Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

We’ve had a busy day so far.  Samuel had a pediatrician appointment this morning {11 lbs 8 oz!}, and then we had to stop at the post office to pick up the mail from while we were on vacation.  Two weeks worth of mail is a LOT of mail.  Mostly junk & magazines, but still…

I made these cookies the day before we left for vacation.  The plan was to have them in the car ride & share them with others.  Didn’t happen.  Nathan ate a bunch before we left, and then we decided to save them all for ourselves!  They made it all the way to Ohio.  How I didn’t gain any weight {actually lost weight} this trip I will never know.  It may be the powers of breastfeeding.

Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies {from Martha Stewart Cookies}

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk together flour and baking soda in a bowl.  Set aside.
3. Put butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.  Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy {about 2 minutes}.
4. Reduce the mixer speed to low.  Add salt, vanilla, and eggs.  Mix until well blended {about 1 minute}.
5. Add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl & keep mixing on low until well blended.
6. Stir in the chocolate chips.
7. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto a baking sheet spacing about 2 inches apart {mine were closer}.
8. Bake cookies about 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
9. Transfer to wire racks and let cool completely before eating.

{makes about 3 dozen cookies}

Grade: A

Comments: Easily the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made.  EASILY.  They were the perfect amount of chewy, and they didn’t fall apart.  This is definitely going to be a “go to” recipe when I need something fast for picnics, desserts, etc.  They were easy to make, and they didn’t take much time at all.  If you make one chocolate chip cookie recipe in your life this should be it.

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