Wisconsin's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chicken Finger's Note:

Without a doubt, these are the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made or eaten. Whenever I make them, I get tons of compliments (and believe me, it's not because of my cooking!)

• Total Time: 18 mins
• Prep Time: 8 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 7 dozen

Cream together

• 1 lb softened butter
• 2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar

Beat in for 3-4 minutes

• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 3 large eggs

Add

• 6 cups flour
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

Stir in

• 4 cups chocolate chips
• 2 cups chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Drop by large teaspoonful on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350°. Transfer to a wire rack to cool after one minute.
2. To get the cookies to come out soft, I undercook them a bit. Depending on your oven, try baking the first batch for 8 minutes - if they are not cooked enough, cook them a little longer. Don't forget that they will continue to cook for another minute on the cookie sheet after you take them out!
3. This recipe can be frozen for later use.
4. Note: Since this recipe yields so many cookies, it's best to use a stand mixer if you aren't halving the ingredients.

Reviews

[Luvs_Cooking]

Mad these this weekend for a friend. They were wonderful! They didn't flatten out like the other reviews said but I didn't know cookies had to be flat. They were so soft - he described them as "biting into a cloud" and requested more! I weighed the flour at 4 grams per cup (according to King Arthur's website) and it worked perfectly.

[Marie Nixon]

I am disappointed in this recipe. As chef Azparzch said, the cookies do not flatten out at all and as such were not very attractive. I think the ratio of flour to butter was too high. I don't think the taste was as good as other chocolate chip cookies because of the use of only dark brown sugar, rather than some granulated sugar with the brown sugar.

[AZPARZYCH]

These are good cookies that didn't flatten out like mine usually do. They do not have an overly sweet batter and were quick. I made 1/2 batch and cooked for 9 1/2 minutes and they were still soft. Added chopped walnuts with the chocolate chips. Made for My-3-Chefs 2009.