Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Okay I will tell you now that these cookies were made on Sunday and it is Wednesday and they are almost gone! May I remind you that there is only 2 of us in this house!! The day I made these cookies I ate so many that I literally got a stomach ache...just like my mom would say, it really truly happened.
These cookies are truly perfection. They are a tad crunchy on the outside, but so soft and chewy on the inside! A-mazing! You can bet your bottom dollar that I will be making these again soon, like probably this weekend! I will just have to amp up the exercise regime to make room for these babies.

I found this recipe at one of my very favorite recipe blogs, Our Best Bites....and this was mine, my best bite that is!

I mean chocolate chip cookies seem pretty basic, but really you can tweak this go to recipe many different ways to get the "type" of cookie your craving. In this recipe the key is melting the butter and it also calls for 1 egg + 1 egg yolk, apparently that is what gives us the chewy factor here. I also measure ingredients exact, I think it is important to ensuring that the recipe turns out the way that you want it to. So grab those measuring cups and spoons and get crackelackin!

2 C plus 2 T flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
12 T butter (1 1/2 sticks) melted and cooled until warm
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
1/2 C granulated sugar
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
2 t vanilla extract
1 1/2 C semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Adjust oven racks to upper- and lower-middle positions. Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside.

Either by hand or with electric mixer, mix butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Mix in egg, yolk, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients;mix until just combined. Stir in chips.

Take about 1/4 C dough and form into a ball. Break ball in half and place dough on cookie sheet with broken edge facing up. (Or just use a standard sized cookie scoop). ...(oh this is just important to make your cookie "pretty" really just a suggestion.)...Bake until cookies are set around outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft and puffy, 10-13 minutes. Cool cookies on cookie sheets. Serve or store in air tight container.