Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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"Crisp edges, chewy middles."

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	10 Min
READY IN	1 Hr
Original recipe yield 4 dozen

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

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DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

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Reviewed on jan. 1, 2008 by Chuck

vERRY eXXCELLENT cOOOKIE! I worked 10 years as a baker and the recipe we used at the bake shop... MORE

Reviewed on jan. 20, 2007 by MARGIEBOZ

If it's even possible, I found a way to make these even better!! I ran out of flour, so I... MORE

Reviewed on sep. 17, 2006 by ANGELFROMHEAVEN

This is the perfect chocolate chip cookie!! Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside!! ... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 15, 2007 by Rebecca

Hi my name is bekah I am 9 years old. I made these cookies by myself and everyone in my family... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 4, 2007 by wordwench

These were fantastic cookies, without a doubt. I did lessen the white sugar to 1/2 cup and... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 18, 2009 by naples34102

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.58 star rating.

naples34102
feb. 18, 2009

Looking over the ingredients list and the measurements of each, I recognized this as your fairly standard, classic chocolate chip cookie recipe--and I expected fairly standard results. I was baking in our second home today, where I have a convection oven (which I remain somewhat unfamiliar with). I don't know if it was the convection oven or something else I'm missing, but these did not turn out to be fairly standard chocolate chip cookies! Rather, they were some of the best I've ever tried. First of all, they stay uniform in shape and size, which is important to me, and they're just the right thickness--not poofy little cakes, and not flat and spread out. They're rich and buttery, with crispy outsides, and a soft but chewey inside. I didn't bother to mix the baking soda in the 2 tsp. hot water, just mixed it in with the flour--I also added 1/2 tsp. salt to heighten flavor. Since 2 tsp. of water was called for that I didn't use, I "upped" the vanilla to a full tablespoon. I also used milk chocolate chips this time around, but that surely can't account for why these were so darn good and so pretty either. I'm so proud of how these turned out and I'll be proud to send them with my husband tomorrow to his meeting. If not "Best Chocolate Chip Cookies," this recipe is certainly ONE of the best!

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Looking over the ingredients list and the measurements of each, I recognized this as your... MORE