Chocolate Chip Cookies

This will make make about 3 dozen cookies. It is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe that I know of. This recipe is a modified version of this recipe from Cook’s Illustrated.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 stick butter softened or room temperature
  • 2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large egg
  • 2 large egg yolk
  • 4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 cup chocolate chips or chunks

Preparation

  1. 1

    Heat oven to 325 degrees.

  2. 2

    Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, and baking soda) together in a bowl and set aside.

  3. 3

    Mix butter and sugars until thoroughly blended, then mix in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla.

  4. 4

    Mix in dry ingredients a third at a time into sugar blend. Mix until just combined.

  5. 5

    Stir in chocolate chips or chunks.

    If you're nuts, you may substitute half the chocolate chips/chunks for an equal quantity of chopped walnuts or pecans.

  6. 6

    Create balls from dough and place onto a plate.

    1/4 cup of dough will make a decently large cookie.

  7. 7

    Prepare baking sheets with parchement paper to prevent stick.

    You may rub the sheets with butter or oil instead of using parchment paper.

  8. 8

    Place each dough ball on the baking sheet by first ripping it in half, then joining it back together (non ripped side to non ripped side), and then placing it on the sheet.

    This step is for giving the cookies texture, and can be skipped if you want smoother, less textured cookies.

  9. 9

    Bake the cookies for 15-18 minutes.

    Start checking at 15 minutes. Cookies baked for 15 minutes will be chewier. Cookies baked for 18 minutes or more will be crunchier. If you are baking more than one sheet of cookies at a time, rotate the positions of the sheets halfway through baking.

  10. 10

    Serve after 2 minutes for a melty, yummy time.

    Store extras in an airtight container.