Chef's Chocolate Chip Cookies

3-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1-1/2 tsp. salt
2 vanilla beans, split length-wise
3 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
3 eggs
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pkg. (16 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
1-1/2 cups walnuts, chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Scrape vanilla bean seeds from pods into standing electric mixer, reserving pods for another use if desired, and add butter and sugars, beating until light and fluffy. One at a time, beat in eggs, beating well after each addition, and beat in vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and beat until dough just comes together. Stir in chocolate chips or chunks and walnuts (do not overmix). Form dough into 1-1/2-inch balls and arrange about 2-inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten balls slightly with a metal spatula and bake cookies in batches in middle of the oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Tranfer cookies with spatula to racks to cool.

User Reviews:

These cookies were very good and easy to make. Thank you, Carly

submitted by carly_donut on December 02, 2004

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