Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Like many home bakers, the first time I made chocolate chip cookies I used the recipe on the back of the Toll House chocolate chips package. I was ten years old and my mom kept a careful eye on me to make sure I didn’t burn down the house, but for the most part I made them myself. The cookies became a rare sweet staple in the Chang household.

Once I entered the world of professional baking, the idea of baking chocolate chip cookies from the Toll House package seemed akin to