When I was a girl, nothing cheered me up more than a fresh chocolate chip cookie. My granny would frequently send me home with a baggie full. Chocolate chip cookies were my favorite. Old habits die hard, and y'all, a good chocolate chip cookie is still one of my favorite treats. For years I've toyed around with subtly different ingredients and I think I've finally cracked the code.See, I'm a tinker-er. I like to tweak recipes and compare them. Recently, I came across this soft and chewy cookie recipe and I knew I had to try it out, naturally. I thought it was interesting that some of the butter was substituted with cream cheese. Cream cheese?! Uh, yeah. Of course I had to try it. So I made the cookies just as suggested, and they truly were heavenly. But I just couldn't stop there. I had to make these my own... 

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I've read that browned butter can really take chocolate chip cookies to the next level, but I had never personally browned butter before, so I googled and read a handy post about how to get the perfect browned butter and I went along my merry way. That was the first change I decided to make with the cookies. The second change came about because I'm a firm believer that things are better with cinnamon. There. I said it. Everything is better with cinnamon. Here's my tweaked recipe: [yumprint-recipe id='13']Let me tell you. Browned butter really does make a huge difference in the flavor of things. It's nutty and rich and it totally makes these cookies oh-so-delectable. And the cinnamon? Be still my heart.What is your favorite ingredient that adds pizzaz?