The secret ingredient is........

My awesome sister gifted me with the most amazing gift this past week. A KITCHENAID STANDING MIXER!! We named her Betty. She’s pretty nifty. Anywho, after getting Betty, I knew I had to speed up this search of the perfect chocolate chip cookie so that I could get my bake on! After hours of scouring blogs, recipe indexes, and of course, Pinterest, I found Kelsey over at KelseysAppleADay. She adds a secret key ingredient to making these cookies the chewiest, fluffiest, most amazing cookies. EVER.  

(World, meet Betty!)

(Even Batman wanted to get at them!)

Ingredients: 

3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened 

3/4 c. brown sugar 

1/4 c. granulated sugar 

1 egg 

2 tsp. vanilla extract 

2 c. all purpose flour 

2 tsp. cornstarch (*THE SECRET INGREDIENT!!!)

1 tsp. baking soda 

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 c. bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2.  In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and light in color. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.

3.  Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chunks.

4.  Using a standard-sized cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop dough onto a prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, until barely golden brown around the edges.  (The tops will not brown, but do NOT cook longer than ten minutes.)

5.  Let cool, on the sheet, on a wire rack for five minutes.  Remove from baking sheet and let cool completely.  Makes approximately 3 dozen, or 12 massively huge cookies. 

Eat one (three or four) warm with a glass of iced cold milk!

-N.