First off, I have to apologize. This episode was supposed to be released last week! However, the wonderful 4th of July holiday festivities got me all mixed up on my days of the week and I completely dropped the ball! So to our subscribers and producers, I humbly ask for your forgiveness.
Now that we have been doing this podcast for over a year, I find that going to the grocery store is a whole new experience. Instead of getting what I need, I am going down ever aisle looking for podcast episodes. It is quite fun because I now get to try so many things I never would have purchased. And today is no exception! We are trying Tate’s Bake Shop Cookies! And not that I had anything against these cookies, or any opinion of them at all, I just have a hard time buying cookies when I can do a nice job baking up a batch myself. But today we try these!
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Which Tate’s Bake Shop Cookies are we trying today?
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lemon Cookies
Who is on this sugar quest?
Nate, here!
Matt, there!
Kris, everywhere!
Amy, ai yai yai.
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The History of Cookies
The name that pops up when researching the origins of the chocolate chip cookie…Ruth Graves Wakefield. Ruth was the owner of the Toll House Inn, located in Whitman, Massachusetts. This was a very popular restaurant that served home cooked meals. The most popular dessert served at the Inn was a thin butterscotch nut cookie with ice cream. But Ruth wanted to expand the offering and decided to adjust the recipe by adding chopped bits of a chocolate bar to the cookie dough. She named them Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies. They were incredibly popular. Not only did the United States devour them, but American soldiers serving in the Pacific would receive care packages containing these cookies. They loved them so much that they would write back home asking for more Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies. From there the popularity of the cookie exploded, leading to everyone developing their own version, with the simplified name, the chocolate chip cookie.
Now a little bit about Tate’s Bake Shop, which I pulled directly from their website, https://www.tatesbakeshop.com/the-bake-shop-way/
What makes Tate's Bake Shop treats so deeply delicious? It is something we call The Bake Shop Way. The Bake Shop Way is our commitment to uncompromising quality and bake-craft. It is nourishing the soul and delighting the world with exceptional taste experiences. It is what guides everything we do.
It all started when Kathleen King, founder of Tate's Bake Shop, began baking when she was just eleven years old, selling small batches of her crisp, buttery chocolate chip cookies off of a fold-out card table on North Sea Farm, her parents' Long Island farmstead.
In 1980, when she was only 21, Kathleen rented a space her mother spotted and opened her first bake shop. She developed a full line of traditional American baked goods, perfecting every recipe herself and baking each dessert from scratch. Named after her father, Tate's Bake Shop is the result of Kathleen's love of baking and keen eye for quality.
Tate’s Bake Shop in Southampton, NY has been Voted the Best Bakery in the Hamptons year over year, and is a destination for locals and tourists alike. A visit to the bake shop reveals Kathleen's personality is in every inch of the store, from the fresh flowers to the carved wooden tables. With a community of loyal customers and lines that stretch out the door, Tate's Bake Shop is, as the New York Times noted, "worth putting miles on the odometer."
Tate’s Bake Shop continues to raise the bar for itself and the baking community with our award-winning cookies and desserts. Today, Tate’s Bake Shop is a nationally recognized brand, loved for its signature, irresistibly crisp and buttery chocolate chip cookies as well as an ever-expanding line of bake shop delectable desserts including gluten free and vegan offerings. So, enjoy one of our deeply delicious treats and experience “The Bake Shop Way”.
The Results
**SPOILER ALERT!**
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6th Place: Oatmeal Raisin
Amy - 3
Kris - 3
Matt- 5
Nate - 1
5th Place: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Amy - 4
Kris - 4
Matt- 5
Nate - 1
4th Place: Walnut Chocolate Chip
Amy - 3
Kris - 3
Matt - 4
Nate - 5
3rd Place: Double Chocolate Chip
Amy - 4
Kris - 5
Matt- 7
Nate - 4
2nd Place: Chocolate Chip
Amy - 6
Kris - 7
Matt- 7
Nate - 5
1st Place: Lemon
Amy - 8
Kris - 8
Matt - 7
Nate - 7
There you have it. Tate’s Bake Shop Lemon Cookies receive the Quest for the Best seal of approval.
Check out their website to get some to try yourself!
https://www.tatesbakeshop.com
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https://www.tatesbakeshop.com/the-bake-shop-way/
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