MJ's Top Secret Chocolate Chip Cookies
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MJ's Top Secret Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
This cookie recipe starts by melting butter and blending it with dark brown and granulated sugars to form a smooth, glossy base. Once cooled, eggs and vanilla are added to bind the dough. Flour, baking soda, and salt are gently folded in, followed by generous portions of semi-sweet and milk chocolate chunks, creating pockets of melted chocolate once baked.
Chilling the dough firms it up, improving texture and flavor development, with an optional extended chill for a deeper toffee-like taste. Baking at 325°F allows the cookies to cook evenly to a golden brown while remaining tender. Sprinkling sea salt flakes on top introduces a contrasting note enhancing the chocolate's richness.
The final cookies are a combination of soft centers and slightly crisp edges, offering both milk and semi-sweet chocolate flavors in each bite. They store well and can be enjoyed fresh or over several days.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 2 cups flour 2 tablespoons
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chunks
- sea salt to sprinkle on top of cookies, flakes
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Once completely melted, add sugars and turn off heat. Whisk or stir until butter-sugar mixture looks glossy and smooth - about 2 minutes.
- Let cool to room temperature. May leave out at room temperature until cool or place in refrigerator for 5-7 minutes. You don't want it to be hot when adding the eggs. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and stir well to combine.
- Fold in flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined. Fold in semi-sweet and milk chocolate chunks.
- Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. For richer, toffee flavored cookies, let the dough chill for 24-36 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Place golf ball size mounds of cookie dough on baking sheets. Bake until cookies are golden brown, 12-14 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Allow cookies to set for 5 minutes before transferring them to wire rack.
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