Christmas Recipe- Mouthwatering Chocolate Chunk Cookies

The main reason why I love cookies is because it is what made me fell in love with baking. Cookies were the first thing I ever baked, probably because they looked pretty simple to bake. However after baking them a couple of times I figured out things weren’t really as simple as they appear to be. All cookies are baked using 4 basic ingredients – flour, butter, sugar and eggs, everything else is added for flavor and texture. But baking them is not easy as it sounds, especially when you are looking for certain textures.

Ingredients

2¼ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3/4 cup butter [1.5 sticks] unsalted, at room temperature
3/4 cup light brown sugar
½ cup granulated white sugar
1.5 tablespoons canola oil
1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract [i used pure]
1 large egg at room temperature
1 egg yolk at room temperature
1.25 cups chocolate chunks

Method

* Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.

* Line a baking sheet with silicone mat or parchment paper. Set aside.

* In a bowl sift together all purpose flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt. Set aside.

* Beat together butter, oil and both the sugars until creamy.

* Add in the vanilla, egg, egg yolk and beat till well combined.

* Gradually beat in the flour mixture. [Add it in 3 parts and not dump it all in one go].

* Stir in the chocolate chunks.

* Chill the mixture for 1-2 hours. [I did not because I had no time]

* Drop heaping tall tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. You can push few chocolate chunk on top of cookie dough for presentation purpose but that's optional.

* Bake at 350 F degrees for 9-11 minutes, I baked mine for 11 minutes.

* Take out of the oven and let the cookies cool down in the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring them on to a wire rack to cool completely.