I think every good cookie platter should include a delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie. So when I saw Alice’s Best EVER chocolate chip cookie recipe, I decided to make it my week #2 cookie for my 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies.
Alice bragged on her blog, Savory Sweet Life, that her cookies were “all that and a bag of pretzels.” Declaring them the best chocolate chip cookie EVER. Her secret is to use more brown sugar giving it more “caramel type chewiness and more depth than the traditional Toll House type of recipe.”
So is it the best chocolate chip cookie EVER? I put the question to my family and they all said it’s good, but it’s not as good as your chocolate chip cookie recipe. By that they mean Martha Stewart's Oatmeal Toffee Cookies, which are loaded with chocolate chips, toffee, oatmeal and dried cherries and not really a fair comparison. But it definitely is a delicious chocolate chip cookie and will make a great addition to my cookie platter! Thanks Alice!
Be sure and stop by Megan's from Megan's Cooking, April's from Abbys Sweets, and Megan's from My Baking Adventures to see their week #2 cookies. Only 11 weeks until Christmas!
Alice’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 sticks of salted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups (12 oz) all-purpose flour *If at all possible, please weigh the flour
(I used 1 oz more flour for high altitude baking)
1 tsp. smallish-medium coarse sea salt *please do not use table salt, the sea salt gives the cookies a nice flavor and hints of texture.
(I thought it was a little salty and would use less salt or table salt next time)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups/16 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips *I use Nestle Toll-House
Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until it is nice and fluffy (approx. 5 minutes on medium speed on a K-5). Add both eggs and vanilla and beat for an additional 2 minutes. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt, and flour until cookie batter is fully incorporated. Finally add chocolate chips until well distributed. The cookie batter should be somewhat thick. Drop about 2 tablespoons of dough or use a medium cookie scoop and plop the batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges are nice and golden brown. Remove from heat and allow the cookies to stay on the cookie sheet for an additional 2 minutes. Pick up the parchment paper with the cookies still on top and transfer to a cool non-porous surface. Allow the cookies to cool on the paper for at least 3 minutes before serving.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Alice’s Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookie
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Hi.
I think I am your clone. Glad I am not the only Barb that bakes. :-)
Barb
www.barbbakes.blogspot.com
They look wonderful! There's probably no such thing as the "perfect" chocolate chip cookie, as everybody has such individual preferences.
I agree that there should be a CC cookie on the platter. These look good, I need a couple with a big glass of milk.
Ah , the perfect chocolate chip cookie is very subjective. I like 'em thick and soft, some people like them thin and crispy. At any rate, though, those look good.
I guess this means that we only have 11 weeks now until Christmas? Seems like only yesterday you were telling us there were 12! I need to get busy!
Those cookies look divine, but then I've never met a chocolate chip cookie that didn't.
I agree with your family that the Mom in the house always makes the best choc chip cookies. I use my Moms recipe which is the Toll House recipe but honestly mine never ever taste as good as my Mother's. The secret is lots of TLC for the PERFECT cookie!
Joyce
I'm a Tollhouse CCC girl when I make them. The idea of additional brown sugar does sound appeal, though. Love brown sugar, grins!
Great looking cookies!
Oh how I love chocolate chip cookies, these look terrific!
This is perfect...I am sure my kids at home would definitely love this. Thanks for sharing :)
Oh gosh...just when I was 'over' the chocolate chip cookie craze...grin...here comes Barbara with another great recipe. Sigh....with the son gone I am thinking I will have to be handing out cookies at the corner of the street...grin! Love chocolate chip cookies no matter what kind so I am game to try them all. I am going to hope over to your family's favorite though...and check it out!
mmmm, i just might make these today, they look fantastic!
These look great!! I'm going to have to take a look at the other cookies you mentioned, though.
I bet there's lots of chocolate chip cookies that could be considered the best! These look really good - definitely worth a try!
I love my cookies on the chewy side. These do look terrific.
My husband has a co-worker who's wife whips up cookie plates every Christmas. It's always such a yummy treat!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks easy & tempting enough to try baking some!
There are so many CCC recipes, and I love them all. My fave so far is the Levain Bakery clone (on my blog). This one looks yummy, I like the brown sugar idea and chewy is good.
Hehe true anything with chocolate and toffee chips, oatmeal and cherries is just going to win by virtue of those ingredients! :)
How delicious they look Barbara. I'm always game to try another choc-chip cookie recipe. Can never have enough! YUM!!
MMM! Another good-looking chocolate chip cookie. One can never really have too many GOOD chocolate chip cookie recipes!
These cookies look so good! I just got some pink Himalayan sea salt from Sustainable Sourcing https://secure.sustainablesourcing.com and I'm anxious to see what a difference they will make in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
They look like the perfect cc cookie!! I'm interested in your version with the toffee-yum!! Chocolate chip with toffee is one of my personal favorites. I'm excited to join up in the 12 weeks of christmas cookies. Not sure what I'm going to make for this week, but isnt' that the fun of it?
these look good but now I really want to try your oatmeal toffee cookies!!!!!!!!!!!
So hard to find "the" perfect cookie, isn't it? But the research sure is fun!
Hi Barbara, thanks for the mention. The Martha Stewart cookies sound ridiculously good too.. will have to make those!
I think there isn't really a "bad" cookie out there! They look yum!
They sure do look perfect! I love cookies of all types, kinda hard to choose a favorite :)
They look terrific and so does your coconut zucchini bread! Yum!
Mmm, cookies! If you are having trouble deciding on the best.. I can come over and help you eat the cookies!
Mmm, they look delicious, but it's always nice to get the fam's vote of confidence that yours are *really* the best!
I think I have the best chocolate chip cookies at Sweet and Savory Says it All. Although, this recipe has more brown sugar which is very goooood.
I am always ready for a warm chocolate chip cookie!
Barbara, these cookies look delicious...nothing better than fresh homemade chocolate chip cookies!
There's always room for another chocolate chip cookie recipe! These are going in my cookie jar soon.
We are chocolate chip cookie twinkies!
I am always looking for a good Chocolate Chip cookie!
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