Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2.25 cups (300g) All-purpose Flour
• 1 tsp (5g) baking soda
• 1 tsp (6g) salt
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 0.75 cup (150g) granulated sugar
• 0.75 cup (165g) packed brown sugar -or- 30g molasses and 135g granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon (5g or so) of vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 340g of chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt
3. In a larger bowl, beat butter, sugars, and vanilla extract until creamy
4. Add each egg, beating well after each one
5. Gradually stir in flour mixture
6. Add chips and whatever else
7. Drop on ungreased sheet pan, a tablespoon or so at a time
8. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until GBD
9. Cool for a couple of minutes, and then transfer to a rack to completely cool

Notes

Taken from the back of a Nestle Toll House Semi-sweet Morsels package.

The primary purpose behind me putting the recipe here is twofold: First, I want to include masses of ingredients instead of volumes. Second, I want to record my experiments with including fruit in the cookie because I think it would be awesome to have a chocolate chip cookie with a bit of fruitiness in it.

On 2021-09-26, I made a batch with 340g of chips and 340g of minced candied fruit, such as that used in fruit cakes. There wasn't enough dough to hold the cookie together with both chips and fruit in it. Maybe try 250g of each next.

-- Jonathan Guthrie - 2021-09-25