Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've been giving Herbert (my young sourdough starter) a bit of a workout. It's hard for me to throw away part of him when I feed him. So with his two-a-day feedings falling on the weekend, I've been baking. These are Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup sourdough starter (party remove when feeding)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cups self rising flour
• 2 cups all  purpose flour
  (or use 3 cups all purpose plus 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder and 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (can add in chopped nuts as well)

   

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk salt and flour together.
   (Whisk in baking soda and baking powder if you are using them)
3. Cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar with a stand mixer.
4. Gently mix in the starter until combined
   (Mixing in starter by hand is recommended, I’m not sure why)
5. Mix in the egg and the vanilla.
6. Slowly add the flour mixture
7. Fold in the chocolate chips
   (and nuts if using)
8. No need to chill these! Using a large cookie scoop (2 tablespoons or so), spray lightly with cookie spray.
   (I sprayed the scoop every 15 or so cookies, or every cookie sheet.)
9. place level scoop of dough on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper or Silpat sheet.
   (They will spread some, so place 1.5 inches or so apart.)
10. Bake 12-14 minutes, or until starting to turn golden brown around the edges.
11. Let cool a couple of minutes on the pan, then remove cookies to cool on cooling rack.
12. Store those you don't eat in air tight container.

   

Carole's Notes:

 
Doug was initially troubled - why make sourdough cookies? We found that they taste great, and have a nice soft texture. (Doug likes soft cookies, and he approves!) They are still soft on day 2, when stored in an air tight container.

Recipe is lightly adapted from http://www.food.com/recipe/sourdough-chocolate-chip-cookies-487587 - it makes about 36 cookies.