Keeping it Simple for Santa: The Perfect Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
And it better be tasty.
So here's my recipe for what I believe is the perfect chocolate chip or anything chip cookie. It's chewy, flavorful and comes with an edge of crisp to tease your molars.
The Cookie
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup bread flour
2 cups packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 large egg white
11 ounces (22 tablespoons or just over 2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (I use European)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
add ins
I divided the dough in half, putting 1 cup chocolate chips in one and 1/2 cup each of chopped macadamia nuts, dried cranberries and white chocolate chips in the other.
Procedure
preheat oven to 350º
-Cream together butter and sugar.
-Add eggs and egg white, one at a time.
-whisk together dry ingredients and slowly add to the mixer, being VERY careful not to over mix.
-fold in the add ins (this dough may require the use of your hands. Don't be afraid to use them).
-I used a VERY large cookie scoop and spaced the cookies 3 inches apart. Then I flattened them with the palm of my hand.
-Bake the cookies for 15 minutes or until slightly golden (you know how you like your cookies. I prefer just a wee bit underbaked).
Here's the trick, though. During the baking, about every 5 minutes, I pull on an oven mitt, open the oven and grab the cookie sheet and SLAM it down. You see, I notice that the cookies are starting to puff a little. Of course they are, they have leavening in them. But I also want them CHEWY and flat. So every 5 minutes I slam the cookie sheet to counteract the leavening puff. Sounds absurd but I swear, this is what makes them super special.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and general happiness and well being, sweet people.
