Homestyle Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 eggs
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks or 12 ounces chips
• 8 -10 ounces chopped macadamia nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 grease cookie sheets.
• 3 separate eggs. bring butter to room temperature.
• 4 combine all ingredients except chocolate and egg whites.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 stir in chocolate (and nuts if you like).
• 7 roll in 1 1/2" balls and place on cookie sheet.
• 8 flatten balls to 3/8" (yes, they are pretty thick. they don't spread much.).
• 9 brush with beaten egg . don't skip this step as it creates the distinctive crackly top.
• 10 bake 10-12 minutes or until just starting to brown on the edges. i find baking a single sheet in the top third of the oven gives the best results. they tend to burn on the bottom if baked lower in the oven.
• 11 cool on the sheets 1-2 minutes until firm enough to move to racks for cooling.
• 12 alternate preparation method: roll the dough into a 2 1/2 " diameter log. wrap in plastic wrap and chill for an hour or freeze for up to several weeks. before baking, thaw if frozen. cut into slices 3/8" thick. brush with egg and bake as above.