{My favorite: Chocolate Chip Cookies}

There’s something about the reliability of a great recipe – how maintaining exact measurements and temperatures and following the directions carefully will always yield the same results. It’s dependable. It’s comforting.

I’ve been experimenting with different recipes for years, but I’ve finally mastered the perfect chocolate chip cookie. I took this recipe and made a few tweaks, adding a tablespoon of honey to the wet ingredients and opting for milk chocolate chips in place of bittersweet. I’ve received multiple requests from friends and coworkers to bring in batches of these delicious little suckers for various events and each time they ask, I feel a silly sense of pride and accomplishment.