Carpe Cookie

A grade-A cookie lover's account of the best – and sometimes worst – cookies around.

Navigation Menu

Ultrathin and huge Chocolate Chunk at Auntie Em’s Kitchen

Posted by on Feb 18, 2011 in Chocolate Chip | 2 comments

Auntie Em’s Kitchen
4616 Eagle Rock Blvd  – L.A. (Eagle Rock)
$2

It has been said that if you put 10 Jews in a room, you’ll hear 11 different opinions.

I might say the same is true for chocolate chip cookie eaters. In other words, it is a highly divisive topic. Some favor thin and crisp, some swear by thick and doughy. Or thin and chewy. Or thick and biscuity. Some dig walnuts or pecans, others say “hell no” to the nuts. Some ccc bakers misguidedly think they’re doing us a great favor by including butterscotch – or possibly worse – white chocolate chips. Ugh and double ugh. The possibilities are endless – more so than with perhaps any other cookie.

Read More

Lemon Meringue Cookie at Proof Bakery

Posted by on Jan 26, 2011 in Meringue, Lemon | 2 comments

Proof Bakery
3156 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles (Atwater Village)
$2

Before visiting L.A. recently, I had read that a brand new bakery called Proof (opened in December ’10) was making a cookie called a zimsterne. I’d somehow never heard of these, which is surprising because it is a cookie that is completely after my own heart. I have a soft spot for anything almond – particularly almond paste, marzipan or almond flour – the latter being a key player in the zimsterne. Also, I love cinnamon. I was sold – enough so to make the somewhat out-of-the-way drive (from where I was) to Atwater Village (not far from Silverlake).

Read More

Iced Spiced Molasses at Milk

Posted by on Jul 12, 2010 in Ginger Molasses | 0 comments

Milk
7290 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
$1

Having surveyed This Cookie over a span of time and on several occasions, I have witnessed its unfailing consistency of awesomeness.  So it is with confidence that I make the following assertion:  Milk makes MY FAVORITE MOLASSES COOKIE.  Ever.

Read More