This week I am in need of some serious comfort food. The only thing I found myself wanting was some good chocolate chip cookies so I dragged myself into the kitchen to whip up a batch. Chocolate is always comforting but there's something especially comforting about a stack of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk, don't you think?
The nice thing about these cookies is the crispy exterior and the almost truffle-textured interior that is also slightly chewy. This texture is achieved by the use of two kinds of sugar: the white (granulated) sugar creates the crisp exterior and the brown sugar aids in making the cookie chewy by absorbing (and retaining) plenty of moisture.
The cookie dough is very sturdy. I whipped up the batter on Tuesday afternoon, measured the cookies out on Wednesday morning, and finally baked them on Wednesday afternoon. The cookies are in fact better if you bake the dough from a thoroughly chilled state. You could probably keep the dough in the fridge for just under a week and bake fresh cookies every day if you wanted to! Freezing the shaped dough would also work, I'd defrost it in the fridge overnight before baking. If you wanted to get really fancy, you could roll the dough into a cylinder and then cut off cookies as and when you wanted to bake. I've never managed this successfully - maybe I need a magic knife from one of those TV infomercials that will Cut Anything!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
My recipe was procured from eGullet eons ago. I've tried looking for it online but things seem to have changed around there and I can't find a direct link (or indeed, anything). I have, however, been entirely faithful to it since I stumbled across it and I hope the original author doesn't mind me reproducing it here.
Yields approx 17.
300g plain (all-purpose) flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 teaspoon fine salt
170g unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
215g light brown sugar
120g granulated white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
300g milk chocolate chips
Variation: Use dark brown sugar and plain chocolate chips for a more adult flavour. This is what I normally do, but I can't seem to find plain choc chips anywhere at the moment....
Sift together flour, bicaronate of soda and salt. Set aside.
Stir together melted butter, brown sugar, sugar and vanilla. Add egg, then the yolk. Beat well to ensure that egg is evenly distributed. Stir in dry ingredients, then fold in chocolate chips until incorporated. It will look as if there are too many chocolate chips but the dough will be able to hold them all. Cover with clingfilm and chill dough until firm. At least 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas Mark 5.
Drop 1/4 cup sized "hockey puck shaped" mounds of dough onto a greased baking sheet. You can use a silpat sheet instead of greasing which works very well. I use a 1/4 measuring cup to both measure and shape the dough which works perfectly.
Bake in preheated oven for approximately 10-12 minutes or only until the edges begin to turn golden. (They'll look and feel underdone but they're ready.) Cool on the sheet for 1 minute and remove with a wide spatula to a cooling rack. Cool thoroughly and enjoy!
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Those look so good! How much baking soda did you use?
1. Posted by Angel on June 7, 2007
My question as well...how much baking soda?
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June 12, 2007
Hey, thanks for sharing your recipe, if you have a Morrisions anywhere near you, they sell only plain chocolate chips. I hope that helps.
3. Posted by Siobhan McManus on June 23, 2007
How much baking soda?
4. Posted by anon on September 6, 2007
what happen if i use salted butter and omit the salt? thanks for the recipe, haven't try it yet
5. Posted by sue on September 21, 2007
I just found this page and whipped up a batch of these cookies. There are only two words which describe just how good they are - wow. Thanks a million, they're awesome!
6. Posted by Calum on September 23, 2007
Thank you so much for your recipe. I made it last night and the cookies were absolutely delicious! I was confused about the baking soda amount as well but i just guessed a 1/4 tspn and they turned out great so i guess thats what i'll stick to. Also, i put in some chopped pecan nuts too just to give it that extra something, and the result- HEAVEN!!
7. Posted by Faiza on September 28, 2007
Fantastic recipe, although I did have to investigate the page source to find out to use ½tspn of Baking Soda...
The ½ symbol doesn't work if you just type it in HTML. Although it should display correctly if you enter it as ½ when entered in the source!
And yes, I know, I'm being way too geeky!
