Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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The cookies turn out chewy with a crispy sugary bottom. Light and airy sugary goodness.  The centers are chewy and soft.

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⬇️ Table of Contents

• How To Make the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
• When Was Chocolate Chip cookies Invented
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 📋  How To Make Pastry Flour
• 🔪 Instructions
• 📖 Cookie Shape? Flat/Thick/Tall
• How Long To Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies?
• Why Are My Cookies Too Flat?
• Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Homogeneous or Heterogeneous?
• Cookie Flour Substitutes
• 📖 Recipe Card

How To Make the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

The first thing that makes this recipe better than most is using the correct type of flour for baking chocolate chip cookies. Online, 96% of the recipes suggest using All-Purpose flour.

That's ok for average chocolate chip cookies, yet not ok with the world's mentor of "baking and pastry culinary technique." The French, who the book on culinary/baking technique.

The inherent problem with All-Purpose flour is the amount of protein in the flour, around 10-13%. Too much protein creates a dense cookie. The texture is firmer and denser. We have all enjoyed cookies made with All-Purpose flour.

But let's make the BEST chocolate chip cookies in the world. How?

When Was Chocolate Chip cookies Invented

The chocolate chip cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield in the 1930s. She was the owner of the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant in Massachusetts. The cookies became so popular that she began selling them in her restaurant and soon became known as "Toll House Cookies."

🥘 Ingredients

Using the correct ingredients will make all the difference with your cookie recipe.

• Pastry Flour (recipe to make follows)
• Butter
• Eggs
• Fine White Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Sea Salt
• Baking Soda
• Chocolate Chips
• ½ cup Walnuts / optional
• Nutmeg / optional

📋  How To Make Pastry Flour

Today, I will teach you how to make something very easy at home in your kitchen. It's called Pastry flour. Please do not confuse Pastry flour with Cake flour.

Cake flour is very light and milled to the finest texture, just like a fine powder. Think of Pastry flour as the perfect balance of All-Purpose & Cake flour.

The perfect chocolate chip cookie has a protein level of around 8% to 9%.

The goal of making pastry flour is to achieve the perfect protein level. I have two methods, both equally easy.

1. First Method: Take 2 Cups of Cake flour and add 1 cup of All-Purpose flour - That's it you're done ( Important: Please make sure you stiff the flour to combine).  
2. Second Method:  Take 1 cup of All-Purpose flour into a bowl. Next, remove 2 tablespoons of the flour and discard. Then replace the removed 2 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. ( Important: Please make sure you stiff the flour to combine)

🤔 The question that arises is which method is better?

The second method has been around for a very long time and works. Yet is not as good as method #1.

You can see the difference between cake flour and pastry flour. The pastry flour has a slightly darker color than the finely milled Cake flour.
The darker color comes from the additional protein in the flour.

TIP:  You can scale up the Pastry flour recipe and make yourself a supply for future baking. Measurement by x2, x3 whatever amount you need.

NOTE: Pastry flour is not easy to find at your local grocery store.

🔪 Instructions

1. Add ¾ cup of brown sugar to the kitchen aid mixer. You can easily use a hand mixer and a large bowl.

2) Add fine white sugar - ¾ of a cup.

3) Add 2 whole eggs plus one egg yolk

4) Add 1 whole stick plus half of another stick - 6oz total

5) Cream ingredients together. Attach the paddle attachment, turn the machine on low speed (1 or 2), and mix for 2 plus minutes.
Some believe mixing longer improves the texture of the cookies. Around 5 minutes ⏲️

6) Add 1 whole tablespoon of vanilla extract. Yes, one full tablespoon ✅

Add the vanilla extract after the first mix, do not just add it to the sugar and butter during the first mix. #foodscience 

7) Sift the flour and baking soda. This step will reduce the risk of lumps in the flour. You probably noticed I did not include baking powder. Baking powder will cause your cookies to puff up like muffins and honestly mess up the overall texture.

8) Now the good stuff: Adding Ghirardelli bittersweet 60 percent cacao and Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips to the cookie dough. The balance of both chocolates creates a flavor profile like no other. #betterthantheneighbors ✅

📖 Cookie Shape? Flat/Thick/Tall

A popular question for sure. What makes the cookies flat or sit tall and thick?

• Don't Do: If you add baking powder, the cookies will "overly" puff up and create a cake-like texture.
• Too much sugar will cause cookies to flatten out. Once the sugars are super hot, they begin to counterbalance the leavening agents like baking soda.
• Easiest TIP Ever: Get the cookie dough super cold before scooping and shaping. This increases the cooking time by 1 to 3 minutes. The effect is the cookie dough has to cool off/cook in the oven longer, resulting in a longer time to flatten out/deflate.
• Use a cookie scooper, a large one with natural height, and make sure the cookie dough is super cold out of the freezer (Pictured recipe below:  2 Tablespoons of Cocoa Powder added to the original recipe - So Good).
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• Do not use parchment paper or risk not getting crispy bottoms on the cookies. They are called cookie sheets for a good reason.
• TIP: For extra chocolate flavor and to help control the equal distribution of chocolate chips. I like to press in a few chips in places where it looks appropriate. 

How Long To Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies?

There is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how long to bake chocolate chip cookies. The cooking time will vary depending on the recipe, the type and size of the cookie, and the oven. However, as a general rule, chocolate chip cookies should be baked for between 10 and 15 minutes.

Why Are My Cookies Too Flat?

There are a few reasons why your cookies might be coming out too flat. It could be that you're not using enough flour, or that you're not creaming the butter and sugar together long enough. If your dough is too warm, that could also be causing your cookies to spread too much. Make sure to chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before baking to help prevent this. Lastly, make sure you're using fresh baking powder - if it's old, it won't work as well and your cookies will be flat.

Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Homogeneous or Heterogeneous?

There are different types of chocolate chip cookies, which can be classified as either homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures. For example, a chocolate chip cookie with evenly distributed chocolate chips throughout would be considered a homogeneous mixture, while a cookie with chocolate chips only on the top would be considered a heterogeneous mixture.

Cookie Flour Substitutes

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