...with a good solid chocolate chip cookie recipe. And an award winning one at that! I recently entered these cookies in the Minnesota State Fair and won third place! I was excited to win with just one of my entries, after seeing the dedication some people put into the baking contests! Haha! I'm totally willing to share my recipe so everyone can enjoy...and if you're lucky enough I might even bake some and bring them to you, like I did for my friends in Ames the weekend before last :)
This recipe is definitely one of my favorites, adapted from an America's Test Kitchen recipe for Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip cookies. We used to make it all the time when I worked in the kitchen at Riverside Bible Camp. This cookie and a glass of milk is just about perfect!
I love having a variation of mix-ins (as you might recall from this post), so while I always stick with the basic chocolate chips, I've also made them with Heath toffee pieces too! (that's what the pictures of forming the cookies are from)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes a bunch :) probably around 2 dozen if made bigger, 4 dozen if smaller
12 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 cups plus 2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2- 2 cups chocolate chips (or other chip)
Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Make sure and melt your butter right away so it has time to cool. Mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside. Beat the butter and sugars together on medium speed for 1-2 minutes. Add egg, egg yolk and vanilla until combined, about 30 seconds. Slowly add flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
To form cookies, first roll dough in a ball. Next pull the ball in half(as in picture below).
Then smash halves back together with pulled away sides facing upwards.
With this technique, you'll end up with "rugged" tops on the cookies. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy, and take a bite!
