Semi-Retro Chocolate Chip Cookies
Photo Credit : Michael PiazzaRemember the 1990s obsession with white chocolate? You’ll find both white and bittersweet chocolate in these classic cookies, and the combination is lovely. This recipe was created by former Yankee food editor Leslie Land. Of this recipe, she wrote in her signature wry style, “These are old-fashioned in containing chopped chocolate instead of chips, modern in their inclusion of white chocolate. The texture is moist and slightly chewy—if you want crisp, might as well go for the recipe on the bag.”
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Yield:
about 6 dozen cookiesIngredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 stick (8 tablespoons) plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
10-1/2–14 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
3-1/2–4 ounces high-quality white chocolate, chopped
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350° and set the racks to the middle positions, with space in between. Line 2 baking (cookie) sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the flour with the baking soda and salt and set aside.
With a standing or hand-held mixer, cream the butter, shortening, sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and yolk, one at a time, beating well after each. Add the syrup and vanilla and beat well. Stir in the flour mixture, then the chopped chocolate and nuts.
Drop by rounded tablespoons; then bake until lightly browned and dry on top, about 10 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Let cool on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes; then transfer to wire racks.
Amy Traverso
Amy Traverso is the senior food editor at Yankee magazine and co-host of the public television series Weekends with Yankee, a coproduction with WGBH. Previously, she was food editor at Boston magazine and an associate food editor at Sunset magazine. Her work has also been published in The Boston Globe, Saveur, and Travel & Leisure, and she has appeared on Hallmark Home & Family, The Martha Stewart Show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Amy is the author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook, which was a finalist for the Julia Child Award for best first-time author and won an IACP Cookbook Award in the “American” category.
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