Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

In my never ending quest to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, I tried a recipe for Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.  I favor chewy over crispy (although there are some crispy types I REALLY love), so I was excited to give this recipe a try!

The recipe says if you have time, to refrigerate the dough, but I didn't have time (I just really wanted cookies ASAP), but even though I skipped that part, the cookies still turned out very yummy!  I loaded them with extra chocolate chips!

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3 c all-purpose flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 1 c butter, softened 
• 1/2 csugar
• 1 1/4 c brown sugar
• 2 t vanilla
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix the butter and sugars until creamy. 
• Add in the vanilla and eggs. 
• Stir in the flour mixture. 
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop dough into 2 T-sized balls and drop onto parchment-lined baking sheets.  
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown. 
• Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.  

You can find the original recipe here on Handle the Heat. 

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

For some reason we had a large amount of peanut butter jars in our pantry, so I decided to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Is there any better combo than peanut butter and chocolate?  If you love this combo, you'll love these cookies.  They turned out crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, with just enough peanut butter flavor to not overpower the entire cookie.

Delish!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c peanut butter
• 1 c packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 ts vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 2 c chopped chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, peanut butter, and sugars until creamy.  
• Mix in eggs and vanilla. 
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking soda.
• Mix flour mixture into the peanut butter mixture. 
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. 
• Bake for approximately 12 to 14 minutes.  Let cookies cool at least 2 minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to wire rack. 

You can find the original recipe here on Allrecipes.com.

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Another Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I'm always game to try new chocolate chip cookie recipes, and the most recent one I tried was just loaded with chocolate chips!

It was definitely a new fave recipe.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 c cold butter, cubed 
• 1 c brown sugar
• 1/2 c + 2 T sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 t vanilla
• 2 3/4 c flour
• 3/4 t baking soda
• 3/4 t salt
• 2 1/2 c chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 
• In a large bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. 
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Chill for an hour.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.  
• Bake for 11-13 minutes.

You can find the original recipe here on Modern Honey.

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King Arthur Flour's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

My husband likes his chocolate chip cookies crispy, but my daughter and I crave a good soft cookie once in awhile so I decided to bake these with her for a party.  While not a typical dessert to bring to a holiday party, they are great to serve to little ones who can grab them on their own.

These soft and chewy cookies are delicious and King Arthur Flour's 2015 recipe of the year.  You can even substitute King Arthur Gluten-Free measure for measure flour in this recipe.

Before you start, you'll need to make sure your eggs are at room temperature and your butter softened.  For the most part, we followed the recipe in the link, but we used salted butter and omitted the kosher salt.  First, we beat together 1 cup of softened butter with 1 cup of light brown sugar and 1/2 cup of white sugar.  Next, we added the 1 egg plus egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.  In another bowl, we measured 2 cups flour, 1 cup oats, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon baking soda.  We whisked the flour mixture together and added to the wet ingredients.  Finally, we stirred in 3 cups of chocolate chips.  YUM!

We like BIG cookies, but we needed them to be easily packable so we settled for tablespoon sized scoops that yielded about 48 cookies.  We baked for 12-17 minutes on parchment and let them cool on the baking sheet until they were sturdy enough to move to a cooling rack.

The cookies were a hit and I plan to make them again soon!          


 

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

My never-ending quest to find a favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe had me turning to Betty Crocker.

I found a recipe online and decided to give it a try.

They were good! They were crispy on the outside, and chewy on the inside - just the way I like them.  My kids loved them too.

I'm still on the lookout for THE recipe, however...

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c sugar
• 3/4 c packed brown sugar
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 c chopped nuts
• 2 c chocolate chips

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
• Mix together the sugars, butter, vanilla, and egg.
• Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
• Roll dough into balls and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

You can find the original recipe here.

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A New (Old) Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

In my never-ending quest to find "the" chocolate chip cookie recipe - the recipe that is the perfect combination of crispy and chewy, and of course, chocolaty, I decided to try a recipe I found in an old cookbook from 1985.

I thought the cookies turned out great, but not as chewy as I usually like them, and my middle son commented that there weren't enough chocolate chips (most recipes I use ask for 2 cups of chocolate chips vs 1).

Although my research continues to find "the one," I'm sure my family will be happy to always try the end results!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter, softened
• 3/4 c sugar
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 t water
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 c chocolate chips
• 1 c nuts, chopped

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. 
• Mix together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.
• Stir in vanilla, water, and eggs.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking soda.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and combine.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Original recipe from a Hilo Hongwanji Mission cookbook.

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Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

It feels like it's been a very long while since I baked chocolate chip cookies.  I have my go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies, and I've tried many other recipes that resulted in delicious chocolate chip cookies.  They all use different measurements of cookie ingredient staples, and maybe add an extra ingredient or two, however, I'm still in search for that one recipe that will wow me.

The latest recipe I tried is the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe on the Betty Crocker website.

My middle son helped me make these cookies, and they turned out very delicious.  They were crispy on the outside, and chewy on the inside (I like chewy vs crispy).

Although I wouldn't say this recipe is "the one," the cookies were still super yummy, and will definitely be one I try again in the future.  

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c sugar 
• 3/4 c packed brown sugar
• 1 c butter, softened
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 c chocolate chips 

Directions

• Pre-heat oven to 375ºF.
• Combine sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. 
• Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Mix in chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake approximately 8 to 10 minutes.  
• Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cook.  

You can find the original recipe here on the Betty Crocker website.

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My Go-To Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, my "go-to" recipe is actually an old M&M's cookie recipe.  It's very similar to the Red's Amazing M&M's Brand Cookies recipe that Nat posted (in fact the recipe is called Red's Ultimate M&M's Cookies).  There are just a few differences in the quantities of some of the ingredients, and I simply use chocolate chips instead of M&M's.

The end result is a chocolate chip cookie that is crispy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside.

I have made these so often that I don't even need to look at the recipe when I'm in the mood for chocolate chip cookies.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 2 c flour
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/8 t salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Slowly stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture.
• Mix in chocolate chips. 
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake approximately 10 to 13 minutes.

Adapted from Red's Ultimate M&M's Cookies.

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