Mmm... Hubris, fresh from the oven

I am one of those cooks that, for the most part, must stick to a recipe. I can ad lib on a few dishes, but I'm just not comfortable cooking that way.
That being said, you give me a recipe and I'll give you awesomeness (except cake and sometimes bread).
But out of all recipe types, I have mastered the cookie.
So when Laura, who is coming for a visit (YAY!), asked if I could make her cookie bowls,

Cookie Bowl

I said absolutely. No doubt in my mind that I could do this and it would be amazing.
I've seen on Pinterest that others have used the wrong side of muffin pans to make the bowls.
I'll just bust out my muffin pan and whip up a batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, and, BAM! Cookie bowls.
Yeah. Not so much.

The horror!
Yeah, so apparently you need some kind of special recipe to avoid this situation.
At first I thought I could just cut around the bottom of the muffin mold to pull up the "bowl." I let the blob cool for awhile, thinking the bowls would come up easier.
Wrong again. They will not be coming off in one piece.
Fortunately, there was dough left over so I made normal cookies. Stick to what you know, Allie.

Perfect

Would you believe that these taste good?