My All Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie

My entire life I have tried and tried to make chocolate chip cookies, and the same thing always happens, they turn out flat, and they are never as good as I would like them to be. I have tried recipe after recipe to find the perfect recipe, and after years of searching....and making this recipe dozens of times, I can honestly say this is by far my favorite recipe and they always come out looking and tasting great. Another great awesome thing this recipe taught me; and I do this every time, I cook one sheet of cookies, then I keep the rest of my dough in my fridge in a sealed container with saran wrap pressed down right on top of the dough. That way you get  hot cookies when ever I want them. The dough stays great (almost tastes better each day) for up to 72 hours.

My All Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie

2 cups minus 2 Tbls of all purpose flour

1 2/3 cups bread flour

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 sticks butter

1 1/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup plus 2 Tbls granulated sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips (I use half milk-chocolate and semi sweet)

Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl, set aside.

Cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add chocolate chips and stir lightly in.

Scoop out cookie dough with cookie scoop and if desired, sprinkle each cookie lightly with sea salt. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until light brown, and still soft.

Adapted slightly from: Jacques Torres