Thank you for the tips on the water and longer baking times for a crispy cookie which is the way I love them. Now whenever I made CCCs they would always turn out chewy. My Grandmother was the superintendent of the merchant marine retirement home Sailors Snug Harbor, Powder Point, Duxbury MA. The cooks at the home (Dorothy and Benny) made the best CCCs and they were crispy. I used to hoard the batch made for me, making them last right up until school started in the fall. Loved spending the month of July there and visiting with cousins from Cohasset. My Uncle Peter's family owned Cohasset Motors and he would bring down a jeep from the lot and we would go out riding the dunes at Saquish before setting off fireworks on the sprawling front lawn of the home. Food and family memories are so strong and enduring - we can honor our forebears by duplicating the foods (and the feelings) with the next generation. Happy Baking - Irene @ KAF What nice stories, Miss Percy - I grew up next door in Hingham, so of course know Cohasset well, and remember Cohasset Motors. And Powder Point, Duxbury, too - gorgeous! Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane - PJH

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