Another Baked Sunday

Here we are....another Sunday thumbing through the Baked cookbook deciding what to bake.

Since I had all the ingredients on hand for the Chocolate Chip Cookies, I gave this recipe a try. Nothing overly exciting here.....it is what it is....a chocolate chip cookie. If you are a chocolate chip cookie snob (and I know they exist)....give this recipe a try and see what you think.

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened*
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups (16 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (1 bag plus 2/3 cups)

*If you are a rebel like me, you will use salted butter....!!


Abbreviated instructions: In a large bowl, whisk first 3 ingredients together. In another bowl, beat butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Add half the flour mixture and mix for 15 seconds. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat until just incorporated. Scraping bowl throughout the entire process.

Using a spatula, fold in the choco chips.

Cover bowl tightly and put in the refrigerator for 6 hours. That's right 6 hours!!!! Eek! Since I didn't read the directions prior to starting this recipe I didn't have time to wait 6 hours. So, I gave it a couple of hours and the cookies turned out just fine....

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper (if you see fit). I can do with or without parchment paper to be honest with you...

Scoop out 2 tablespoon size balls. Using hands shape into perfect balls. Place on baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake 12-14 minutes.

This recipe calls for A LOT of chips so be prepared to have a glass of milk with your cookies.

When I bake chocolate chip cookies they tend to go stale before I can eat them all. So, as the recipe recommends, I only baked a tray of cookies and I'm storing the remaining dough in the refrigerator and will bake off in small bathes to ensure fresh-from-the-oven cookies. The dough can be stored up to 5 days.

Enjoy!