Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

¼ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 cup packed light brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 ° F and adjust the oven racks to the upper & lower middle positions. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift the flour, baking soda & salt together in a medium bowl; set aside. Mix the butter and both sugars together until thoroughly blended with an electric mixer (or by hand). Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Using an ice scoop, take some of the dough and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 & ½ inches apart.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until the cookies are light golden brown and the outer edges start to harden yet the centers are still soft and puffy, rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through the baking time. Cool the cookies on the sheets slightly then remove the cookies from the baking sheets with a side metal spatula and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.