8. Posted by Simon Higgins on October 11, 2007
Thanks Simon! I've fixed the recipe :)
9. Posted by Angela![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.aspoonfulofsugar.net/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 30, 2007
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Fell upon this site purely by accident but glad I did. Tried out your cookies for a house full of people yesterday and the compliments just kept on coming. Thought it was only right to let you know!
Thanks ever so much!
Alibobs
10. Posted by libob21 on November 19, 2007
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Wow I should try this too. I've longed for a 'perfect' chocolate chip cookies. 'Perfect' in the sense that they are crunchier and crispier. I'm not a fan of chewy cookies.
Based on the recipe and your experience, of course, do you know how to make them crispier?
11. Posted by Jienie on November 20, 2007
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i was just wondering... have you ever tried making ice cream?
12. Posted by testypea on November 20, 2007
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Hi Jienie - I'd adapt the recipe if you want crispier cookies. More white (granulated) sugar would help them to crisp up; also cooking them for a few minutes longer than suggested would help. You might want to try creaming the butter and sugars together instead of using melted butter. I think the melted butter helps to give the chewy texture too. Good luck!
Hi Testypea - yes, I have made ice-cream quite a few times, but not since I started blogging. I have one of the cannister type ice-cream makers and its very hard to find space in the freezer to freeze it upright. Banana & Rum Gelato is my favourite home-made ice-cream!
13. Posted by Angela on November 20, 2007
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Hi, Just got in from a motorbike ride, cold and thirsty and starving.
I saw your cookie recipe and saved it on my computer, I now am in need of some nice cookies so I am taking to the kitchen to make LOADS.
14. Posted by June Riley on November 20, 2007
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Fell upon this site purely by accident but glad I did. Tried out your cookies for a house full of people yesterday and the compliments just kept on coming. Thought it was only right to let you know!
Thanks ever so much!
Alibobs
15. Posted by Alibob21 on November 20, 2007
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The best cookie recipie I've found on the 'net by a long shot. The only change I make is to chop up bars of chocolate from the fridge. Chocolate chunks in these cookies are by far more luscious than chocolate chips.
16. Posted by Pob on November 20, 2007
Hey, these cookies are great. I'm currently living in London for uni and didn't have the unlimited baking supplies I was used at home, so i substituted some Amaretto for vanilla extract. It added some depth to the taste. Overall a great recipe. I also added a bit of extra brown sugar to make them a bit chewier.
17. Posted by Ryan on November 25, 2007
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe, I made the cookies last night and they came out a treat, I have more mix left over and will make some more today, the only problem is, I am off work at the moment recovering from an operation, hopefully I won't eat too many and return to work the size of a house!!! :-)
18. Posted by Sarah on December 4, 2007
Yum! x
19. Posted by Annie on December 15, 2007
about to go to a new years eve party and have been asked to make cookies- i will follow the instructions and see how it turns out- im assuming they will be awesome from all the messages people have left! thanks in advance!
20. Posted by libby on December 31, 2007
Hope the turned out well for you, Libby! After all this time they're still my absolute favourite cookie :)
21. Posted by Angela![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.aspoonfulofsugar.net/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
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January 1, 2008
eyup,,
ii thought these cookiies were delicous,,they were propa sweet [&] sugary t33h33 they were the fiishiing touch tooh miine [&] my gurliies party t33h33,,
fankyhew ;) xx
22. Posted by x_Amiie Babiie_x on January 17, 2008
Having searched high and low for a great choc. chip cookie recipe and had several disappointing outcomes, this receipe is the perfect solution. Great cookies with crunch and chewiness; and adding chopped nuts provides a great variation.
23. Posted by Jane on February 1, 2008
These ultimate cookies are really smurf!!!
24. Posted by d on March 8, 2008
there are great:) thank u
25. Posted by rachel on March 10, 2008
Love to shop for brownie & cookie medley at Dancing Deer with coupons.
26. Posted by Ladd on April 7, 2008