Alton Brown is one of my favorite food superheroes. So when I needed a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, I turned to The Chewy. I have been making this recipe for a while now with a few subtle changes, and it has become the most requested cookies in my household HKUE ENG.

Chocolate chip cookies 5I used to have 3 different size ice cream scoops, a really tiny one that I don’t use very often, a medium size one (1 or 1.5 oz) and a really large one (about 2 oz). So I used to use the medium size scoop for these chocolate chip cookies which produced a good size cookie that won’t make you feel so guilty to eat. But alas, one day during a cookie dough scooping activity, the scoop died on me… I had no choice but to use the giant scoop I have in the pantry. That batch of cookies came out enormous! And I haven’t gone back to the store for a scoop replacement since… (or rather Ryan won’t let me).

Chocolate chip cookies 3Sometimes, I forget to keep track of how long I’ve had the baking soda. So when I used old baking soda in this recipe, it created even more enormous cookies worthy of the cookie monster for sure. It doesn’t affect how tasty these cookies come out though, so no worries there if you’re forgetful like me. Though I’m trying to be better by replacing my baking soda every first of the month HKUE ENG.

Chocolate chip cookies 2Seriously though, you won’t be able to say no to these beauties and a glass of milk. Make them, you won’t regret it, well you might if you ended up hoarding the whole batch of cookies for yourself. But they will make you a favorite dinner party guest, trust me, I’m speaking from experience HKUE ENG. ;)