The best chocolate chip cookies

Who loves coming home to that warm cookie smell? Especially when it's 55degrees in July!

Perfect chocolate chip cookies

INGREDIENTS

-8 tbsp softened butter (the highest quality you can manage)
-1 egg
-1 tsp sea salt
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
-1/2 cup whole wheat flour
-3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
-1/4 cup evaporated cane juice
-2 tsp pure vanilla extract
-1 cup high quality semi sweet chocolate chips (I use ‪Gharardelli‬)
-1/4 cup chopped dark chocolate bar (use ‪Cadbury‬ if your store carries it!)

FIRST, soften your butter by leaving it at room temp for at least one hour OR microwave for 10-20 second intervals but don't melt! The room temp works the best.
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Combine egg, sugars, vanilla, butter, salt& baking soda in a large bowl. Cream together with a hand mixer. Cream until mixture becomes somewhat fluffy and very well combined.
3. Add flours to this mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until smooth. If the mixture is still very sticky and could not form a ball, add additional flour by the tablespoon until mixture forms a ball while stirring with the spatula.
4. Gently stir in chopped chocolate and chocolate chips.
5. This is important! Form 2 inch balls from the dough with your hands! Not with a spoon or any other utensil! Roll the dough in your hands- it makes the cookies even better!
6. Place each ball about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
7. Put sheet in the preheated oven and bake for ~12 minutes.
8. Let cool on cooling rack& eat them all. I mean try not to eat them all. Using willpower. If you have any when it comes to cookies.

MAKES 1 1/2 DOZEN