CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, ANYONE?

I like my chocolate chips cookies crispy, but then again, I never met a chocolate chip cookie that I didn’t like. Smile. It’s no rocket science to make them. Regardless of how many recipes are out there, they all have similar ingredients; flour, sugar, chocolate chips, butter, vanilla, eggs, yeah, no surprises. My recipe is no different, my cookies come out today just as I intended them to be, huge and crunchy. Next time who knows, I might make baby cookies and add 1/2 cup of pecans. Smile.
 
Approximate Prep and Cooking Time: 25-30 Minutes
Approximate Cost: $7.40 or .29 cents per cookie
Difficulty Level:    X     Easy ____ Intermediate ____ Advanced
Servings: 25 to 30 Cookies
 
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (.95)
½ tsp. baking powder (.15)
½ tsp. baking soda (.15)
½ tsp. regular salt (I use Kosher) (.10)
1 stick of unsalted butter (make sure is at room temp. before using it) ($1.31)
½ cup brown sugar (.30)
½ cup granulated white sugar (.30)
2 tsps. Good vanilla ($1.98)
1 large egg (.16)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips ($1.35)
½ cup of Reese’s Peanut Butter morsels (optional) (.65)
  
Directions
 

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheet molds with parchment paper. In a med size bowl, whisk well all your dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl and using an electric mixer, cream the butter, white and brown sugars. Then add the vanilla and egg. Beat until the egg is totally incorporated in the mix.
3. Add the flour in stages, so it will be easy to incorporate into the wet mix. Do not overbeat.
4. Add your chips now and fold them into the mix with a spatula.
5. With an ice cream scooper, scoop the mix into rounded cookies, one at a time, on your parchment paper molds and carefully press lightly down in the middle. Give them space, since they will expand as they cook.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes, (depending on your oven calibration) you will see that the cookies grew in size and the edges are light brown.
7. Remove them from oven and let them rest.

 
HACK: I used only butter for my recipe, however, if you want more crunchiness, use ½ butter and ½ Crisco shortening. (I prefer not to use this method.)