Barely Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

4 sticks butter

2 tablespoons vanilla

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 1⁄2 cups brown sugar

1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt

1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda

5 cups flour

1 bag of good chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli)

Step 1: Soften the butter until partially melted. Stir in brown sugar, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.

Step 2: Combine salt, baking soda, and flour in a bowl.

Step 3: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix by hand. Do not over mix! Stir in chocolate chips.

Step 4: Using an ice cream scoop, spoon generous balls of cookie dough onto a greased and lined baking sheet. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes (or overnight).

Step 5: When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375°F on the convection setting.

Step 6: Put the cold cookie dough tray into the oven and bake until the edges are brown but centers are still gooey (about 10 minutes). They will look “barely-baked.” 

RUTH’S PRO-TIP:

I often double or triple this recipe and freeze the raw dough in pre-scooped balls so we can have warm cookies whenever the mood strikes.

4 sticks butter

2 tablespoons vanilla

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 1⁄2 cups brown sugar

1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt

1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda

5 cups flour

1 bag of good chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli)

Step 1: Soften the butter until partially melted. Stir in brown sugar, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.

Step 2: Combine salt, baking soda, and flour in a bowl.

Step 3: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix by hand. Do not over mix! Stir in chocolate chips.

Step 4: Using an ice cream scoop, spoon generous balls of cookie dough onto a greased and lined baking sheet. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes (or overnight).

Step 5: When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375°F on the convection setting.

Step 6: Put the cold cookie dough tray into the oven and bake until the edges are brown but centers are still gooey (about 10 minutes). They will look “barely-baked.” 

RUTH’S PRO-TIP:

I often double or triple this recipe and freeze the raw dough in pre-scooped balls so we can have warm cookies whenever the mood strikes.