National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day was observed on Aug. 4, but thatβs not why Salt Lake magazine decided to hold a best chocolate chip cookie contest. Like most magazine articles, this one started with a trend. Chocolate chip cookies, especially fresh-baked ones, are a definite trend. Of course, theyβre more a mainstay than a trend in sweet-toothed UtahβDebbie Fieldsβ ubiquitous cookies were headquartered in Park City until she sold the company. We asked Salt Lake magazine readers (that’s you) to send in their favorite bakeries and spots for great cookies and assembled a team of judges to sample the top suggested cookies.
Reader nominee: The Rose Establishment The only crispy cookie we tastedβmost bakers opted for a softer, chewier style. The judges agreed that these cookies were less uniformβthey liked the more homemade look. And the obviously high quality dark chocolate layer that ran through the middle. βI canβt help but keep coming back to this cookie,β said Lydia. βLooks like a flapjack,β said Stuart.Β
Rose Establishment, 235 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-990-6270, theroseestb.com
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