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Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 16, 2017 by Amy 3 Comments

Thick & Chewy CC Cookies

A while back, I realized that quite a few of my recipes lost their pictures when my previous website hosting company lost a bunch of my photos. I’m making it a mini goal of mine to update the pictures. I’m going to try my hardest not to edit the original wording on the posts (so you may see fiance in there…we’ve been married for almost 8 years now haha!).

I do have to admit that this recipe is STILL my go-to recipe years later, and I’ve passed it to many friends as well. 🙂 Give this recipe a try, if you’re looking for a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. I sometimes add in M&Ms to add something extra to these cookies (pictured above).

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I’ve read a lot of great reviews about this recipe for Chocolate Chip cookies. The only reason I made these (since they are SO not diet friendly) is because our over-generous neighbors were landscaping at the same time as my fiance and I. They gave us ALL of their leftover top soil (which was more than what we needed.we didn’t even have to open any bags that we purchased at Lowe’s). So, my fiance suggested that I bake them something. Any excuse to bake works for me! AND it felt good not to use applesauce haha!

Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Source: Brown Eyed Baker from Baking Illustrated

Makes about 18 large cookies.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (10 5/8 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
  • 1 cup packed (7 ounces) light or dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate chips)

Directions:

  1. Adjust the oven racks to the upper- and lower-middle positions and heat the oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper or spray them with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
  3. Either by hand or with an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed just until combined. Stir in the chips to taste.
  4.  Roll a scant 1/4 cup of the dough into a ball. Hold the dough ball with the fingertips of both hands and pull into 2 equal halves. Rotate the halves 90 degrees and, with jagged surfaces facing up, join the halves together at their base, again forming a single ball, being careful not to smooth the dough’s uneven surface. Place the formed dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, jagged surface up, spacing them 2 1/2 inches apart.
  5. Bake until the cookies are light golden grown and the outer edges start to harden yet the centers are still soft and puffy, 15 to 18 minutes, rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through the baking time. Cool the cookies on the sheets. Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheets with a side metal spatula.

I will admit, these are some crazy procedures on this recipe (jagged edges on top, what?). However, follow them to the T! The cookies will come out a little gooey, but if you leave them on the baking sheet, they will finish baking into a perfect cookie! The jagged edges do bake into a neat looking top as well.

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  1. Joelen says

    December 1, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Yum! My fave cookie of all time is the classic chocolate chip. I’ll definitely plan on making this soon!

    Reply

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  1. Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies « Skinny Food By Amy says:
    July 2, 2009 at 8:41 am

    […] I posted about these cookies before, so definitely give this recipe a shot next time you are in the mood for some yummy CCC’s! […]

    Reply
  2. Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies says:
    July 4, 2013 at 5:02 am

    […] chips in the pantry, so it just made sense to make some classic cookies. I usually make the thick and chewy recipe, but decided to try another Cook’s Illustrated recipe, called the Ultimate Chocolate Chip […]

    Reply

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