Chocolate chip cookie update

As promised, Isabel is working down the list of reader-recommended chocolate chip cookie recipes. Last night she baked the All Recipes cookies and made them big, per Wendy's suggestion. They're outstanding. I just ate one and am marshaling all my self control to keep from eating another. It's hard to remember the nuances of the other top-ranked cookies, so Isabel may need to re-test a few of those. But All Recipes is definitely better than Keller or Toll House. Revised ranking:

1. Cakewalk by Kate Moses (Robust cookies flavored with espresso powder, irresistible and possibly unbeatable.)

2. Baking by Dorie Greenspan (The classic -- but better.) 

3. All Recipes (Stout, chewy, more-ish. A cookie that could double as a meal.)

4. Toll House (The classic.)

5. Ad Hoc at Home (Too much severe chocolate, too little cookie)

6. Joy of Cooking, 1975 (Thin, pale, unimpressive.)

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