Chocolate Chip Cookies Straight Up Or With Nuts Recipes

THIN AND CRISPY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a stand mixer, cream the brown sugar, butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Mix in 1/3 cup of water and the vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking soda and add to the butter mixture. Mix on low until the flour mixture is incorporated, and then mix in the chocolate pieces.
• Scoop out the dough onto the prepared cookie sheet and freeze for an hour. The cookies will spread, so limit 4 cookies for each cookie sheet to give ample room.
• Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes, rotating the trays halfway through. Remove from the oven and cool. Remove the cookies with a flat spatula to prevent breaking.

CHEWY DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F for regular pans and 350° for dark pans.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, both sugars, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.
• Gradually add in the flour mixture. Beat well.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the middle of the oven about 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Do not overbake.
• Cool slightly.
• Remove from the cookie sheets and cool completely on a wire rack.
• Tip: Store cookies in an airtight container and add a piece of soft white bread or a slice of apple to keep cookies soft. Change the bread or apple every day or two.
• Cookies may also be frozen for longer storage. (Make sure they're tightly wrapped).

CHEF JOHN'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, cream the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together until mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk liquids together in small areas around the bowl, then all together to avoid separation.
• Pour dry ingredients into the wet ingredients; stir until flour is thoroughly mixed in. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Transfer dough to a resealable plastic bag. Refrigerate until dough is firm, at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Scoop out rounded tablespoons of dough and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving 4 inches of space between cookies (about 8 per sheet). Bake in preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Slide parchment and cookies onto a cooling rack for a few minutes. Remove parchment and finish cooling the cookies on the rack.

SEEDED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flours and baking soda and set aside. In bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until lemony yellow, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of the bowl and paddle. Add organic sugar, brown sugar and salt. Continue creaming mixture on medium speed until it is lump free, about 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape down sides of the bowl and the paddle.
• Add egg and vanilla and beat on low speed for 15 seconds, or until they are fully incorporated. Do not overbeat. Scrape down sides of the bowl and paddle.
• On low speed, add sifted flour mixture. Beat slowly until all of the flour is incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add seeds, oats and chocolate chunks and mix in.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees with racks adjusted to the lower third and middle of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Spoon dough by heaped teaspoons (or use a 1-inch scoop) 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 14 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned, rotating baking sheets from top to bottom and from front to back halfway through the baking. Remove from oven and slide parchment off the baking sheet and onto a work surface. Allow cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving, or for at least 20 minutes before storing in an airtight container. Cookies will keep for three days at room temperature.