Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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These are the best Chocolate Chunk Cookies ever! Crisp edges and chewy centers filled with big chunks of dark chocolate. A perfect sweet treat everyone needs to try!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Servings: cookies

Author: Heather

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1¼ cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
12 oz dark chocolate chunks , or dark chocolate bars chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line at least 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Cream together the softened butter, brown sugar and white sugar in stand might with paddle attachment or large mixing bowl with hand mixer until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg. Then beat in the vanilla extract.
Add dry ingredients: all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt and mix just until fully incorporated.
Stir in the dark chocolate chunks.
Use a medium size cookie scoop or a 2 tablespoons and place cookie dough scoops 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets.
Bake cookies 10-12 minutes until the edges are just golden brown and centers are set.
Let cookies cool on pan for 2 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Freeze baked cookies: place in a freezer safe air tight container or zip top bag.

Freeze cookie dough: Place cookie dough on a baking sheet and freeze. Once frozen, place dough in a freezer safe air tight container or zip top bag.

To bake frozen cookie dough: follow baking instructions increasing the bake time by 2-3 minutes.

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