Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookbook | Cuisine of the United States | Dessert | Recipes

Ingredients

Recipe 1

• 1 stick Butter, softened
• 1 stick Margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated white Sugar
• 3/4 cup packed Brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
• 2 extra large Egg
• 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 cups (12-ounce package) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels/Chips

Recipe 2

Another variant (using the same procedure) is:

• 1/2 lb. unsalted butter, softened
• 5 1/2 brown sugar
• 5 oz granulated sugar
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 9 1/2 oz. all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dry ground Lemon or Orange peel (optional)
• 10-12 semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 5 oz. chopped nuts (optional)

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 375°the trick is to increase the amount of flour to 3+ cups, which should result in a fairly stiff dough, that will not spread out very much. This trick even works with whole wheat flour.

Other Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

W. Richard Stevens' Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

W. Richard Stevens, famous author of UNIX and TCP/IP text books was also a guru in the kitchen when it came to chocolate desserts. Probably the most famous amongst his co-workers were his Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies. If you follow the technique he outlines, you will be rewarded with a great cookie.