Did you guys ever see that movie Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson? When Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character said, “I figured if I was gonna make the world a better place, I’d do it with cookies,” that kind of became my secret mantra in life. As I was making these cookies, I just knew they were going to be amazing. I could feel it in my guts. And they were–they were very slightly crispy around the edges with a hearty, soft center. They were amazing warm, straight out of the oven and they were amazing not warm the next day (they didn’t last long enough to see how they were 2 days later). You’re going to need flour, white sugar, dark brown sugar, an egg yolk, a whole egg, vanilla, quick cooking oatmeal, butter, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, milk chocolate chips, and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
To start out, preheat your oven to 325 and, if you’d like, line your baking sheets with parchment or silicone baking liners. Set the pans aside. Beat 1 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup white sugar, and 1 cup of brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add 1 large egg yolk,
1 whole egg,
and 1 tablespoon of vanilla…
and beat until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, quick-cooking oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter/sugar mixture
and mix until just combined. Add your chocolate chip and mix until combined.
Now…about the chocolate chips. In this recipe, I always use a bag of the giant Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips and 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips. This isn’t the time for namby pamby little chocolate pieces–I wanted them to be big and rich and creamy and sweet. You could totally make regular-sized cookies with a tablespoon cookie scoop, but we’re living large here. Take an ice cream scoop. Scoop out some dough
and drop it onto the prepared baking sheet. For giant ice cream scoop cookies, you’ll get about 6 per baking sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are light brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes,
then cool completely (or don’t…) on a wire rack. This recipe makes 18 large cookies (or more smaller cookies).
