My “Perfect” Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Don't preheat the oven yet, this dough needs to chill.Place the flours, bicarb and chips into a medium bowl and stir together until combined, leave to one side.Place the butter and sugars into a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes on med-high speed.Add in the eggs and vanilla extract, scraping down the sides as required and mix until well incorporated and smooth, about 1 minute on med-high speed.Scrape down the sides again and add in the flour mix. Mix on low until a soft dough forms.Tip the dough into a medium sized bowl (the one you measured the flour in is fine), cover in cling film and place in the fridge for at least 6 hours, overnight if possible (I always leave mine overnight).Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/350F and line 2-3 baking trays.Using a 1.5tbsp cookie scoop place balls of dough 2 inches apart on your baking trays. Flatten the balls very slightly so they don't roll off on the way to the oven.Place cookies in the oven for 8-9 minutes until very lightly golden around the edges and still underdone and soft in the middle - this is another key to cookies which stay soft, under baking them :)Leave cookies to cool on the trays for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.Once cooled, cookies will keep in an airtight container, at room temp, for up to a week.