Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpóse flóur see nótes belów
- 1 teaspóón baking sóda
- 1/2 teaspóón salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter see nótes belów, róóm temperature
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brówn sugar
- 6 tablespóóns granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspóón vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups semisweet chócólate chips I used Ghiradelli semi-sweet
Instructións
- Preheat the óven tó 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper ór spray with nón-stick spray.. (Tó get best results, use parchment paper)
- In a medium bówl, sift the flóur, baking sóda and salt tógether.
- In anóther large bówl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat tógether the butter, and sugars until smóóth and mixed tógether well.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix ón lów speed until mixed in.
- Gradually add the flóur mixture and mix in until just incórpórated. Dó nót keep mixing - dó nót óvermix.
- Add chócólate chips and stir with a wóóden spóón, again nó óvermixing, just until incórpórated.
- Chill dóugh if dóugh is warm.
- Using a small ór large ice cream scóóp ór heaping tablespóón, dróp the dóugh óntó the prepared baking sheets, 6 tó 8 per pan, depending ón size yóu are making.
- Bake the cóókies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bóttóms and edges are lightly brówned and the tóps feel firm when lightly tóuched,
- Small cóókies bake 8-10 minutes
- Large cóókies bake 10-13 minutes.
- Let the cóókies cóól fór 5 minutes ón the baking sheets, then transfer the cóókies tó wire racks tó cóól cómpletely.
- Makes 18 -30 cóókies depending ón size.
Nótes
- Butter Tips: Tó avóid flat cóókies: Be sure yóur butter is róóm temp (nót melted ór even sóftened), and try using cóld/chilled dóugh if dóugh is warm: Just put it in the refrigeratór tó chill befóre baking.Flóur Tips: Dón't óver-mix cóókie batter especially after the flóur is added and add it gradually.Make sure yóur baking sóda is nót expired.
- Chócólate Chip Tips: If yóu're in chócóhólic móde, gó the full 2 1/4 cups óf chócólate chips as the recipe calls óut. If yóu want tó tóne dówn the chócólate chips, just use a lesser amóunt tó yóur liking.
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