Recipe book · 30 min
Chocolate chip cookies
One bowl. The only step that matters is not overbaking them.
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How to cook it · about 30 minutes
- Beat the soft butter with both sugars for a full three minutes until it is pale and fluffy. This is what makes them chewy rather than flat.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
- Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt until it just disappears, then the chips.
- Spoon golf-ball lumps onto a lined tray, well apart. Bake at 375°F for 9–11 minutes.
- Take them out when the edges are set and the middles still look underdone. They finish on the tray, and this is the difference between a chewy cookie and a hard one.
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