I am a big cookie fan and I had to give this one a try since the secret to its deliciousness is its use of bread flour and whole wheat pastry as its flours of choice. One word describes them: AMAZING! I love the heartiness that the pastry flour imparts, and your children won’t even notice a difference. I’ve made these with white whole wheat flour, too, and comes out without much difference. You must give these a try and use the best chocolate you can get your hands on; I personally love Guittard chocolate. Enjoy my friends!
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Adapted from Jacques Torres and seen on MarthaStewart.com
Ingredients
- 1 pound unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups plus 2 tablespoons pastry flour
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 pounds Chocolate or other best-quality semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add both flours, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, and chocolate; mix until well combined.
- Using a 4-ounce scoop for larger cookies or a 1-ounce scoop for smaller cookies, scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake until lightly browned, but still soft, about 20 minutes for larger cookies and about 15 minutes for smaller cookies. Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Question for you on freezing cookies…. do you do anything special to freeze them or to preserve them once you've defrosted them? I tried making a batch of breakfast burritos and my son (the one that LOVES them… HATED them because he said the tortilla was chewy.) I need timesavers, however!
Hi April…
the cookies once thawed from the freezer taste amazing! So no problem with those. For your breakfast burritos, did you pop them in the oven? Doing this once out of the freezer for about 10 minutes on 350 may help that chewy problem.
Does this help?