Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips


Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy.

Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended.

Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon.

Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted.

Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

~ Allrecipes/submitted by Elizabeth

~My side note:

As with any baked goods recipe in this household, it must be doubled. I chopped up some dark chocolate and milk chocolate with almonds & toffee bits. For big cookies, I used a 1/4 Cup measuring scoop, and a small scooper for smaller ones. Large cookies took about 18 minutes at 300' (dark pans), and the smaller ones about 14 minutes. Mine came out a little flat and crispy.

Now, we're in trouble. With a scoop of Baby Ruth ice cream.