Martha Stewart Fired Me Choclate Chip Cookies
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp small to medium grain sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips or chunks, (chunks are better but you should use 1 1/2 bags more than it’s usually called for).
Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until the mixture is fluffy (about 3 minutes on medium high speed.).
Add both eggs and the vanilla and beat for an additional 2 minutes.
Add baking soda, baking powder, a bit of salt, and flour until cookie batter is fully incorporated. Finally add chocolate pieces and mix until well distributed.
Chill dough for 24-48 hours if you want them to be the best cookies ever.
The cookie batter will be somewhat thick and quite sticky, so use your hands to plop balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I prefer dough balls slightly larger than a quarter. 8 per sheet.
Sprinkle one sea salt over them before they go into the oven.
Bake for 10-15 mins, until the edges are golden brown but the center is light and puffy.
Remove from heat, slam down hard to flatten them a bit.
Transfer cookies to a room temperature non pour outs surface to cool for 3-5 minutes before serving.
