Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cup butter (cold, sliced) *
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar (packed tightly)
- 1 large egg, whole
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Directions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350.
- 2. Take 1 stick of butter from fridge and slice on a plate. Cover for approx one hour on the counter. It should still be cold and mostly hard.
- 3. In a mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the sliced butter for 2-3 minutes until softened. Scrape down the paddle and bowl as needed.
- 4. Add brown sugar, beat until combined. Scrape down the paddle and bowl as needed.
- 5. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla, beat until well combined. Scrape the paddle and bowl as needed.
- 6. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and baking powder, whisk to combine. Add this to the mixer bowl. Mix until well combined.
- 7. Add chocolate chips, mix until combined.
- 8. Use a 1 ½ tbsp cookie scoop and place 10-12 rounded scoops (using your hands to round them) onto a parchment paper lined large cookie sheet.
- 9. Bake approx 8-9 minutes. Do not over bake! They will continue to cook and set once removed.
- 10. Use a thin spatula to carefully place the hot cookies onto a wire cooling rack.
Notes
- *Don't let the butter come to room temperature. You shouldn't take out the butter any more than an hour before baking. You want the dough to stay fairly cold the entire way through.
- Please use dark brown sugar. Light brown sugar might be ok, but they will taste different. Do NOT use white sugar. You'll end up with a potentially dry crunchy cookie. Brown sugar keeps the dough moist and adds chewiness.
- Remember: 1 egg + 1 egg yolk. The extra egg yolk adds fat and moisture.
