Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes 8 cookies
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (3¾ ounces/106 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 7 tablespoons, unsalted butter, divided; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), dark brown sugar; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, water; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 large, egg yolk; ⅔ cup (4 ounces/113 grams), semisweet chocolate chips; 1/3 cup, chopped nuts (optional)

Desserts or Baked Goods
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By Andrea Geary ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2022

We scaled down our Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from 16 to eight cookies.

SERVES Makes 8 cookies

TIME 50 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

Small-Batch Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

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