How to Make Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies: Recipe by Momofuku Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi

A killer classic from New York's master baker
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Chocolate chip cookie territory is treacherous. Everyone has her own idea of what makes the perfect version, from wafer-thin and crisp to fat and fudgy, and everything in between.

Christina Tosi, the chef and owner of Momofuku Milk Bar, a burgeoning bakery empire with more than 90 employees across New York and Toronto, knows this well. Since opening her first location in Manhattan in 2008, she has served all sorts of thrilling cookies—including a blueberry and cream stunner and a cornflake and marshmallow beast—but she’s stayed away from a classic chocolate chip.