Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Chocolate chip cookies:

• 2/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup salted butter (unsalted if you like them less salty/"caramel" flavored)
• 3/4 Tablespoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
•   1 Tbs pure maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups Bread Flour OR
•               1c Bread Flour, + 1c. Pastry Flour
• 1-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips*

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. 
• In mixer, combine the sugars, butter, salt, vanilla, maple syrup, baking powder, and baking soda, beating until smooth and creamy.
• Beat in the egg, again beating until smooth. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is thoroughly combined.
• Mix in the flour, then the chips just until wet.
• Use 3 tablespoons to scoop balls of dough onto silpat covered baking sheets, leaving 3" between them on all sides
• Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove the cookies from the oven, and cool on the pan until they've set enough to move without breaking. Repeat with the remaining dough.

TIPS:
* You can use 1/2 butter and 1/2 cream cheese for a softer, less buttery cookie.  
*  This recipe is best after leaving dough in fridge overnight and then baking.

Let them sit for 10 min  on silpat/cookie sheet and they settle to look like this^

Take them out when they look like this^