Big fat 6 oz chocolate chip cookies baked in a Breville toaster oven with convection. Feel free to substitute all-purpose flour for the mixture of bread and AP. Bread flour makes the crust a little thicker.
1 ⅓cupsbread flour or use a mixture of bread flour and all-purpose or bread flour and cake (see note for ratios)(190 grams)
½teaspoonbaking powder
⅛teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
8tablespoonsunsalted butter, cold and cut into chunks(114 grams)
½teaspoonvanilla extract
⅓cuppacked brown sugar(65 grams)
⅓cupgranulated, scant(60 grams)
1largecold egglightly beaten with a fork
½cupassorted chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat a convection toaster oven to 400 or a regular oven to 410 degrees F.
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix together the flour (or flours), baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, using a hand held electric mixer or the paddle of a stand mixer, beat the cold butter until creamy. Beat in vanilla and both sugars and continue to beat for 3 to 4 minutes, scraping the side of the bowl every minute or so.
Add the egg and beat until blended, scraping side of bowl.
Using lowest speed of mixer (or by hand), stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until it is almost fully blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and mix until fully blended.
Divide dough into 6 large balls. To give them a roughed up look, break each in half and pat halves together with broken sides showing.
You can chill the dough or bake right away.
Convection Baking: Bake cookies one or two at a time on a parchment lined tray at 400 degrees F. for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, lower heat to 330 and bake for another 5 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool for at least an hour before serving. They need time to set.
You can also bake these in a regular oven. I've had success with 410 degrees for 15 minutes in a Blue Star. Again, you have to give the cookies time to cool. And if dough is chilled, bring it to room temperature or put it in cold and expect it to take a little longer.
Notes
For bread flour and cake flour combo, use 150 grams (about a cup and a tablespoon) of bread flour and 40 grams (⅓ cup) cake flour