National Chocolate Chip Day

THE BACKSTORY

Not to be confused with National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day which is August 4th. 

THE BAKE

There are many, many, many, did I say many, chocolate chip recipes to help celebrate this wonderful day. I fell back on a favorite, chocolate chip cookies.  I am using the America's Test Kitchen Baking for Two recipe so I only have a dozen. I am also using Lindley Mills Super Sprout Wheat. This is a departure from my normal King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour.

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons (72 g) unsalted Kerrygold butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup (142 g) Lindley Mills Super Sprout Wheat
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon Diamond Kosher salt
• 1/2 cup (99 g) light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (49 g) granulated sugar
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup chocolate chips - I used Trader Joe's 72% dark chocolate chips

Directions 

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
2. Melt and cool the butter
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together the brown and granulated sugars
5. Whisk the melted butter into the sugars
6. Beat in the vanilla extract and the egg; scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl
7. Add the flour mixture folding to combine
8. Fold in the the chips
9. Using a 2 Tbsp cookie scoop place dough, place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2" between them. Using a flat-bottomed glass, flatten the cookies to about 1/4" thick
10. Bake the sugar cookies for 13 to 16 minutes — the center will be a little light and soft. The edges of the cookies will just barely begin to brown
11. Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on the pan for 5 minutes, before transferring to a rack to finish cooling completely

THE RESULT

Yummy!  Need I say more?!

WILL I MAKE IT AGAIN

Absolutely in many variations.

Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Keto-Friendly versions too!

For the vegan version, using Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer and Earth Balance Vegan Butter.

For the Gluten-Free version, using King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure

Working on the keto version, stay tuned for updates