Food Vibes: ✨Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe✨ (Patreon)

I'm super excited to start sharing some recipes with you on here! But also please know that 100% of my recipes are adjusted to taste as I bake, so they will never be completely accurate to what I actually do...also my cookies are just a little different almost every time 😅🙈

Let me know if you try this recipe and what you think!

Fun fact: This is the only recipe that I remember off the top of my head every time. It was the first recipe I ever baked on my own. It's based on my mom's old recipe, but it's been modified to my liking over the years.

✨The Recipe✨

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 1/4 tsp sea salt

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 cup salted butter (yeah, I bake with salted butter. So sue me 💁‍♀️ but not actually though...pleas don't sue me. Just trust me)

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup + 1 tbsp packed brown sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips *If using sweeter chips (ie. milk chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch, etc., use no more than 3/4 cup brown sugar)

Directions 

Preheat oven to 375°F and line a couple baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars on medium speed until pale & fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla, mix until just incorporated.  Slowly add dry mixture and mix on low until combined.  If too sticky, add an extra ½ cup of flour. 

It is at this point that I will meticulously taste test to decide if the batter needs any small adjustments. Or...could benefit from, rather, because it never actually needs it. I'm just a nut 😅 Most often, I add just a smidge more of any or all of: salt, brown sugar, and/or vanilla. If it's still too sticky or I want a fluffier cookie, I add more flour 1/2 cup - 1 cup depending on the goal. And if I can't figure out what it is that's "missing", I add the tiniest bit of additional baking soda. This part of the process is extra arbitrary and I go on vibes, so... sorry 😅

Once you've either make whatever adjustments you see fit or decided to skip this step, it's finally time to stir in the chocolate chips.

Bake 9-11 minutes.