Well, since every mother needs a good chocolate chip cookie recipe up the sleeves of her bathrobe... Here's my hands-down absolute without question favorite cookie recipe. Yes, I know some of the directions are kooky (that's kooky, not cookie), but follow it exactly or else.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix dry ingredients together and set aside:
- 2 1/4 c. all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/2 sticks melted and cooled butter or margarine (I use cheapo Blue Bonnet)
- 1 c. packed brown sugar
- 1/2 c. white sugar
- 1 egg + 1 yolk
- 1 Tb. vanilla (I like Watkins double strength)
Have ready:
- 1 1/2 c. chocolate chips (I like to mix semi-sweet with milk chocolate- it's up to you)
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Add chocolate chips and stir. It will look wetter than traditional cookie dough. Snitch several bites when your children aren't looking and pray that you don't get sick from the raw eggs. Yell at your children and husband when they sneak bites. Act indignant when they accuse you of eating it first. Place dough by the heaping tablespoon-full onto parchment lined (or Silpat lined) cookie sheets. Do not grease and do not use clay bakeware! Bake for 15-18 minutes, until just golden but centers are no longer "raw." Allow the cookies to cool directly on the sheet and they will retain their chewiness longer. Warning: do not make these cookies if you do not have milk in the refrigerator or your husband will pout. But he'll still eat the cookies.
|