{"id":7881,"date":"2024-02-04T13:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T21:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:22:20","slug":"love-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/love-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chocolate chip cookies and coffee must be a match made in cookie heaven, agree? I decided to combine the best of both worlds for Valentine\u2019s, using the Recipe of the Year from King Arthur Flour\u00ae<\/sup> and Zojirushi\u2019s newest coffee maker. The King Arthur Flour company claims to have baked over 1200 cookies to perfect this chocolate chip cookie recipe<\/strong><\/a>, and used over 38 pounds of butter in the process.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t use that much butter, but I did use a cookie cutter and my Zojirushi Toaster Oven to bake these lovelies.\"cookie<\/a><\/p>\n

I was worried about the cookie dough spreading out into an unrecognizable blob when it baked, so I simply baked them right in the mold. All it took was greasing the sides of each cutter, then baking like any batch of cookies.<\/p>\n

If you like your cookies on the cakey side, this recipe is for you\u2014you can find it on their site. I like mine chewy more than cakey, so I\u2019ve had better IMHO. But they go great with coffee, so let\u2019s segue into my new coffee maker, shall we?\"Zojirushi<\/a><\/p>\n

First impressions \u2014 Zojirushi didn\u2019t mess around with the design; it\u2019s compact as can be for a 12-cup coffee maker. Fantastic use of optimal height, width and depth in a no-nonsense, sleek, small footprint design. I was happy to see a setting for brewing small amounts of coffee, which I experimented with immediately for my first test. I used grounds that I consider to be a cut above old school 1st wave but lower than craft coffee 3rd wave. If you\u2019re a coffee snob you\u2019ll know what I mean, and you\u2019re probably into a 4th wave yourself.<\/p>\n

I brewed only 4 cups, and the coffee was delicious! I tested the Taste Tuner feature that controls the brew strength and that worked too, turning my mid-level coffee beans into a pretty rich blend. I love the sound of percolating coffee.<\/p>\n