Chewy Chocolate Cookies Three Ways Recipes

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min.; stir until melted. Add sugar, egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Refrigerate 15 min.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; divide into thirds. Flavor each third with one of the variations as listed in tips. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 min. or just until centers are set to the touch. Cool 1 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies will be soft. Cool slightly on cookie sheet; remove from sheet onto wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in chips., Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes (do not overbake). Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• For Thin Crispy cookies:.
• For flour, use bleached all purpose flour.
• increase baking soda to 3/4 teaspoons.
• for fat, use butter.
• for sugar, use 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup light brown sugar, and 3 Tbs corn syrup.
• Instead of egg, use 2 Tbs milk.
• For puffed cookies:.
• for flour, use cake flour.
• intead of baking soda, use 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.
• For fat, use 9 Tbs butter flavored shortening.
• For sugar, use 1 cup minus 1 Tbs light brown sugar.
• For In-between (Chewy) cookies:.
• For flour, use cake flour.
• instead of baking soda, use 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.
• For fat, use 5 tbs butter and 5 Tbs butter flavored shortening.
• For sugar, use 3/4 cup light brown sugar and 2 Tbs corn syrup.
• Directions for all:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roast pecans in oven for 10-12 minutes. While still hot, stir in 2 Tbs butter.
• Turn oven up to 375 degrees F.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder (soda).
• Using an electric mixer, cream together fat and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy' Add the corn syrup if using. Add egg or milk and beat throughly. Beat in vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, then pecans and chocolate chips. Mix well.
• Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Drop slightly heaped tablespoons of dough about 2" apart.
• Bake 12 minutes or just until edges begin to brown.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet placed on a rack for 3 minutes. Remove cookies to rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside In a large bowl, whisk butter and sugars together until smooth. Whisk in the egg and yolk, then blend in the vanilla extract. Add dry ingredients to the wet. Stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until cookie dough comes together. Stir in the desired add-ins. Dough will be very soft. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours, or up to 4 days. Preheat oven to 325F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside. Roll dough into balls, using 2 Tbsp of dough. Place balls 3 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake for 12-13 minutes or when lightly brown on the side and centers still appear soft. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes, transfer to wire racks.