February 15, 2012

my big, fat chocolate chip cookies


Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 (8-ounce) block dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
(All ingredients were already in our home except the block of chocolate, so we substituted it with some white chocolate chips we had) :)


Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.

Place the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer; cream together on medium speed until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat in the vanilla and eggs. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and continue to mix until a smooth batter forms. Turn off the mixer and fold in the chocolate chunks using the spatula.

To form the cookies, scoop about 1/4 cup of cookie dough into your hands and roll it around into a ball; place them about 3-inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets; you should get about 4 cookies on each pan. Press down the tops of the dough slightly and bake until the cookies are light brown, 12 minutes for chewy cookies, or about 15 minutes for crispy cookies.

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough/cookie sheets.

Indulge.

6 comments:

whit | Black Little Button blog said...

oh my, these look delicious dear. I'm sorry to hear about valentines day. :( Sending the biggest blog hug ever to you.
-wHiT

Ashley {hudson's happenings} said...

My mouth is watering. WOW!

Annie said...

These look SO yummy! Who doesn't love a great big chocolate chip cookie :)

Annie
The Other Side of Gray

Nicole said...

Looks soooo good! I love homemade cookies!

Amy Nielson said...

um, those look AMAZING. im sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they're staring me in the face at bigger-than life size on my computer screen.. YUM!

kimberly said...

Mm, those looks delish! I'm getting hungry. ;)