Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

Step 2

Place butter into bowl and turn mixer on low.

Step 3

Add sugars and beat butter until smooth on medium speed, about 1 minute.

Step 4

Add the eggs and beat on medium just until incorporated with butter and sugars, about 30 seconds.

Step 5

Turn the mixer off. Add the homemade cake flour*, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pulse the dry ingredients on low until the wet and dry ingredients are mixed together.

Step 6

Pour the walnuts and chocolate chips into the batter, and stir with a rubber spatula until spread evenly into the batter.

Step 7

Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces, about 6 oz/170g each (or half of it if you want regular size cookies). Use your hands to shape cookies, not a cookie or ice cream scoop. The cookies are meant to be roughly shaped. Do not flatten the dough.

Step 8

Bake 4 cookies per pan, for 11 minutes. The cookies are done when the top and bottom parts are slightly golden. Do not over bake. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving.