Original Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Makes approx. 4 dozen cookiesIngredients:
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½ cup (1 stick) + 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
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1¾ cup + 2 tablespoons flour (or gluten free flour)
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½ teaspoon baking soda
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¾ teaspoon salt
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½ cup sugar
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¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
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1 large egg
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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6 oz See's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
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Melt 3 tbsp of butter in a saucepan over medium heat about 5 minutes, until bubbling and foaming. Once butter is amber in color transfer to a small bowl. Scrape the browned bits from the saucepan into the bowl as well. Add 1 tsp cold water and stir. Place bowl in freezer for 15 minutes to cool while you prepare other ingredients.
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Preheat oven to 375°.
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In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside until step 7.
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Place remaining stick of butter and sugar into mixer with paddle attachment. Start on low and mix for a few minutes, turning up the mixer to medium speed as the butter softens and mixture becomes creamy.
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Remove cooled butter mixture from freezer and add brown sugar, whisking until combined (clumps together).
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Scrape down sides of mixing bowl and paddle, then add egg, vanilla and mixture of buttery brown sugar from step 5. Mix until well combined.
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Remove bowl from stand and pour into flour mixture. Stir with wooden spoon until flour incorporates and forms into dough. Stir in See's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips. Now you're ready to bake.
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Place rounded tablespoons of dough two inches apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets. Bake in preheated oven 10-11 minutes or until the edges are browned and centers are no longer shiny. Let sit on a cookie sheet for 1 minute, and then move to cooling racks.