Catherine Fowler Sample, With a Recipe for the Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies​

From Gather Together: Recipes and Reflections to Inspire Faith and Friendship Around the Table by Catherine Fowler

“It's a bold claim to say these are the best-ever chocolate chip cookies, but everyone who tastes them agrees. These cookies are unique because they use nearly-melted butter to create a pale and puffy cookie that is soft, chewy and delicious. Get ready to make new friends!” she wrote.

Yields 10-12

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 heaping teaspoon sea salt
• 8 tablespoons of salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips or chunks
  

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. Depending on how soft your butter is, microwave for around 15-45 seconds. It should be almost completely melted, although not in liquid form. Do not let it liquify and boil. If that happens, save that butter for another use and start over.
4. Using a stand mixer, beat the butter and both sugars until just combined. On a low speed, beat in the vanilla and egg until just combined. Add flour mixture to wet mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon or spatula. Form dough into 10-12 balls and place on your cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
6. Allow to cool for 30 minutes to set (but they may not last that long!)

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Catherine Fowler Sample, With a Recipe for the Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

The writer has produced award-winning films and published a cookbook, ‘Gather Together.’

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