It's a quick and easy recipe for Alton brown chocolate chip cookies, so you can whip up a batch whenever you have a craving and it will take you less than half an hour to get a soft, chewy chocolate chip cookie.
Preheat the oven to 375°F and place racks in the top and bottom thirds. Line four half-sheet pans with parchment paper and set them aside.
In a 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
On a paper plate, sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
Add the butter to the bowl of your stand mixer. Stir in the sugar and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the whole egg, egg yolk, milk, and vanilla extract.
Slowly stir the egg mixture into the butter and sugar with the mixer. Mix for 30 seconds until thoroughly combined.
Using the paper plate as a slide, slowly stir in the dry ingredients, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula a few times.
As soon as the flour is mixed in, stir in the chocolate chips. Put the dough in the refrigerator for an hour.
Scoop the dough into 1 1/2-oz portion and place on the half-sheet pans, 6 cookies per sheet.
Bake two sheets of cookie dough at a time for 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
When the cookies are done baking, slide the parchment with them onto a cooling rack, and let them cool for at least five minutes before eating them. Enjoy!