Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are insanely delicious! The unique resting/mixing process creates the perfectly caramelized sugars in this cookie. If you have time and REALLY want to push these over the edge…chill them for 24 hours!!!! Outrageous!
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 14 tablespoons salted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cups packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 ¼ cups chocolate chips I used half dark, half milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment.
- Heat 10 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium-high heat until melted, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking and swirling pan to brown the butter. It should smell nutty.
- Remove from heat and pour into a heat safe bowl.
- Stir in remaining 4 tablespoons butter (cubed) until completely melted.
- Add both sugars, salt, and vanilla to bowl with butter and whisk until fully incorporated.
- Add egg and yolk and whisk smooth.
- Let mixture stand 3 minutes, then whisk for 30 seconds.
- Repeat this process of resting for 3 mins and whisking 2 more times until mixture is thick, smooth, and shiny.
- Fold in flour and baking soda.
- Stir in chips.
- Chill dough 30 mins (at least) and scoop 70 gram mounds.
- Bake 10-13 mins. Use a large round cookie cutter to swing them around and scoot into thicker circles. Cool on sheet pan.
Adapted from America’s Test Kitchen
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