A Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie...finally!

Drum roll please...I found it...I discovered the ONE...my quest is over...I have the recipe for the perfect chocolate chip cookie in my possession...well at least MY ideal of the perfect cookie!

I love chocolate chip cookies.  Making a great chocolate chip cookie might sound easy but I believe it is really a test of your baking devotion to get the recipe just right.  My perfect cookie needs to be slightly chewy yet a little crispy too, sweet but without overpowering the chocolaty goodness in each bite.  I am a very hard judge when it comes to chocolate chip cookies, which has led me to trying ALOT of recipes over many years, in my quest for perfection.

The recipe originates from one I found on All Recipes...I have made a few adjustments and renamed it so there is no mistake of what this is for!  The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies:


Notes:  Ingredients -
1 cup salted butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons real vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved into 2 teaspoons hot water
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix the butter and two sugars in a mixing bowl until creamy.  Add the eggs and mix.  Add the vanilla.  Add the baking soda/water mixture and mix.  Add the flour and salt, mixing until combined.  The dough will be quite stiff.  Fold in your chocolate chips.

Spoon cookie dough onto your ungreased cookie trays - this recipe yields 3-4 dozen depending on how big you make them.  I made mine an average size and got 3.5 dozen nice sized cookies!  Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until it just turns that lovely golden brown on the edges.  (Mine were perfect at 12 minutes - this will depend on your oven temperature)  Let cool on tray for a couple of minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.  Store in an air tight container.

Verdict:  I freeze half the batch so I have fresh cookies the following week/days - this also keeps us from eating them all in a day or two!  (and they are so yummy you will want to!)  These chocolate chip cookies have it all...chewiness...crispy...not too sweet, but sweet enough...you can really savour the chocolate taste because it is not lost in an overpowering cookie dough.  A perfect cookie.

Enjoy!

P.S.  An Epicure note - you could use the Epicure Belgian Chocolate Chips in this recipe to make them even more decadent!