There are certain recipes that are necessary to have up your sleeve.  I’m a big believer that an insanely good chocolate chip cookie recipe can take you far in life.  I grew up being taught that you never show up to someone’s house empty handed.  While a bottle of wine is almost always welcome in those cases, being the baker and dessert lover that I am, I always show up with dessert. 

Chocolate chip cookies have been my go to for many years.  The ingredients are so simple and basic, you can usually count on having them on hand in most homes.  This particular recipe is one I came up with after I got a last minute invite to a friend’s BBQ and needed something to bring, but – GASP – I was out of BUTTER!  After a few moments of panic, and truly not having it in me to actually put on clothes to leave the house (aka pants) until I absolutely had to – I decided to do a coconut oil experiment.

Coconut oil is considered a “superfood”, which is kind of cool since it’s so dynamic and can be used in many different ways.  I use it a lot in my kitchen, especially once I realized how easily it can replace butter (however, my love for butter will never die), but the best part is how well it holds flavors and can make recipes work.  Apparently there are a lot of people out there who aren’t fans of the taste of coconut, something I’ll never understand, but good news – these cookies taste nothing like coconut!  In fact, when I tell people there’s no butter in them they are convinced I’m lying!  

Check out the recipe and test it out yourself: