After School Chocolate Chip Cookies
Inspired by the moment you walk through the door and feel instantly loved.
This dough is based on the chocolate chip cookies I grew up with—warm, familiar, and made with intention. I created the dough, you take care of the baking, and let the aroma of love fill your home to welcome all guests or just give yourself a little nostalgic sweet treat.
Because sometimes love smells like butter, sugar, and chocolate.
Includes: 12 frozen cookie dough portions
Bake from frozen. Best enjoyed warm with milk.
Made with intention, childhood memories, and a whole lot of heart
🤍 Marlowe
The After-School Chocolate Chip Cookie
In a small rural town just north of Baltimore City, a little girl steps off the bus. One hand holds the railing, the other waves wildly at her mom, waiting at the bus stop. They take each other’s hands and walk the short distance home, catching up on their days.
As they step inside, they’re embraced by the aroma of chocolate chip cookies.
It is her favorite experience.
To her, it is the scent of love.
In one inhale, she knows someone had been thinking about her. Someone planned the time to mix and bake, to let the aroma build and spill out of the oven, drift past the fireplace, curl into the laundry room—timed perfectly for the moment she’d step through the door and get a kiss on the nose.
She sits at the table. Her mom places a plate of cookies fresh from the rack alongside a glass of cold milk. She dips her cookie in—just barely. Not much milk, but just enough for the first bite.
That first bite.
Warm.
Crunch.
Sweet.
Salt.
Soft.
Yum.
The next dip goes deeper. Now the cookie welcomes the milk, and the remaining bites change entirely—perfectly choreographed to her liking.
To her, the entire experience is flawless. The thoughtfulness behind it. The joy the cookie offers—not just in taste, but in meaning. It feeds her heart and her soul.
This little girl was me.
Chocolate chip cookies are a very specific love language of mine. I can make many different kinds—and someday, I just might offer them all. But for now, I’m offering my After-School Chocolate Chip Cookie.
This is its own recipe, different from my Grandma YumYum and Salted Tahini cookies.
This recipe began in my mom’s kitchen. First, I watched her mix. Then I stood on a stool while she stood behind me—her left hand over mine, gripping the metal bowl, our right hands moving together as we pushed and pulled the wooden spoon around its edge. Then came the spatula. She showed me how to hold it just right, how to scrape the bowl properly. It clicked immediately—like something ancient waking up.
Not long after, I was left alone one night to bake by myself for the first time. It was after dinner. Someone wanted dessert—likely me or my dad—and I offered to make chocolate chip cookies. My mom agreed, but only if I did it entirely on my own.
That’s all I really remember.
Were they good?
Did I burn them?
I don’t know.
What I do remember is the feeling—what I now recognize as an initiation. A graduation. A statement of trust from my mother. I felt proud. Capable. Excited.
Chocolate chip cookies were my entry into the kitchen.
Well—if I’m being totally honest, there are photos of me at around three years old making peanut butter graham crackers. Adorable, yes. And technically first. If you’d like that recipe: a box of graham crackers and a jar of Jiffy peanut butter. Bon appétit. 😉
Now, I make chocolate chip cookies for my own kids—timed for when they come home from school. I teach them (and their friends) how to bake. And it will go on and on.
I want to share this with you.
I want to offer this experience to your family.
I won’t give you the recipe—but I will offer frozen dough, ready for you to bake at home. Scooped, portioned, and ready to pop in the oven.
How fun is that?
After-School Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
• 1 dozen — $12
From my heart (and oven) to yours 🤍
Set oven to 375. Place frozen dough balls on parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 min for soft, 12 min for extra crunch.
Serve Warm
