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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

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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.