Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

On this dreary day in Minnesota, I decided the best thing to do was....bake cookies!

I searched online for a good cookie recipe and found this one for Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.  With a name like that, I figured I couldn't go wrong!  :)

Here is the recipe:

Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.  

First the dough was made....             

Then the cookies were baked....

And the cookies were done...

(Notice the bottom right corner...there's a cookie missing! 

Thanks to the roommates for taste testing!  ;)

They were delicious!  The name says it all! 

There has been lots of laughing and living going on with this blog...and not so much running! 

Oh well, maybe in the next few days, that part of the blog will be highlighted!  Until then...chocolate chip cookies and diet coke for a bedtime snack!  :)