Jessie Wimmer, a self-proclaimed sweets lover, fell for the chocolate chip cookie back in the day thanks to a best friend's mother who baked them often. Wimmer says, like a mad scientist, she began to explore the chemistry of baking to find the perfect recipe. Once she settled on a recipe, she was averse to modifying it for quantity and so, would have dozens of cookies on hand, way too many to eat
herself. She secretly began leaving cookies in her wake - on doorsteps, in the homes of friends, at parties. Her cookies, "Jessie's cookies," first appeared at the Not Just Coffee Shop during a fundraiser for one of the baristas. She brought them to collect donations for the cause and they sold out lightning-fast. Since then, she drops off fresh cookies every Thursday for all the cookie eaters masquerading as coffee drinkers. "People have shown up to my house in their pajamas, just to have a warm chocolate chip cookie," Jessie says. Jessie's cookies are round and puffed up with big fat dark chocolate chips, like those bubble letters you perfected back in middle school, and the cookie has a tender crunch and chewy, soft, center that is buttery and sweet and everything right with this world. by Keia Mastrianni
