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      Title: Chocolate Chip Cookies (Chefs Cuisiniers Club)
 Categories: Cookies, Chocolate
      Yield: 60 servings
 
  3 1/2 c  Flour
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
  1 1/2 ts Salt
      2    Vanilla beans; split
           - length-wise
      3    Unsalted butter; softened
      1 c  Brown sugar; +2 ts, firmly packed
      1 c  Granulated sugar; +2 ts
      3 lg Eggs
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
      1 lb Semisweet chocolate chips (3 c)
  1 1/2 c  Walnuts; chopped
 
  In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Scrape
  vanilla bean seeds from pods into standing electric mixer,
  reserving pods for another use if desired, and add butter and
  sugars, beating until light and fluffy. One at a time, beat in
  eggs, beating well after each addition, and beat in vanilla
  extract. Add flour mixture and beat until dough just comes
  together. Stir in chocolate chips or chunks and walnuts (do not
  overmix).
  
  Form dough into 1-1/2" balls and arrange about 2" apart on
  parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten balls slightly with a metal
  spatula and bake cookies in batches in middle of the oven until
  golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies with spatula to racks to
  cool.

  Recipe by Gourmet Magazine, June 1995
  
  Source: The Chefs Cuisiniers Club of NYC (now closed)

  Typed in MM format by Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS, 315-786-1120
 
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