Recipe Tuesday, Part II

Well, last week when I titled my blog "Recipe Tuesday" I had no intention of keeping up the theme....but lookee here, it's another Tuesday and I have another recipe to share.

Last month when my parents were in town visiting, we got into talking about chocolate chip cookie recipes and how they never seem to turn out like the bakeries' cookies do. My dad mentioned they'd seen some America's Test Kitchen show on TV where they were talking about the ins and outs of the BEST recipe. Let me just say this... "If you google, it will come".

I found two recipes and did the best to combine the two and came up with the below. These cookies are SCRUMPTIOUS - a slightly crisp outside, with a gooey inside and a hint of butterscotch flavor. My friend Charlie bought my donated auction item "Dessert of the Month" at our company Silent Auction to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. His last dessert choice - Chocolate Chip Cookies.

America's Test Kitchen (Kind Of) Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

3 1/3 cups flour + 2 tbspn for high altitude

3/4 tspn baking soda

1/2 tspn salt

2 sticks unsalted butter

1 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 large egg yolks

1 tbspn vanilla extract

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (don't cheap out - buy the good stuff)

Start by preheating the oven to 325 and putting the racks closer to the middle, but also not on the positions closest to one another.

Melt 1 cube of butter in a skillet or sauce pan. Once melted, let it bubble a bit and cook until it lets off a nutty aroma. Remove from heat and add the other cube and stir until it melts. Let this cool down a bit.

Mix together in a separate bowl the flour, baking soda and salt - set aside.

In large bowl, using an electric mixer (perfect opportunity to dust off the ol' KitchenAid), mix together the sugars and melted butter (2-3 min) until well blended. Add in eggs, egg yolks and vanilla. Mix until smooth (30 seconds). Gradually add in the flour mixture until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Scoop rounded balls onto cookie sheet covered with parchment paper (I used a cookie scoop). Bake for 13-15 minutes until slightly darker around the edges, but still light and puffy in the middle. Let sit for 10 minutes and then remove from cookie sheet and cool.