Just Desserts Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (Erika's)

By sybrmom

The version that Sylvia Weinstock, guest judge, asked to have the recipe for.

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. salted butter, cool room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract (I used my homemade vanilla)
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (about 10.8 oz.)
• 1-1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used half Ghiradelli bittersweet/half Harris Teeter semi-sweet)
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted and broken

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 345F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Cream butter and sugars together on medium speed of mixer. Add eggs, one by one, beating till incorporated. Beat in vanilla and salt. On low speed, stir in baking soda, baking powder and flour. Add chips and walnuts by hand, or, if using Kitchen Aid with paddle attachment, stir in. Drop dough by
1/4 cup scoops onto prepared baking sheets. (Dough is sticky.) Bake 14-15 minutes till set and toothpick returns with just a few crumbs. (Or bake longer for crisper cookie all the way through.) Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes to set edges, then transfer cookies to wire rack to finish cooling.