1/2 lb unsalted butter -- room
1 temperature
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup dark brown sugar -- packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cup all-purpose flour -- sifted
1 cup chocolate -- chopped
Directions
Beat butter, salt and vanilla in electric mixer with paddle until
fluffy. Add sugars; beat until lightened in color, 4 minutes. Beat in
egg. Add baking soda and flour; beat on lowspeed until just
incorporated. Mix in chocolate. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour. Heat
oven to 400 F. Roll 1/4 cup dough into ball. Place on a
parchment-lined baking sheet. Repreat, placing 4 on each of 2 baking
sheets. Bake 7 minutes, rotate pans between oven shelves, and bake
until just browned around edges, 6 to 8 minutes more. Meanwhile,
prepare a third baking sheet. Cool sheets on wire racks for 2
minutes, then transfer cookies to racks to cool completely. Bake
third sheet 12 to 14 minutes; repreat cooling process.
Recipe By : Martha Stewart Living, June 1996
From: "Dax C. Davis"
~0500
Servings: 11 servings
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