Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Recipe steps
- 1
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 ⅔ cups bread flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons coarse sea salt
Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl
- 2
- 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
- 1.125 cups granulated sugar
Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes
05:00
- 3
- 2 large eggs
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition
- 4
- 2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
Stir in the vanilla
- 5
Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds
00:10
- 6
- 1 ¼ pounds bittersweet chocolate disks or fèves, at least 60 percent cacao content
Drop chocolate pieces in and incorporate them without breaking them
- 7
Press plastic wrap against dough and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours
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- 8
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 9
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat
- 10
Scoop 6 3 1/2-ounce mounds of dough onto baking sheet
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- coarse sea salt
Sprinkle lightly with salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes
20:00
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Transfer sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes
10:00
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Slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more
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Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day
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Eat warm, with a big napkin