Rhonda Phillips & Miss Cady . Giant Decorated Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I hope you enjoyed last week’s recipe of ‘Amish Friendship Bread’ brought to you by the Texas Sip of Sweet Tea Ms. Lorena Belcher.  If you missed that, or the pilot episode, then I invite you to give it a listen, and if you are interested in making any of the recipes shared in ‘The Voice Kitchen’, know that they live in each episode's show notes and will eventually be on their own website.

This week, you’re in for a sweet and tasty treat, as I not only have one Chef joining me, but her adorable little sous chef as well!

Our Grand Junction, CO based VO chef, Rhonda Phillips, began as a radio broadcaster and producer before transitioning into voicing thousands of radio and television commercials, e-Learning modules and corporate trainings. You may have welcomed her voice into your home, car, work or computer without even knowing it. 

She’s also an acting coach and the creator of, "Straight Talk About Talking' which covers the basics of what it really takes to start a career in voiceover and the monthly webinar series, ‘Late Night Secrets’;  a networking community of Actors Helping Actors. She also joined me on episode 18 of my other podcast ‘19Stories from fear to Hope’. 

Her adorable sous chef is 13-year old Cady, who also happens to be Rhonda’s granddaughter, is joining the conversation from Charlotte, NC as she does on the regular with Rhonda so they can bond by baking through the use of a popular online connection tool.

Let’s open the Voice Kitchen by welcoming Rhonda Phillips and little Miss Cady into the mix…

Giant Decorated Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 C all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 C packed brown sugar

1 C (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

2 C Nestle Toll house Milk Chocolate morsels (or however many our little hearts desire)

1 C chopped nuts (optional)

1 C raisins (optional)

1 container of prepared frosting and decorations (optional)

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Beat brown sugar, butter and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of morsels, nuts and raisins. Drop 1/2 C dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. Spread to a 4-inch circle. Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate dough until it's time to bake. Bake in a preheated 375 oven for 10 - 12 minutes until golden brown. Remove and place on a cooling rack. Decorate! Makes 10 large cookies or 2 dozen normal sized cookies.

Suggested alteration to the above recipe:

1, 1 lb Trader Joe’s Belgium Chocolate Bar with Almonds, or 1, 1 lb Trader Joe’s Belgian Dark Chocolate Bar

Chopped and/or broken into large chunks,measuring ½” in diameter

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon orange zest (especially delicious when cookies are made with semi-sweet or dark chocolate)

You may contact Rhonda at:

Business email Address: [e-mail]

Website(s): www.rhondasvoice.com 

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I’d like to thank the following voice talent who so graciously contributed their voices to the intro of the kitchen:

Jodi Krangle, Ann Lucente-Italian, Jen Keefe, Jim Edgar, Lorena Belc