chocolate chip cookies

the first post of my baking blog, this blog serves as a recipe bank for me. i'm going to keep track of my trials and errors in the kitchen and post about my favorite baked successes. so i decided to start with the most basic, chocolate chip cookies. out of all the cookies doughs i've made, this one seems to bake the best. the cookies are soft and chewy, just the way i like my cookies. 

recipe

2cups flour

1/2tsp. baking soda

3/4cup salted butter, softened

1cup brown sugar

1/2cup white sugar

1tbsp. vanilla extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2cups semisweet chocolate chips

preheat oven to 350 degrees. prepare cookies sheets. in a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. then beat in vanilla, egg and egg yolk. add the dry ingredients until blended. stir in the chocolate chips. drop 2 tablespoons of dough for each cookie. bake for 15 minutes (i always do a few minutes less) and then cool. 

this recipe comes from "one whole clove" blog (http://www.onewholeclove.typepad.com) the only changes i made were to use salted butter instead (can add a dash of salt if needed, this way i don't have to monitor my salt because the butter already has it) and i didn't have enough chocolate chips so i used one cup of white chocolate chips this time.