Single Serving Chocolate Chip Cookies

By srumbel

This is, by far, THE BEST single-serve cookie recipe I have come across. It will yield about 1/2 cup of cookie dough. That's two substantially sized cookies! It can all be mixed in one small bowl - super fast, super easy. I preheat my oven; cream the butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla; measure in the dry ingredients; and fold in the chocolate chips. Pretty much by the time my cookie dough is on the pan, my oven is beeping that it is preheated, and ready for coooooookies! Eight minutes later I am pulling 2 flawless cookies out of the oven.
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Ingredients

• 2 TBS butter
• 2 TBS dark brown sugar
• 1 TBS granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup unbleached flour
• 3 TBS chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small bowl cream butter and sugars together, add vanilla and egg yolk, Stir in salt, baking soda, and flour - stir until flour is just incorporated - do not over mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
Freeze dough for 2-3 minutes. Form into 2 cookie balls and place on parchment lined pan, allow 3-4 inches between cookies, these will spread while baking.
Bake for 8-9 minutes. Cool in pan for 2 minutes then transfer onto a wire rack to finish cooling

**Notes**
This recipe doubles well, if needed
I have used half of an egg white (1 TBS) with good results.
If using large chocolate chunks, reduce to 2 rounded tablespoons.