Recipes: My two favorite chocolate chip cookies

Both of these recipes result in chewy, tasty (and fattening!) cookies. I've tried a ton of recipes and I love these ones. I love allrecipes.com. Enjoy!


The Best Big Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Big-Fat-Chewy-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie/Detail.aspx


This is an excellent recipe--and they make huge chewy cookies. The recipe only make 18 cookies, so i'd at least double, if not triple, the batch. Yum!

Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
Submitted by: ElizabethRated: 5 out of 5 by 1766 members
Prep Time: 10 MinutesCook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 40 MinutesYields: 18 servings
"These cookies are the pinnacle of perfection! If you want a big, fat, chewy cookie like the kind you see at bakeries and specialty shops, then these are the cookies for you!"
INGREDIENTS:
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 by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
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.

Extinah's Licks: It could be better, but it's pretty close to perfect.

Absolutely the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies




http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Absolutely-the-Best-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Detail.aspx

Submitted by: Nicole Faust HuntRated: 4 out of 5 by 653 members
Prep Time: 10 MinutesCook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 20 MinutesYields: 24 servings
"This is a secret family recipe for chocolate chip cookies! Everyone who tries them begs for more. Enjoy!!"
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter flavored
shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla
extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Extinah's Licks: 1/2 This one is almost perfection. Maybe if I actually made the recipe how it was written it'd be better....pretty hard to beat though.