
A week ago today, the NYTimes startled the food world by lauding the taste of chocolate chip cookies baked after first chilling the dough for 12 hours, 24 hours, all the way up to 36 hours. Joy the Baker had to know and launched a live taste test. Is it worth the wait?
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