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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "chocolate-chip-cookies",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies/",
  "title": "Chocolate Chip Cookies",
  "summary": "My chocolate chip cookies with walnuts: one dough that I vary with add-ins depending on what I have at home.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 15,
    "cook": 12,
    "total": 27
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 8.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "Softened butter",
          "text": "8½ oz Softened butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "White sugar",
          "note": "3/4 cup (150 g)",
          "text": "¾ cup White sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Brown sugar",
          "note": "Packed cup, 6 1/3 oz",
          "text": "¾ cup Brown sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "Vanilla extract",
          "text": "1 tsp Vanilla extract"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "Eggs",
          "text": "2 Eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "All-purpose flour",
          "note": "2 1/4 cups (11 1/4 oz)",
          "text": "2¼ cups All-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "Salt",
          "text": "½ tsp Salt"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "Baking soda",
          "text": "1 tsp Baking soda"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 10.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "Dark chocolate chips",
          "text": "10½ oz Dark chocolate chips"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Chopped walnuts",
          "note": "3 1/2 oz",
          "text": "1 cup Chopped walnuts"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 355°F.",
        "Beat the butter with both sugars and the vanilla extract until creamy.",
        "Add the eggs one at a time, beating until each is incorporated.",
        "Sift the flour with the salt and baking soda, and add to the mixture along with the chocolate chips and walnuts. Mix just until the dough is uniform.",
        "With wet hands or two spoons, form mounds of dough and place them spaced apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.",
        "Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the cookies are flat and set to the touch at the edges.",
        "Cool and store in an airtight container at room temperature."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "I vary the add-ins depending on what I have: nuts, chopped chocolate bar pieces, M&M's, or white chocolate chips."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-12"
}