Our friendship aside, Avery Ruzicka, the head baker and my partner at Manresa Bread, makes the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever eaten. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can use an electric hand mixer, just be sure to keep the speed low so as not to break up the walnut and chocolate pieces. The dough also bakes from frozen exceptionally well, so you can preemptively practice self-control and make yourself just a couple at a time. Simply form the dough into a log and store it, wrapped tightly, in your freezer for up to 1 month. When you find yourself in a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie kind of mood, slice off a disk or two of dough and bake them for a minute longer than called for below.