Thick and Chewy chocolate chip cookies

By milly1362

Ingredients

• 2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour (2 cups plus 2 tablespoons)
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly (1 1/2 sticks)
• 1 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg plus one yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1-1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

1. Adjust oven racks to upper- and lower-middle positions. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk flour, salt and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside.
3. In a standing mixer with a paddle attachment, mix butter and sugars until blended. Mix in egg, yolk and vanilla until combined. Add dry ingredients & mix until combined. Stir in chips to taste.
4. Roll scant 1/4 cup dough into ball. Holding dough ball using fingertips of both hands, pull into two equal halves. Rotate halves ninety degrees and with jagged surfaces exposed, join halves together at their base forming a single cookie, being careful not to smooth dough’s uneven surface. Place formed dough onto baking sheets with parchment, about nine dough balls per sheet.
5. Bake, reversing cookie sheets’ positions halfway through baking, until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft and puffy, 15 to 18 minutes (start checking at 13 minutes). Cool cookies on baking sheet.