SALTED BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHUNK SHORTBREAD COOKIES ALISON ROMAN RECIPES

You may have memorized the foolproof gem on the back of the Toll House bag, given to the world by Ruth Graves Wakefield in the 1930s. But this may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. It’s a little more complicated, and you’ll have to plan ahead: After assembling the dough, you must chill it for at least 24 hours before baking it, and preferably up to 36. This allows the dry ingredients time to soak up the wet ones, which results in a firmer dough. It leads to a marvelously chewy, chocolate-rich cookie. Don’t skimp on good chocolate, and the sea salt is not an option — it’s the beacon at the top of this gorgeous treat. (You can certainly put this recipe together by hand, but a stand mixer makes it easy work. If you’re in the market for one, our colleagues at The Sweethome have tested quite a few, and they've put together an excellent guide to the best.)

Provided by David Leite

Total Time 45 minutes

Yield 1 1/2 dozen 5-inch cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 399, UnsaturatedFatContent 6 grams, CarbohydrateContent 67 grams, FatContent 18 grams, FiberContent 12 grams, ProteinContent 10 grams, SaturatedFatContent 11 grams, SodiumContent 254 milligrams, SugarContent 29 grams, TransFatContent 1 gram

In the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, ran the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant in eastern Massachusetts, with her husband. Using an ice pick, Wakefield broke a semisweet chocolate bar into little bits, mixed them into brown-sugar dough, and the chocolate chip cookie was born. In 1939, she sold Nestlé the rights to reproduce her recipe on its packages (reportedly for only $1) and was hired to write recipes for the company, which supposedly supplied her with free chocolate for life. This recipe is very close to Mrs. Wakefield's original (hers called for a teaspoon of hot water and 1/2-teaspoon-sized cookies), and the one you'll still find on the back of every yellow bag of Nestlé chocolate chips.

Provided by The New York Times

Total Time 30 minutes

Yield 5 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 94, UnsaturatedFatContent 2 grams, CarbohydrateContent 12 grams, FatContent 5 grams, FiberContent 0 grams, ProteinContent 1 gram, SaturatedFatContent 3 grams, SodiumContent 49 milligrams, SugarContent 8 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams