Martha mixes it up by cooking an entire slew of satisfying breakfast soups. (No, Cookie Crisp isn't a soup ... And if Martha Stewart wore a chef's hat, it would have one billion pleats.

Nothing! But when Martha Stewart went to Instagram to tell me I could make chocolate chip cookies with only five ingredients, I had my doubts that they would deliver the same universal happiness.

The best cookie recipe in all of time and space is the chewy chocolate-gingerbread cookies that appeared in the December/January 1997 issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. And I had the privilege ...