Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Canola oil
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup low-fat cream cheese
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips, about 6 ounces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a baking sheet with canola oil.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, and brown sugar on low speed with an electric mixer. Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix on low until just combined.

In a medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Add to butter mixture and mix by hand until combined. Portion heaping teaspoonfuls (or use a 3/4 ounce scoop) onto baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 7 minutes. Lightly flatten cookies with finger. Rotate baking sheet and bake an additional 3 minutes.

Yields 38 (or perhaps 2 dozen).

VERDICT:  These may not have turned out exactly as written--we made them with Eleanor, and she has little patience for exact measuring and also ate a little bit of the cream cheese--but I think they turned out well, and I don't really like homemade chocolate chip cookies.  Keep.

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