Chocolate Chip Cookies

Not sure why I haven't posted a chocolate chip cookie recipe before, it's certainly not a lack of making them, many chocolate chip cookies have been created and ate. Perhaps because of its classic cookie status I felt the need not to. With many chocolate chip cookie recipes out there, trial and error, seem relevant and plausible, plus I am sure quite a few have their favourite go to recipe, like I most often do. However, with most recipes I bake, I research recipes, I read multiple recipes, and I tweak recipes, until I am content and go forward with a recipe; at times being dependant on what I have on hand, ingredient wise, to create that recipe. This is one of those times where multiple factors came in to play and resulted in one delicious cookie! - JD     

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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3/4 cup (1 and 1/4 sticks) soft unsalted butter, melted

3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 cup oat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 x 300g package dark chocolate chip morsels 

112g (half of a 225g package) of white chocolate chip morsels

Preheat the oven to 325ºF (170ºF). Line a baking tray with baking parchment.

In a small bowl, gently melt the butter. Allow the melted butter to slightly cool for a few minutes.

In another bowl, combine the flour, oat flour, baking soda and salt. Stir to combine then add the dark and white chocolate chip morsels to the flour mixture, stir again. 

In a large bowl combine the dark brown and caster sugars and add the slightly cooled, melted butter and beat together. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Add the flour mixture, in three additions, to the butter sugar mixture until just blended.

Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet, making sure that the cookies are about 3 inches apart. (While one batch is baking, pop the bowl with the remaining cookie dough in the refrigerator until ready to bake the second batch. I, did not do this and found that the second batch of cookies spread just a little bit more than the first batch.)    

Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 to 17 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Cool on the baking tray for 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.