Chocolate Chip Cookies or Bars!

I have never been a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies, at least not homemade. Postpartum one of my favorite snacks has been store bought chocolate chip cookies. I wanted to make them myself. After some research I found two almost identical recipes that were highly rated, one being from Smitten Kitchen. I decided to give them a whirl. These are the best CC cookies I've ever eaten. On the first day they were too soft, but by day two they were perfect, however by day four they had become too sweet and sugar-cruchy. I would say it's best to freeze them and bake as desired.  If you don't have brown sugar in the house check out the helpful hint below.

6 Tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon pure Vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup all purpose white flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
6 oz. (1/2 a bag) of chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 325. Melt the butter in the microwave, stir in the sugar, beat in the egg and yolk, and vanilla. Add 1 cup of flour, salt, baking soda, and loosely stir the salt and soda into the flour before mixing. Add the chips, mix till incorporated. Drop by the level Tablespoon full onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake 2 sheets at a time for 10 minutes alternating half way through. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Makes 2 dozen.

Also delicious with walnuts.

For Bars:
Double the recipe and spread the dough out in a greased 9 x 13 glass baking dish and bake at 325 for 20-30 minutes.

Make your own Brown Sugar:  For every cup of sugar (using white granulated) add one Tablespoon of Molasses, 2 Tablespoons for dark brown sugar.  If you didn't already know, Molasses is the liquid extracted from processing white sugar, brown sugar leaves it in.  Molasses is full of nutrients, and can help with constipation.