Recipe Review: Chocolate Chunk Cookies from The Pioneer Woman

For years I have been looking for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.  I finally found it!

I love The Pioneer Woman's recipe for chocolate chunk cookies.  The secret is browned butter -- it gives the cookies a wonderful caramel flavor.

I omit the coffee and the nuts.  I usually find that I need to add extra flour.  I recommend following the instructions in the blog post.  The key is to refrigerate the dough before you bake the cookies -- do not skip that part -- otherwise you will have flat cookies.

My son helped me make this dough for a Memorial Day potluck at our friend's house.  We used 1 cup of Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 cup of mini M&M's.

I baked most of the dough in a round springform pan for around 20 minutes.  We decorated the big cookie with store-bought frosting.  I used the rest of the dough to make individual cookies.  I hope that the kids and the grown ups like them!