New and Improved Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe type: cookies
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Serves: many or few
 
This recipe makes a lot of cookies but you can freeze some of the dough and use it later.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • **1/4 teaspoon nutmeg** (I hate nutmeg but I took Stella's advice and it totally worked!)
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 to 1 cup chopped hazelnuts
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. **Do not overbeat. Only beat until combined or you will incorporate too much air, causing cookies to puff up and then flatten out**.
  3. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and **nutmeg** and add to the butter mixture. Stir until just blended.
  5. Stir in the white and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  6. Stir in the hazelnuts.
  7. **Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours or overnight** (I had trouble with this one so I baked some right away and chilled the rest).
  8. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. **Sprinkle with sea salt**.
  9. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
  10. **Upon removing cookies from oven, quickly sprinkle a few extra chips on top of each cookie**.
  11. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Recipe by Tastefully Julie at http://tastefullyjulie.com/new-and-improved-chocolate-chip-cookies/