:: Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies ::
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour (I used 100% whole wheat)
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 cup cold salted butter, cut into cubes
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate chips)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
  2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk.
  3. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer blend the sugars at medium speed.
  4. Add the cold butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  5. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix at low speed just until blended. Do not over mix.
  6. Add the flour mix and chocolate chips and blend at a low speed just until mixed.
  7. Refrigerate dough for about ½ hour.
  8. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, two inches apart.
  9. Bake 20-22 minutes until golden.
  10. Transfer cookies--still on parchment--immediately to a cool surface, so they won't continue cooking.
  11. Makes 30-36 cookies, depending on the size of your scoops.
Notes
The cold butter, the chilled dough, the low oven temperature and the parchment lined cookie sheet are absolutely key in this recipe. If you want it to be right and glorious, don't change what already works. :}
Recipe by Gracious Rain at https://graciousrain.com/mrs-fields-chocolate-chip-cookies/