Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

[paranoidgarliclover]

There were recipes and tips posted in one thread (some will overlap w/ what has been posted here):

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

I am no expert. I’m sure there are better bakers here like @TheCookie and @Happybaker and @Dommy, et al. I just do original toll house with a couple of alterations. Know that I like my cookies to spread, not the thick ones. I can say that when I bake them, most people are shocked and in disbelief that they are based on toll house. Cream the hell out of the butter sugar mixture. Instead of using just semi sweet morsels use semi sweet chunks, semi sweet morsels, and milk chocolate morsels. I …

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

Good tip. Creaming the hell out of the sugar and butter is key. It took me a very long time to figure this out. Makes a huge difference. A lot of recipes call for both granulated and brown sugar so I’ve been doing that as well. Use good baking chocolate. I’ve tried a bunch and our favorite is the valharona. Anybody else have a favorite type of baking chocolate?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

(With apologies for the thread drift): have any home bakers here tried the pan-banging technique? Non-paywall original recipe:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

My L.A. favorite is/was Proof Bakery (it’s been several years since I last consumed their CCC). Another NYT article (with attached recipe) published this week for the “Perfect” Chocolate Chip Cookie. No vanilla. Feel free to move to home cooking. A ‘Perfect’ Chocolate Chip Cookie, and the Chef Who Created It

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

If anybody feels like baking some CCCs, LA Times just dropped some inspiration:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match

Perhaps more than you wanted to know about what makes chocolate chip cookies good:

And here’s a video:

NYT choc chip cookie video

I haven’t watched the whole thing yet, but I thought that it might be interesting to folks here: It includes the original, well-known NYT version and then some variations. [How to Make the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie ... Even Better? | Vaughn Vreeland | NYT Cooking]