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Chocolate Chip Cookies
adapted from Cook's Illustrated
Preheat oven to 350.
Whisk together, then set aside:
3 1/4 cups all- purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. kosher salt
Cream wet ingredients in mixer until fluffy:
1 cup white sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2/3 cup soft butter
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
Gently stir flour mixture into wet ingredients.
Over-stirring flour develops gluten and makes it
powerful (good for bread, bad for cookies!)
Stir in:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped filberts
Form cookies and bake:
Use 2 Tbs cookie scoop to measure and drop
dough 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Cook
on center rack of oven 11 minutes (lightly browned
and edges are set.).
Remove from oven and allow cookies to remain on
sheet an additional 2 minutes to firm up. Transfer
to rack to cool. Let cookie sheet cool 5-10 minutes
before baking another batch.
Variations:
Use white chocolate chips with macadamia nuts.
Use half chocolate chips and half peanut butter
chips.
Use 2 cups semi-sweet chips and add 1/2 cup milk
chocolate chips.
And, of course, you can always add raisins!
adapted from Cook's Illustrated
Preheat oven to 350.
Whisk together, then set aside:
3 1/4 cups all- purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. kosher salt
Cream wet ingredients in mixer until fluffy:
1 cup white sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2/3 cup soft butter
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
Gently stir flour mixture into wet ingredients.
Over-stirring flour develops gluten and makes it
powerful (good for bread, bad for cookies!)
Stir in:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped filberts
Form cookies and bake:
Use 2 Tbs cookie scoop to measure and drop
dough 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Cook
on center rack of oven 11 minutes (lightly browned
and edges are set.).
Remove from oven and allow cookies to remain on
sheet an additional 2 minutes to firm up. Transfer
to rack to cool. Let cookie sheet cool 5-10 minutes
before baking another batch.
Variations:
Use white chocolate chips with macadamia nuts.
Use half chocolate chips and half peanut butter
chips.
Use 2 cups semi-sweet chips and add 1/2 cup milk
chocolate chips.
And, of course, you can always add raisins!
