Show your Valentine your love with the thickest, gooiest, chocolate chip cookies
SalonIn "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious. There's no food that says "I love you" quite like chocolate chip cookies. You will have certain thoughts when you're making these, like, "That doesn't seem like enough flour" and "Hm, that's a lot of salt" and "Wow, these portions look really big." * * * Inspired by Hijabs & Aprons and Stella Parks Levain-style heavyweight chocolate chip cookies Yields 8 servings Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 - 14 minutes Ingredients 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 cup of light brown sugar, lightly packed 1/4 cup of granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of fine sea salt 1 cup of chopped walnuts 2 1/2 cups of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips, or a mix of your favorite chocolate chips Optional: 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract Directions Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.