Perfect Soft Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies!

This is the recipe! The perfect recipe for soft, but chewy Chocolate chip cookies. It works wonderful making huge cookies or if you are like me and making them just to satisfy the troublesome sweet tooth, just make them smaller. I also made these cookies tinier for rewards to give to my daughter when she has a successful day at potty training. Its gives a sweet treat without loading her up on tons of sugar.

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
•  1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. ( I do it by hand to get the chips spread out evenly through the dough.)
4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

TIPS

On humid days, you might have to go 17-18 minutes. But always check the cookies after 15 minutes.

Follow the ingredients list and measurements to a "T".  The reason for this, is something like the sugar. If you add more white sugar than brown sugar you will have crisper cookies. Unless you like more crisp then chew to your cookie, follow the directions. 

Always take a fork and fluff your flour before measuring out. Packed flour actually adds more flour to the batch and will make dry cookies. :(  

 Don't go cheap in chocolate. The better the chocolate the better they taste! :)