Ingredients
-
1 pinch baking soda
-
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
-
1/4 cup white sugar
-
1/4 cup light corn syrup
-
1/2 cup light brown sugar, well packed
-
1/2 vanilla bean
-
2 cups all-purpose flour
-
1 pinch salt
-
1 cup grated chocolate (semi-sweet or other)
-
1 cup nuts, chopped
-
1 large egg
-
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks (either high quality milk or dark chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the softened butter with the sugars and corn syrup. Beat at medium-high speed for 3 to 4 minutes until the butter is light and fluffy and much of the granular sugar is dissolved into the butter. Add the egg and the scrapings from the inside of the ½ vanilla bean.
- In another mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Reduce your mixer speed to medium and combine the dry ingredients into the liquid. Only mix enough to fully combine the ingredients. Over mixing toughens the cookie up.
- Using a spatula fold the chocolate chunks and shavings into the dough.
- Scoop mounded tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Actual baking time depends on the size of the cookie; 2 inch cookies are about 8 minutes, very large 3-4 inch cookies are more like 10-11 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow them to cool for 1 minute on the sheets before removing to a wire rack.
- Serve with milk and a smile.