The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

A few weeks back Cole went with his buddy to their summer home for a long weekend. I want to make something special as a thank you for letting him come along. His friend's mom said earlier that she was a fan of chocolate chips cookies.  I found this recipe for The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies on A Pinch of Yum. I must say they were very soft and I got rave reviews from them.

Ingredients:

8 tablespoons of salted butter 

½ cup white sugar 

¼ cup packed light brown sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla 

1 egg 

1½ cups all purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda 

¼ teaspoon salt 

¾ cup chocolate chips (I used a combination of chocolate chips and white chocolate chips) 

Instructions 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Microwave the butter for about 40 seconds to just barely melt it. It shouldn't be hot ­ but it should be almost entirely in liquid form. 

2. Using a stand mixer or electric beaters, beat the butter with the sugars until creamy. Add the vanilla and the egg; beat on low speed until just incorporated ­ 10­ to 15 seconds or so (if you beat the egg for too long, the cookies will be stiff). 

3. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until crumbles form. Use your hands to press the crumbles together into a dough. It should form one large ball that is easy to handle (right at the stage between "wet" dough and "dry" dough). Add the chocolate chips and incorporate with your hands. 

4. Roll the dough into 12 large balls (or 9 for HUGELY awesome cookies) and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 9­ to 11 minutes until the cookies look puffy and dry and just barely golden. (DO NOT OVERBAKE. This advice is probably written on every cookie recipe everywhere, but this is essential for keeping the cookies soft). Take them out even if they look like they're not done yet. They'll be pale and puffy. 

5. Let them cool on the pan for a good 30 minutes or so. They will sink down and turn into these dense, buttery, soft cookies that are the best in all the land. These should stay soft for many days if kept in an airtight container. 

Notes The 3 most important things about this recipe are 

1) melting the butter

2) adding enough flour

3) not baking for too long. If you find that the dough is wet and it REALLY sticks to your hands, you probably need a little more flour. This is important otherwise you'll have flat cookies. 

ALEXIS NOTE: List to her notes above I found that when I made this recipe just like she said they came out perfect!

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