Jacques Torres's Secret Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
48 cookies
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 226.79 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 118.29 ml granulated sugar, plus
- 88.74 ml granulated sugar
- 236.59 ml light brown sugar, packed
- 147.89 ml light brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- 7.39 ml vanilla
- 354.88 ml pastry flour, plus
- 14.79 ml pastry flour
- 354.88 ml bread flour
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 7.39 ml salt
- 453.59 g good quality dark chocolate, chopped coarsely
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats; set aside. Don't grease the baking sheets because this might cause extra spreading.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add vanilla, then add both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate; mix until well combined.
- Using a 4-ounce scoop for larger cookies or a 1-ounce scoop for smaller cookies, scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake until lightly browned, but still soft, about 20 minutes for larger cookies and about 15 minutes for smaller cookies. If you use a rounded tablespoon, check your cookies at 12 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If you use a very generously rounded tablespoon or a 1 scoop, you'll get about 4 dozen cookies.
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Reviews
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These are fantastic! I did reduce the salt to a scant teaspoon, but maybe the chef was using coarse salt, and I was using salted butter. I also added about 1 1/2 cups chopped toasted macadamia nuts, because I find it hard to imagine chocolate chip cookies without nuts. I am just getting used to a new oven, so baking them enough, while not overbaking them was a little tricky at first. I think I got it right in the end, though. I treated my co-workers to a snack, and asked for scores out of 5. The lowest was 5.5. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful recipe with us.
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Windermere, 48