The best Choco Chip Cookie Recipe

My little monkeys would always ask me to bake their favorite cookies and what else but the famous Chocolate Chip Cookies. My search for the best chocolate chip cookies ended when I made this recipe adapted from Alton Brown with a very few alterations to achieve the ultimate chewy, thick cookies! Notice that I use bread flour, an egg yolk, melted butter and refrigeration prior to baking to specifically achieve a thick and chewy difference. These cookies don’t last very long around my home for my little ones with creepy fingers and hungry mouths masticate them way before they even reach the jar! As my little daughter, who would like to be a baker someday, says, “Mommy, when I’m big, I would also bake the best cookie that landed on planet earth!” Indeed, this is the best choco chip cookie recipe I've ever baked!

2 sticks unsalted butter (melted), 2 ¼ cups bread flour, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ¼ cup sugar, 1 ¼ cups brown sugar, 1 egg, 1egg yolk , 2 tablespoons milk , 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips. Hardware: Icecream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper, Baking sheets, Mixer. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
Pour the melted butter in the mixer’s work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Chill the dough for at least half an hour, then scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet (cookies will be about 4 inches in diameter when baked). Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies every 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container (that is if these cookies even reach the cookie jar!)

Yield: 2 ½ dozen cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes (excluding the chilling)
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Approximate Cost: Php. 250.00

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