Thanks to Bridget, she highlighted 4 different chocolate chip cookie recipes and I encourage you to check out her blog for her reviews! She made it easier for me to decide given the 4 recipes she chose to compare... and because I trust her baking sense (evident here, with the end of my yeast-phobia) I made Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip recipe. I only made one adaptation to Alton's recipe, which was using whole wheat flour for the original bread flour called for. I didn't have bread flour on hand and didn't feel like leaving the house. The end result? FABULOUS.
The Chewy
(Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie)
recipe adapted from Alton Brown
2 sticks unsalted butter
2¼ cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup sugar
1¼ cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
Hardware:
#20 disher/ice cream scooper (I used a smaller, medium scoop)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
Pour the melted butter in the mixer’s work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Chill the dough.
When ready to bake, heat oven to 375F.
Scoop chilled dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet if using the #20 disher (or 8 cookies per sheet, if using a medium scoop).
Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
Sidenote: While preparing my cookies, I cracked my 1 whole egg into a bowl and it was a double-yolked egg! Although I don't think of myself as very superstitions, double yolked eggs are either considered an omen of death, or pregnancy, or marriage, or good luck, depending on which Old Wife you ask. I guess we'll see what the future holds but if it does mean good luck, I definitely got a dose of it since these cookies turned out perfectly! I guess I'm also lucky that the hubby isn't home so I can enjoy these without having to share!
I have yet to bake with WW flour. i really need to pick up a bag. Those look great!
ReplyDeleteWow Joelen, thanks! I ate a lot of cookies for that particular entry!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked these! Alton rocks.
I love chocolate chip cookies! And definitely luck with the double yolk - I get my eggs from a woman that I work with. She said that one chicken usually lays at least two double yolk eggs a week. I always hope I get her eggs!
ReplyDeleteI love sneaking in WW flour. Even though I love my ccc recipe, I've been thinking of trying a different one. Perhaps I'll try this one!
ReplyDeleteI hope the double-yolk brings you the luck you desire. :)
I love that you are making all these recipes with whole wheat flour! I am def starring these :)
ReplyDeleteI made chocolate chip cookies tonight, too! These look delicious...as always.
ReplyDeleteHuh...I don't think I've ever gotten a double yoked egg. Interesting! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the addition of the whole wheat! I'll have to try these. I've yet to find the perfect chocolate chip recipe.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's the whole wheat flour or the brown sugar, but the colour on these looks really good! I think I need to get a plate that shows cookies well too. I like your multi-coloured one.
ReplyDeleteThese look so good! I always use whole grain flours while baking.
ReplyDeleteI laughed at the double yolk comment. The other day I cracked two eggs into a skillet to fry. They BOTH had double yolks! I took a picture!
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A couple of weeks ago, I got an entire package of double yolked eggs! They were local eggs which were sold at one of our locally owned natural foods stores. I had never gotten a double yolk before, let alone an entire tray of them. I didn't know what to think about it. But I suppose you could say I have had more than more normal amount of luck since then, so who knows....
ReplyDeleteI always awanted to try a WW substitution. Hm.. now I'm interested!
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