Chocolate Chip Cookies (New York Times)

Notes

• Baking times below are for a crispy-outside/gooey-inside cookie.
• For 3-tbsp cookies, bake for 12m30s at 350 ºF on either a dark or light-colored pan for a more traditional cookie.
• Important: Use an ice-cream scoop to avoid heating the butter when forming dough into balls – this, along with the flat bottom that the scoop forms, will prevent spreading once they hit the oven.

Yield

• 18 3-tbsp cookies (12m at 350 ºF convection on a flat cookie sheet)
• 11 4-tbsp cookies (15m at 350 ºF convection on a flat cookie sheet)

Ingredients

• ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons/140 grams unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks), softened
• Scant 3/4 cup/140 grams dark brown sugar
• ⅔ cup/110 grams superfine sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons/250 grams all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon Maldon sea salt (or kosher salt)
• 6 ounces/170 grams dark (bittersweet) chocolate, chopped into large chunks

Steps

1. Put the butter and both sugars in a stand mixer or mixing bowl. Cream together using a paddle attachment on medium speed, a handheld electric whisk or a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes until paler but not fluffy. (Do not mix for too long; if you beat the mixture until super light and fluffy, that will cause the cookie to deflate later when cooking.)
2. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat over medium speed until evenly combined.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (all the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt), then fold into the butter mixture using a rubber spatula until combined.
4. Add the chopped chocolate and fold into the dough until evenly distributed.
5. Immediately scoop out heaping 1/4-cup portions (about 60 grams) using a cookie or ice-cream scoop, and place on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Do not roll into balls (i.e., leave them in the half-sphere shape they come out of the scoop in). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 12 hours. (If space is tight, you can condense them on one sheet before refrigerating then redistribute among two sheets before baking.)
6. The next day, heat the oven to 350 degrees.
7. Make sure the dough balls are evenly spaced out among two baking sheets, as they will spread. Bake the cookies for 13 minutes (or 15 minutes if baking from frozen), until the cookies are puffed and golden at the edges. You want the middle to be ever so slightly not-quite set.
8. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet; they will continue firming up as they cool. Once cooled, eat! (These cookies will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days. The balls of dough will keep for up to 2 days in the fridge or 2 weeks in the freezer.)

Source

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021435-perfect-chocolate-chip-cookies