Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 16 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped into 1/4- and 1/2-inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 1.preheat the oven to 350 degrees. line two cookie sheets with parchment paper (you can use one to bake the cookies and the other to freeze the cookies).
• 2 2.sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl, adding any large bits of grain or other ingredients that remain in the sifter.
• 3 3.combine the butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on low speed for abou 2 minutes, until just blended. add the eggs, one at a time, mixing to incorporate after each addition, then add the vanilla extract.
• 4 4.add the flour mixture and beat until barely combined. stop to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. add the chocolate and beat on low speed just until evenly distributed.
• 5 5.now scoop your cookies. i like to use an ice cream scoop with a release button, but you can also just use a spoon and your hands to scoop up dough, roll it into a ball and flatten it on the sheet. when you finish, pop the cookies you want to bake into the oven for 15 minutes or so, until the cookies are golden brown on the outsides and fragrant. let them cool for a bit on a cooling rack, then eat them!
• 6 6.if you freeze the others, leave them on the sheet in the freezer until frozen and then pluck them into a freezer bag. they’ll keep that way for a month or two. if they last that long.