Chocolate Chip Cookies.

I don't know about your family, but our family, which consists of Peter and I (for now), LOVE chocolate chip cookies!  So I am always trying new recipes and adapting old ones.

Well folks, I tried the whole wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe that I found on Orangette.  And I loved what it produced, but I did adapt bits and pieces.   I added sea salt to the tops of some of them.  And I am just now realizing that I didn't rotate the cookie sheets halfway through - oops!  And I made way more than 20 cookies - I suppose it just depends on what size your dough balls are.  And my oven is really funky - still trying to figure out the best temperature to cook things on.  So I adjusted the temp several times during the baking process, but that didn't change the chewy goodness of them, just their shapes and sizes!

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from Good to the Grain, by Kim Boyce

3 cups whole wheat flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
2 sticks (8 oz.) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes (see note above)
1 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped into ¼- and ½-inch pieces, or bittersweet chips

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven, and preheat to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment. (If you have no parchment, you can butter the sheets.)

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, and whisk to blend.

Put the butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With the mixer on low speed, mix just until the butter and sugars are blended, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture to the bowl, and blend on low speed until the flour is just incorporated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the chocolate, and mix on low speed until evenly combined. (If you have no stand mixer, you can do all of this with handheld electric beaters and/or a large, sturdy spoon.) Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, and then use your hands to turn and gently massage the dough, making sure all the flour is absorbed.

Scoop mounds of dough about 3 tablespoons in size onto the baking sheets, leaving about 3 inches between each cookie.

Bake the cookies for 16 to 20 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through, until the cookies are evenly browned. Transfer the cookies, still on parchment, to a rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough.

Yield: about 20 cookies