Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- ½ Cup unsalted butter
- ½ Butter Flavored Shortening
- 1 Cup packed Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ tsp Almond Extract (optional)
- 1 tsp Fine Sea Salt or 1 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 ½ Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 package 10-12 oz Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
DIRECTIONS:- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In a separate glass bowl, sift or mix dry ingredients together(flour, salt, and baking powder). Set aside.
- In a new glass bowl microwave butter and shortening until soft and can be stirred. Do not melt! Stir butters until blended.
- Cream softened butters and sugars together on medium speed with mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating between each egg.
- Add extracts and mix until well blended.
- With mixer on, add dry ingredients in small amounts and mix just until blended.
- Add chocolate chips.
- Drop 1 ½” dough balls onto ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-9 minutes or until edges are golden brown. (just the edges!)Let the cookies sit on cookie sheet 3-5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
- Start over on cool cookie sheet.
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