This recipe was developed by Consumer Reports, known for their high
standards. Here are their prefacing remarks:
We wanted a cookie with a chewy interior, crunchy edges, and well-blended
flavor. Above all, we wanted a cookie with a high overall chocolate impact
to give a sensuous rush to the chocoholic. After much experimentation and
perhaps a few cumulative inches to staffers' waistlines, we created a
cookie with all those assets. Our recipe makes 40 medium-sized cookies.
The Practically Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
2-1/4 cups flour
1 level teaspoon baking soda
1 level teaspoon salt
3/4 cup each white and packed dark brown sugar
2 sticks (1/2 pound) sweet butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
12-ounce package Nestle semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375F.
Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
Use a stand-type electric mixer to mix the two sugars briefly at low
speed.
Add the butter in small gobbets, mixing first at low speed and then at
high. Beat the mixture until it's pale, light, and very fluffy.
Add the vanilla at the mixer's lowest speed, then beat at high speed for a
few seconds. Add the eggs, again at the lowest speed, switching to high
speed for the final second or so. The eggs should be well beaten in, and
the mix should look creamed, not curdled.
Add the flour mixture, a half cup at a time, mixing at low speed for about
one minute, then at high speed for a few seconds. Scrape down the bowl's
sides with a spatula, add the chocolate chips, and mix at low speed for
about 10 seconds. If need be, scrape the bowl's sides again and mix for a
few more seconds.
Put tablespoons of the mix on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until the
cookies are pale golden brown (nine minutes in an electric oven, 10 to 11
minutes in a gas one). Remove and let cool on a rack. Makes about 40
medium cookies.
Mimi Hiller
www.CookbooksPlus.com
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