crispy and chewy chocolate chip cookie

 I am constantly searching for a perfect choc chip cookie 

I found an amazing one 

which i posted about here 

and i still think that is a keeper 

but a girl likes to explore and discover 

and my quest means I must constantly test, tweak and eat 

tough eh?

anyway today I lifted these ladies out and i knew i was on to something special 

crispy on the outside with a slight chew in centre 

very light and utterly more'ish

RECIPE

11ozs/320g flour

1 tspn baking soda

8ozs /220g butter melted and still warm

5ozs/140g sugar

5ozs/140g dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon sea salt

2 large eggs

4ozs/100g semi sweet chocolate chopped into chunks

4ozs/100g milk chocolate chopped into chunks 

METHOD

makes 30-40 cookies

melt butter ( I always melt mine in the microwave, so easy, just keep an eye on it)

add sugars and stir to combine

add 2 eggs and stir well

add in dry ingredients flour, bak soda and salt, make sure you have combined them first (i just spoon bak sod and salt onto weighed flour and combine with a fork)

stir in dry ingredients until almost fully incoporated

add chocolate 

stir until combined but do not over mix 

chill for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hrs (or longer)

when you are ready to bake 

preheat oven to 375f/ 190c

place round cookie balls on lined cookie sheet each ball should be walnut size 

space 2-3" apart 

bake for 9-11 minutes 

allow to cool 

adapted from Alice Medrichs chocolate chip cookie recipe

Ultimate chocolate chip cookies

 Let me preface this by saying I have been searching.......

searching......... searching for the ultimate choc chip cookie.

I have read many recipes and
baked many variations
and I have come to understand that 
your ultimate choc chip cookie might not necessarily
be my ultimate choc chip cookie!

and
 yes,
 vice versa

but I highly recommend you try these 

Chewy, with the lightest crisp coating on a soft centre....

and the brown sugar gives them a hint of caramel

After my 11 year old son ate one

 he looked at me with eyebrows raised and said

"mum you are unbelievable!"

The other amazing thing about these cookies is that the recipe came

not
 from my favourite San Francisco baker

not
from the english domestic goddess

and not from the little artisan baker around the corner in Brooklyn

but

from

The back of the
"Gold Medal All Purpose Flour"

I bought 2 days ago
Sometimes the best things are in the most unexpected places

RECIPE

3/4 C sugar

3/4 C soft brown sugar

1 C very soft butter

1large egg

2 1/4 C All purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

12 oz semi sweet choc chips ( I use Ghirardelli)

METHOD

Preheat Oven to 375

Mix well together sugars, butter, egg.

Add flour, bak soda, salt and choc chips

Mix well

form walnut size balls place on ungreased cookie tray bake for 11 mins

Until they look like this (see image below)

Leave to cool on tray for 3 -5 mins

remove to cooling rack

EAT!

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did

x

Recipe originally from "Gold medal all purpose flour" 
altered slightly by me
all photos Helen James