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The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie



Having taught cooking to 12-15 year old teens at school for a few years, I got to test several chocolate chip cookie recipes. This is one of my two favourites: "the ultimate". Makes 48 cookies
Course Cookie
Cuisine Canadian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 48
Author Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of unsalted butter , softened (or one pound, room temperature)
  • cups of white granulated sugar
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 5 cups of flour
  • 3-4 cups of chocolate chips

Instructions

Instructions for the Cookies:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F
  2. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy
  3. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing thoroughly
  4. Stir baking soda and salt into the flour mixture; fold flour into the wet ingredients
  5. Add the chocolate chips and knead into the dough by hand; form into balls (the dough is on the dry side)
  6. Place 12 balls of cookie dough on parchment covered cookie sheet; flatten each cookie with the palm of your hand, or the bottom of a glass (push any dough bits that scatter away from the "cookie" back into the cookie)
  7. Bake at 375 for 9-11 minutes, until golden brown; turning the cookie sheet around inside of the oven 5 minutes
  8. If you want the cookies crispy, leave on the cookie sheet to cool; if you want them chewy, remove from the cookie sheet to a cool surface immediately

Instructions for the Cookies with the Thermomix:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F
  2. Scale room temperature butter and sugar into the TM bowl; insert the butterfly and cream together butter and sugar for 4 minutes at speed 3-4, until fluffy
  3. During the last minute, add eggs and vanilla through the hold in the lid
  4. Remove the butterfly, scraping the wet ingredients back into the TM bowl
  5. Scale 3 cups of the flour into the TM bowl on top of the wet ingredients; sift baking soda and salt over top
  6. Set the lid to closed lid position, and using the knob from 0-7, slowly work to combine the batter, about 30 seconds
  7. When just combined, pour all ingredients into a large bowl, add chocolate chips and the remaining flour, and knead dough together by hand
  8. Place 12 balls of cookie dough on parchment covered cookie sheet; flatten each cookie with the palm of your hand, or the bottom of a glass (push any dough bits that scatter away from the "cookie" back into the cookie)
  9. Bake at 375°F for 9-11 minutes, until golden brown; turning the cookie sheet around inside of the oven 5 minutes
  10. If you want the cookies crispy, leave on the cookie sheet to cool; if you want them chewy, remove from the cookie sheet to a cool surface immediately

Recipe Notes

Cookie dough freezes perfectly just before baking point. Place on cookie sheets, flatten and flash freeze. When frozen, pack 6-12 into labelled dated zip lock bags and freeze. To bake right out of the freezer:
Preheat oven to 375˚ F
Place frozen cookies on parchment covered cookie sheet
Bake 12 minutes for a softer cookie and 14 minutes for a crispy one
If not frozen, bake 8-10 minutes