get it? One of the unparalleled favorite baked goodies that you can get from the 364 Great American Cookies store is the classic snickerdoodle. Rolled in sugar and cinnamon, this baked goodie is chewy and soft just like other cookies from this famous company. It will look like they are undercooked once you remove it from the oven. But, once it cools down, it results in a gooey yummy snacks but solid in the middle.

Serves: 16 to 18 cookies

Ingredients:

¼ Tsp. cream of tartar

½ Tsp. baking soda

½ c. granulated sugar

1 egg

½ c. softened butter (about 1 stick)

½ Tsp vanilla

1/3 c. brown sugar

1 ½ c. of flour

¼ Tsp. salt

Topping

1 Tsp. cinnamon

2 Tbsp. granulated sugar

Procedure:

1. Get a big bowl then cream the sugars and butter together using an electric mixer on high speed. Put the vanilla and egg then mix until mixture turns smooth.

2. Get another bowl then mix baking soda, flour, cream of tartar and sald.