Chocolate Chip Cookies Williams Sonoma Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WILLIAMS-SONOMA

Steps:

• Pre-Heat oven to 350°F Have ready 2 ungreased baking sheets. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt onto a sheet of wax paper, set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream the butter until fluffy and pale yellow. Add the granulated and brown sugars and continue beating until mixture is not too gritty when rubbed between your thumb and finger. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on low spead until blended, occasionaly stopping the mixer and scraping the sides with a rubber spatula.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat on low speed just until blended. Add the chocolate chip cookies (and walnuts if using) and stir in with a spoon just until blended.
• Using a rounded tablespoon to measure, drop dough onto the baking sheets spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Bake the cookies until golden brown around the edges, about 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool briefly in the pans on wire rackes before transferring them to the wire racks to cool completely.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Line 2 rimless baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
• Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well blended.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients and stir just until incorporated.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Drop the dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies 2" apart.
• Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched, 10 to 13 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar and brown sugar until creamy.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat on low speed until smooth.
• Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, and almonds.
• Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared sheets, spacing them about 1 ½ inches apart.
• Bake until the cookies are golden brown, 10-12 minutes.
• Transfer the cookies to wire racks and let cool completely.