Michelle Darmody: How to bake chewy chocolate-chip cookies — and mistakes to avoid

"Originally intended to accompany ice cream, that is still a great use for them today. These cookies make two wonderful sides of an ice cream sandwich as the chewiness allows you to bite into the sandwich without squishing the ice cream."

"There is an enduring love for a chocolate chip cookie; their popularity never seems to wane, not since their invention in 1930’s America."

Cookies come in many different forms, crisp with a sharp snap, dense and crumbly, or like the ones included here, soft and chewy. 

The addition of vinegar to this recipe allows for a lightness as it reacts with the bread soda to create tiny little bubbles of carbon dioxide, which help the cookies to rise giving a soft feeling after they are baked.