As well-intentioned as the advice is, I have to laugh when people suggest that during the coronavirus pandemic you can replicate the hotel experience at home to feel like you’re actually going somewhere when you can’t. I mean, really, I already feel like I’m running a hotel: A 24-7 kitchen (yes, we do room service!), more laundry loads of linens than I can keep up with and a whole drawer full of miniature toiletries. It’s just one where the guests never leave. All I need is the cranky TripAdvisor review from my toddler and we’ll be set.
Of course, there’s a lot I miss about real hotels, but most of it isn’t happening here and now. (Maybe I’ll get that rainfall shower head installed some day.) For many of us, the joy of checking in somewhere, whether big or small, is knowing someone else will take care of you. At the DoubleTree hotel chain, that includes being handed a warm chocolate chip cookie at the front desk.
There are many fans of the cookies, and in a gesture being repeated across a range of businesses — Ikea meatballs! Disney resorts Mickey beignets! — DoubleTree (via its parent company, Hilton) recently released the recipe. Truth be told, the framework is not that different from the well-known Nestle Tollhouse version. These are remarkable, however, for their size and the sheer amount of add-ins, which makes for a hearty, texturally interesting treat. What you get is a supremely gooey cookie, with the additions held together by a minimal amount of dough. Not a bad thing, in my book.
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They’re really quite delicious, if perhaps not the most mind-blowing chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever had (I’d like to nominate Joy “The Baker” Wilson’s Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies or Stella Parks’s behemoth take on the signature treats of New York’s famous Levain bakery). If someone else baked a batch and handed me one with a big smile and a key to a pristine hotel room, I’d be more than thrilled. For now, I’ll just have to make more myself. Now about that housekeeping …
Recipe notes: The portioned cookie dough can be wrapped tightly in plastic and refrigerated for up to 1 week. Alternately, the portions can be individually frozen on a parchment-lined baking sheet, then placed in a freezer-safe zip-top bag and frozen for several months. Bake straight from the freezer.
The baked cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or frozen for several months.
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