The Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I was in school, our cafeteria served half-baked chocolate chip cookies. They were the highest form of currency in the school. I made it my mission to figure out how to make chocolate chip cookies quite that soft...and I did. 

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

What you'll need:

3/4 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg and 1 egg yolk

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups and 2 tablespoons flour

2 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch 

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup chocolate chips (white, dark, milk... doesn't matter)

How:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

2. In your stand-alone mixer, combine the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat them for a couple minutes until they are nice and light-colored. 

3. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla. 

4. In several additions, add the flour, soda, salt, cornstarch, and chocolate chips. 

5. Place tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough on an ungreased baking sheet. 

6. Bake for 8 minutes. These will be HALF BAKED so you will take them out when the edges are barely yellow, not golden brown. Cookies continue to cook even after you take them out of the I've.  The cornstarch will keep the. plump and stop them from flattening out when they cool.

7. EAT!