Margarine Box aka Baking Sticks Chocolate Chip Cookies
A thick, dense chocolate chip cookie recipe that works well with butter or margarine. If using margarine, use the stick type that has at least 100 calories per tablespoon (80% vegetable oil).
Servings 28
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 2 sticks margarine or baking sticks or 1 cup spread (230 grams)
- ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar (150 grams)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 grams)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Have ready a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Combine flour with baking soda in small bowl; set aside. Alternatively, just skip this step and make everything in one bowl. Directions for that in the notes.
- Beat the margarine (or salted butter) with sugars in large bowl with electric mixer until blended, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla, egg and salt. Beat in flour mixture on low speed just until blended. Stir in chips.
- Drop mixture by heaping tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 9 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
Notes
For the one bowl method, combine the margarine, sugars, egg, vanilla and baking soda in large bowl and stir with a wooden spoon or low speed of mixer. Do not whip the mixture -- you want to just mix it (you should get thicker cookies this way). Stir in flour until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. (Dough will be soft.) Bake as directed