Mommy Matter Goes Baking |

Tuesday’s seem to be a day of the week that I love baking. Getting tons of yummy treats made for the rest of the week. Today I decided I am going to make some delicious soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. I am a person that doesn’t own a single cook book and rely on the Internet for all my baking needs. Of course this led me to a wonderful recipe on Martha Stewart recipe section. I am not one to generally go for anything Martha Stewart, but this recipe just sounded too good to be true. So off I went!

Recipe…

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (about 12 ounces) semisweet and/or milk chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter with both sugars; beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; add the salt, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until well mixed, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Drop heaping tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

Please be advised… with this recipe I did not include the salt. I never use salt in any of my recipes. Don’t feel the need and it’s bad for the kids health so I avoid the use of it at all costs. I know I know… I’m making them chocolate filled cookies and worried about a little salt… either way… I do not like salt in my food! And yes everyone… that is an image of the cookies I made! Figured I’d add in the final look of these delicious cookies!