America's Test Kitchen Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 325.

Cream together:

• 1 C brown sugar
  
• 1/2 C sugar
• 1 1/2 sticks butter

Add:

• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/4 C flour
• 1/2 tesp. salt
• 1/4 tesp baking soda

Mix all ingredients well, then add 1 bag chocolate chips at very end. Make dough into balls, split balls in half, put rough sides facing up then press together on greased cookie sheet.
(You can also add chopped nuts if you like them.)

Bake at 325 for 15 - 18 minutes.

I got this from America's Test Kitchen about 5 years ago. We loved them when we tried them! They are not anything like your typical Toll House cookies, but are a very nice addition to a cookie recipe list. They turn out bigger and thicker and work very well as part of ice cream sandwiches. Make sure when you scoop out the dough balls, that you break them in half, lay the two sides beside each other, the press them together with the rough side facing up. Thus forming one piece of dough with a rough top. Something about doing this gives them a really nice texture.