PJ, recently my husband came home with a chocolate chip cookie he bought from a store somewhere (sacrilige!) It was tall and fluffy, almost cake-y, not crisp and not chewy. It seemed almost to have a ton of leavening or something. Most of my cookies flatten out like the above pics, and he has requested a cookie like the one he bought. Any suggestions? I have been surfing the web for inspiration and am trying the Alton Brown puffy recipe as we speak and although they look promising they aren't achieving the height I'm looking for... Sounds like a good goal, Kari - but I don't actually have the solution for achieving it without doing some testing. I'd think they'd have an extra egg or two, for one; less butter; and perhaps less fat/more flour. In other words, more like cake then cookie. What if you tried dubbing around with the Berger Cookie recipe ("Baltimore's Finest" blog)? They're cake-like cookies. See what kind of ratios of ingredients might make your cookies taller/fluffier... Good luck - PJH

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