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Chocolate Chip Cookies

While cookies generally have been made since the 7th century, spreading throughout European society slowly throughout the next millienium, the chocolate chip cookie specifically is thought to have been invented in the early 20th century, in America. Flour, eggs, sugar, and chocolate make up the core ingredients.

It is recommended to chill cookie dough before baking. Chilling reduces dough spread, alters taste, and changes texture. Chilled cookie dough theoretically produces more robust, chewier, and better tasting cookies. I'm sure that in a dark age, being unable to chill cookie dough wouldn't stop me from making cookies.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 tbs vanilla extract
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Sift and whisk all dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt).
  2. Cream together melted butter (cooled), brown sugar, and white sugar.
  3. Beat in vanilla, egg, and egg yolks until the mixture turns white.
  4. Mix in dry ingredients until blended together.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips with a spoon.
  6. Let cool in refrigerator for at least 1 hour (or overnight).
  7. Preheat oven to 325 F.
  8. On a sheetpan, place portions of dough about 2 tbs in size about 3 inches apart.
  9. Bake 15-17 minutes, and let cool for 10 minutes (cooling optional).