Dessert: Levain Bakery
I’m just going to go ahead and say it – Levain Bakery’s chocolate chip cookies are the best I’ve had. Ever. I mean, look at the ratio of gooey chocolate to dough in that picture. Is there really any debate?
“Chocolate chip cookie” is a loose term often used to describe anything from bland dough with a morsel wedged in…somewhere, to the work of art that is the Levain cookie. Weighty, dense yet airy, and chock-full of walnuts, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or raisins, a Levain cookie can be a meal, a late night binge, a hearty breakfast if you will. I sampled the oatmeal raisin:
as well as the chocolate chip walnut, which I lovingly cross-sectioned in the first picture.
These cookies are not to be taken lightly. They are heavy and rich – you can almost taste the butter in each bite. I ate a whole one by myself (keep in mind, I think they must weigh about a half pound each). My stomach might have hated me, but I had no regrets. Put another Levain cookie in front of me, and I’ll devour it again in a heartbeat.
You need to try these cookies!
Levain Bakery
167 West 74th St. (off Amsterdam)
212.874.6080
Must. Come. To. NYC. Now.
YUM! The best kinds of desserts are the ones where you can taste the butter!
1I am right on Kate's heels I WANT these. I have been craving sweets for days now and I NEED that cookie!!
2Ah, really need to stop reading your posts when I'm hungry! Butter….
3Why ya gotta be so MEAN?! Me = 3,000+ miles away from NYC and those cookies. I'll try my best to live vicariously through you. That first picture…I think I'm in love
4Oh my that looks amazing. Please call me the next time you're on the hunt for a delicious NYC dessert, I would be happy to weigh in!
5Those cookies look amazing!
6I want to go to there.
7levain is great for the whole slightly underbaked cookie dough thing–yummm…also, have you tried the cc cookies at jacques torres? totally yummy!
8Well, I know which place is on my MUST list for my next NYC trip….YUM!!! Chocolate Chip cookies are my absolute favorite!
9Do you need my address? I'd love a cookie.
Yum. I will have a lot of food stops for my next NYC trip!
10Ooo must try!
11i'm so mad that you posted that picture! now i'm dying to have a chocolate chip cookie. i'm not usually an oatmeal raisin fan but that looks good to me too.
12@lavenderpug no I haven't tried the JT cookies! next on my list
13Wow I honestly didn't even know that was a choc chip cookie from the picture because there was so much chocolate! I will have to visit
14This is going on the list now.
Thanks!
15Umm, yes please. Take me here on my visit
16I don't know how I'm just finding your blog, but I'm really enjoying it.
I had to comment because that is by far the most appetizing picture of a levain bakery cookie (maybe of any cookie) that I've ever seen.
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