Chewy Make Ahead Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, unsalted and softened (1/2 brick)
• 3/4 cup sugar (i use splenda, and usually slightly less sugar)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (again, splenda and about half)
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f.
• 2 grease cookie sheet (i don't do that, i just use parchment paper).
• 3 cream butter until light and fluffy.
• 4 slowly add sugars, continuing to cream until smooth and light.
• 5 beat in eggs, one at a time, and then beat in vanilla.
• 6 in another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt.
• 7 add to creamed mixture and slowly beat until flour just disappears.
• 8 stir in chips (you can also add 3/4 cup nuts at this stage if you like).
• 9 drop by generous tablespoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on prepared sheets and bake 10 to 15 min, just until edges are golden.
• 10 cool on sheet 1 min, then transfer to racks to cool.
• 11 the dough can be chilled for about 1/2 hour, then shaped into a log, wrapped in plastic, and stored in refrigerator (or frozen), cut into 1/2 inch slices and bake as per above. depending how cold or frozen they are, they might keep the "sliced" shape, for a more natural look, i usually slice them all, then give them a quick roll in my palms and squish to flatten, then use the tips of my fingers to make some indents so it doesn't look so perfect.