Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies: Cookie of the Day

There’s always going to be the “best” chocolate chip cookie recipe, or the famous $250 Neiman Marcus recipe or that debate over whether or not a chocolate chip cookie should be soft, hard, chewy, flat or round and the list goes on! To tell you the truth, I’ve never met a chocoalte chip cookie I didn’t like. Honest. So these are not the claim to fame world’s best chocolate chip cookie, but I have made them before and they are a favorite of mine. I like my cookies chewy and crunchy sometimes, but when I want a softer one I reach for this recipe. It’s from Martha’s cache of cookie recipes and Im sure she even has more than she can count, nor could she sooner choose a favorite.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies – Martha Stewart

*Update: this is Feb 17th’s Cookie of the Day

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup milk-chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Beat butter and sugars with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with sour cream, and beat until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
2. Cover, and freeze for 10 minutes.
3. Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment, spacing about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake until centers are set and cookies are pale golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes.

I am so happy to finally have a cookie jar!! While girls my age (twenty) were asking for UGG’s and LuLu Lemon pants for Christmas I was wishing for a cookie jar! (true story, and no I dont already own UGG’s or even one pair of LuLu Lemons) I had wanted a cookie jar for so long and I dont know why but I could not find one anywhere, and I mean anywhere! I had looked high and low, at Homesense, WInners, JYSK, The Bay and everyother homestore. Then on a last trip to the mall before Christmas I spotting this glorious shining Jar Of My Dreams! I quickly explained where exactly it was located along with a picture of it and sure enough someone bought it and placed it under the tree =) And now I am so happy to christen it with it’s first of many cookie inhabitants!

Enjoy =)

Tags: chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Cookie Of The Day, Cookies, Martha Stewart

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11 Responses to “Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies: Cookie of the Day”

1. Donna Says:
   January 14th, 2009 at 5:41 am

   These look wonderful. I must try them with the sour cream. Photos are great. Thanks for sharing

2. Alicia Says:
   January 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am

   Thanks Donna! The sour cream does make these really good.

   * Just a note the URL to your site was entered wrong, but I found you @ http://www.mytastytreasures.blogspot.com/

   Thanks again! =)

3. VeggieGirl Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

   I agree – it’s pretty difficult to find a “bad” chocolate chip cookie out there. Such a classic cookie variety, and always a winner!!

   Just found your blog today – I love it!! Looking forward to reading more.

4. flutterbyblue Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

   These sound perfect! I’m going to try them out this afternoon! Thanks!!!

5. Alicia Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

   Thanks Veggie Girl! Im checking out yours right now! I actually think i stumbled upon it a few days ago from tastespotting as i remember the top logo.

   I hope you enjoy them Flutterbyblue! I also was looking at your blog when you posted the crabs! i was intrigued by the tastespotting post and love the pics with the dimes and toonie! Enjoy!!

6. flutterbyblue Says:
   January 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

   Made these yesterday and they turned out PERFECTLY. Was it the sour cream? I made a few into ice cream sandwiches (a bit difficult as they were quite puffy!) These were delicious as well. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe – it’s a keeper!

7. Sara Says:
   January 21st, 2009 at 10:03 pm

   These sound great, it’s hard to go wrong with chocolate chip cookies. I made some sugar cookies from Everyday Food that had sour cream in them, it added a lot to the flavor and texture.

8. zestycook Says:
   January 26th, 2009 at 7:06 am

   Hello, I just found your blog today and I love it! I will be visiting all the time now Great looking cookies… tough to beat Martha in the cookie department

9. Alicia Says:
   January 26th, 2009 at 10:20 am

   Thanks everyone!

   Flutterbyblue: Ice cream sandwiches with these cookies sound so good!! I’ll have to try those next time!

   Sara: I agree with the sour cream added to the cookies, and I also don’t think you can go wrong with any chocolate chip cookie! =)

   Zestycook: Thanks so much! Im glad to hear it! Martha is definiltely hard to live up to!

   Thanks everyone =) I made Peanut Butter Cookies yesterday, so i will be posting soon! Another Martha favorite!

10. Bakeaholic » Blog Archive » Dorie’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    [...] another chocolate chip cookie. I wonder how many there are out there?? I made the Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies by Martha before and said they were the softer more cakey cookie recipe I use. This one is the [...]

11. Bakeaholic » Blog Archive » Chunky-Peanut-Butter-Chocolate-Chip Cookies Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    [...] off – I love my cookie jar. that is [...]

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