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Grandma's Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thick, soft-centered cookies with golden edges, a buttery brown-sugar chew and plenty of melty semisweet chocolate.

Grandma's Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2¼ cups280 gAll-purpose flourspooned and leveled
  • 1 tbsp8 gCornstarch
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking soda
  • ¾ tsp4 gSalt
  • ¾ cup170 gUnsalted buttersoftened
  • ¾ cup packed165 gBrown sugarpacked
  • ⅓ cup65 gGranulated sugar
  • 70 gEggs1 large egg plus 1 yolk, room temperature
  • 2 tsp8 gVanilla extract
  • 1½ cups250 gSemisweet chocolate chips

Steps

  1. Whisk the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
  2. In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  3. Beat in the egg, yolk and vanilla until smooth.
  4. Mix in the flour mixture on low just until no dry streaks remain, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes so the cookies bake up thick and soft.
  6. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment.
  7. Scoop the dough into 24 balls, about 2 tablespoons each, and space them 2 inches apart.
  8. Bake one sheet at a time for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are golden but the centers still look slightly soft.
  9. Let the cookies rest on the sheet for 5 minutes, then move them to a rack to finish cooling.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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