Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
By: Sally Bollen
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 2:54am

Ingredients




1 cup (stick) salted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

1 Cream together butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and honey in a mixing bowl. 2 Add flours, baking soda, and salt and mix thoroughly. Dough will be very crumbly. 3 Add chocolate chips. 4 Mold into slightly flattened spheres with hands and place on greased (or nonstick) cookie sheet. 5 Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes if you like a softer cookie, as I do.

About


The origin of this recipe is a bit of a mystery. My mom and I set out to try as many chocolate chip cookie recipes as we could find to make the perfect cookie. We tried a few in our search that simply weren't satisfactory...until we found this recipe in a drawer. It's written in my dad's handwriting, but he doesn't remember writing it, and when we tried these cookies we knew we would never go back. The original recipe called for corn syrup instead of honey, but other than that this is the exact recipe as my dad allegedly wrote it. These cookies have almost a toffee taste to them (from the honey, butter, and brown sugar) and are delightfully gooey. Because of the butter content they also keep very well. Warning: Not exactly a low calorie food, but you can comfort yourself with the idea of the presence of whole wheat flour...