Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies

My friend, Natalie posted this awesome cookie recipe on her blog. I had to try it and I must say I will never use another Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe again. These are sooo good and soft and chewy. I added M&M's...they turned out awesome! I made them for my YW's lesson today. And Eric took some to his meetings. I have probably eaten 4-5 today myself...oops! I am making Eric take the rest to work tomorrow...if I don't I know what will happen to them tomorrow...and I just don't need a few extra pounds in my beehind! I doubled the recipe and it made 3 1/2 pan fulls.


Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 C plus 2 Tb flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

12 Tb butter, melted and cooled until just warm

1 C packed brown sugar

1/2 C white sugar

1 large egg, plus 1 egg yolk

2 tsp vanilla

1-1 1/2 C chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Adjust racks to upper and lower middle positions.

1. Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.

2. Mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended.

Beat in egg, yolk and vanilla until combined.

Add the dry ingredients and beat on low until just combined.

Stir in chips to taste.

(My Note: I just made a ball and set it on the cookie sheet...I wasn't sure what a "scant" was and this twisting business what about! Don't push them down!)

3. Roll a scant 1/4 C of dough into ball.

Pull the ball into 2 parts and twist so the jagged parts are up, smoosh back together.

Place on cookie sheets.

4. Bake 15-18 minutes, switching racks 1/2 way through. This way you can do two pans at a time. Don't over bake...they will be barely brown on the edges...but they will finish baking while cooling.

Cool the cookies on the pan.

(makes about 12-14 cookies)

from The New Best Recipe cookbook

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!