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Secret Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies from Humphry Slocombe

Photo by Greencolander

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If you've only had Jake Godby's innovative ice cream at Humphry Slocombe, you're missing out. His cookies are buttery, soft, and packed with rich chocolate, perhaps my favorite in SF. Pour yourself a tall glass of milk, or indulge with a scoop of Secret Breakfast.

Makes 30 cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cup (14 ounces) packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups (13 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 ounces Guittard 72% cacao chopped chocolate or chocolate chips

1. Cream the butter and sugar until just barely combined. Add the eggs one at a time along with the vanilla.

2. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet a little at a time, being careful not to over work the dough. Stir in the chocolate, and chill the dough, preferably overnight.

3. Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees, until golden brown around the edges, 10-12 minutes. 

Humphry Slocombe's ice cream shop has some incredible flavours available. It's rare that I see an ice cream store with this originality, but I guess making your ice cream in house offers that opportunity.

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I had to get a taste of that Glenlivet Scotch ice cream. Though they only serve it with the Hot Toddy Sundae, they were happy to give me a little spoonful. It was amazing--they somehow extracted all of the flavors of a perfectly aged single malt, but it had the texture of a normal ice cream! My tongue was confused, but happy.

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Slocombe chocolate chip cookies

I just made these, and MMM are they great! I did only use 4 oz of chocolate and that seems to provide enough chunks to make me happy, but more would probably be just fine.

I'm concerned about the small amount of chocolate in this recipe. In the picture, the cookies look to have an ample amount of chocolate but this is about one third the amount of chocolate called for in my chocolate chip cookies.