Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes 8 cookies
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (3¾ ounces; 106 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 7 tablespoons, unsalted butter, divided; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces; 66 grams), dark brown sugar; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces; 50 grams), granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, water; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 large, egg yolk; ⅔ cup (4 ounces; 113 grams), semisweet chocolate chips; 1/3 cup, chopped nuts (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2022

Desserts or Baked Goods

We scaled down our Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from 16 to eight cookies.

SERVESMakes 8 cookies

TIME50 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We scaled down our Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from 16 to eight cookies. The original recipe contains one whole egg and one egg yolk, both of which are difficult to halve, so we used a single egg yolk and added a small amount of water to...

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