Saturday, June 16, 2012

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies - Ever!

Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted, soft
1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (16 ounces)

Directions
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment or wax paper.

1. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
2. Beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Lightly beat 1 egg with a fork in a small bowl and add 1 3/4 tablespoons of it plus 2 remaining whole eggs to butter mixture, beating with mixer until creamy, about 1 minute.
4. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just blended, then stir in chips.
5. Scoop batter for each cookie onto parchment paper on tray, leaving room to spread while baking. Form remaining cookies on additional sheets of parchment.
6. Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until golden, about 13 minutes.

Transfer cookies to a rack to cool and continue making cookies in same manner using cooled baking sheets.