Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes About 16 Cookies
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup flour; 1 egg yolk; ¾ cup butter, sliced; 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup granulated sugar; ¼ cup brown sugar; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation info

Makes About
16
Cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Most bakers make chocolate chip cookies with the chocolate chips sold at the supermarket. To take your cookies up a notch, chop a piece of high-quality bittersweet chocolate. This recipe contains more butter and walnuts than the classic; it has gotten rave reviews.

Ingredients

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips
1 cup flour
½

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Unless you are using silicone baking liners or nonstick sheet pans, brush 2 sheet pans with room-temperature butter. If you’re using a chunk of chocolate, chop it into ½-inch pieces by hand or with a food processor using the pulse mechanism to avoid overchopping. In a bowl, sift together the flour, bak