Chocolate Chip Cookies

I know many of you probably already have your go to chocolate chip cookie recipes, I know I did before trying this one. About a year ago, I was on a search to find a recipe for the Levain Bakery's giant chocolate chip cookies and stumbled across this recipe on My Baking Addiction. I have since made my own modifications and it has become my absolute favorite! Levain's cookies are massive, I think they are something like 5oz each so when I first started making these, I was making them that same size. They turn out so delicious, crispy on the outside but because they are so large, they are still very gooey on the inside. Since then, I've been using this same recipe to make more normal sized cookies and they are equally great. I sometimes vary the add-ins, like toffee, coconut, white chocolate, etc. This batch was made with milk chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Yum! I would encourage those of you trying this recipe to make at least one giant, 5 oz cookie, there is nothing like it!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yields approx 24 normal sized cookies

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

2 sticks ( 1 cup ) of butter, cold and cubed

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups of chocolate chips or other mix ins

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until thoroughly combined, set aside. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the cubed butter and sugars until just combined. Add in your eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. Slowly add in your dry ingredients until the dough comes together, now add your chocolate chips, nuts, etc..

Place dough balls onto parchment lined baking sheets and bake for 12 - 15 minutes, to your desired doneness ( I like them slightly undercooked!)

Note:

If making the 5 oz cookies, I start them in a 400 degree oven for about 5 minutes, then reduce to 325 for about 12 more minutes, until cookies no longer look wet.

Adapted from My Baking Addiction, originally from Parsley, Sage, Desserts & Line Drives