## info
* Prep time: 25 mins, Cook time: 10-12 mins
* about 3 dozen 2 1/2" cookies
## ingredients
* 12 tablespoons (168g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1 1/4 cups (266g) light brown sugar, packed
* 1/4 cup (78g) light corn syrup
* 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
* 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 3/4 teaspoon table salt
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 large egg
* 2 1/4 cups (270g) All-Purpose Flour
* 2 cups (340g) semisweet chocolate wafers, bittersweet chocolate wafers OR semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 cup (112g) chopped nuts, optional
Garnish (optional)
* flaky sea salt, for sprinkling on top
## steps
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
2. In a medium bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer), beat the butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup until fluffy.
3. Beat in the vanilla, baking powder, salt, and baking soda, then the egg.
4. Stir in the flour, then the chocolate chips and nuts.
5. Drop the cookie dough by rounded tablespoonfuls (a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here) onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 2" apart.
6. For a salty-sweet flavor, sprinkle a touch of sea salt atop the cookies before putting them in the oven, if desired.
7. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. The cookies will look slightly underdone in the center but will set up as they cool.
8. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Or cool right on the pan, if that’s more convenient, though they will become more crispy with this approach.
9. Repeat with any remaining cookie dough.
10. Store the Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, well wrapped, at room temperature for up to five days; freeze for longer storage.
## notes
* For flatter, chewier chocolate chip cookies, use chocolate wafers instead of chocolate chips. Flatten the scooped dough with the flat bottom of a drinking glass before baking. (Lightly grease the bottom of the glass as needed to prevent the dough from sticking.) Cookies that are baked without flattening the dough will have crispier edges, a chewy center, and be slightly taller.
## based on
* https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe