I know, I know. Everyone has a chocolate chip cookie recipe on their blog….sigh…borrrrrrriiiiiiiing. Well, that may be what you think, and I’m sorry to hear that, this recipe has a very good reason, two, actually.
I made these wonderfully, delectable, crispy edged yet soft centered, totally stand up to their name, cookies for Culinary Snapshot’s “Through My Lens” challenge. I also made them to fulfill an interest in the Blogger Secret Ingredient Challenge, this month’s Secret Ingredient being brown sugar (There’s loads of it in these cookies) and hosted by my good buddy, The Sophisticated Gourmet.
I’m not ashamed that these aren’t remotely close to being an original recipe either. In fact, there’s a bit of a tizzy about where the recipe came from, but I don’t take sides. All I know is that they are damn good. In fact, I just finished two while I wrote this post. Sue me.
Go ahead and try to resist eating at least half the dough before they go in the oven. I dare you…
End the Search Chocolate Chip Cookies
Borrowed from dineandish.net
This recipe makes at least 3 1/2 dozen. I only made half of it for fear of eating an entire block of butter in one sitting. A girl has to have limits!
1 1/2 cups butter (room temperature)
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups Brown sugar, packed
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
4 cups all purpose flour, unsifted
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 bag chocolate chips1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cream butter and sugars in large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.
3. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Stir in 1/2 of chocolate chips.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoon, 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Oops, how’d that get in there?
6. Press other half of chips into tops of cookies before baking for nice presentation.
7. Bake for 9-12 minutes.
8. Cool for 5 or so minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to cooling rack. They probably won’t last that long though.
Now I have to go bake the rest of the batch of dough that I made for these cookies. I put it in the fridge for a little while so I could make dinner. So thoughtless. Now I have a big lump of dough in a bowl that I have to soften again…which means I’m going to do it at breakfast. We all know what that means. Cookies for breakfast, with a glass of milk… it really is a balanced, wholesome breakfast. At least at Guilty Kitchen….
Love the pics! beautiful!
I note that you list only 1 bag chocolate chips in the recipe but the pictures show two types of baking chips… Is that standard or something you did for taste?
I only used one bag worth of chips, but I used two different varieties, just for colour.
Everyone has a cookie recipe because everyone loves cookies!
This made me want to heat the house with the oven just to have my own..or eat the raw dough!
I am chocolate chip cookie baker from way back and I am constantly refining my end-all, be-all recipe. I am def going to try this out, compare notes, and see if adjustments need to be made, so thanks dearest. PS – your photos are stellar.
These cookies look delish! Great photos!
Hey there – love your photos and glad you liked the cookie recipe! I will not take credit… its not my recipe, but I am sure glad my friend D passed it on to me. I certainly don’t give a hoot where she got it… just glad to have it in my hot little hands 🙂
Oh I looooooove this cookie recipe. I really didn’t think there was that “one” recipe out there. I’ve been making a “Top Secret” recipe for years, but this one will be, forever more, my only chocolate cookie recipe. The little frozen balls of dough in my freezer are calling to me right now…mmmm.
No one else is going to compete, your photos are so terrific. Kidding. We have to outshine you.
You did a beautiful job, though.
Chaya
Thanks for the recipe! The cookies are really tasty but mine somehow became too flat 🙁 What could be the reason?
I’m not sure how your cookies could have become flat…hmmm, did you press them down or leave them in balls? They should be left in balls. Also, this recipe calls for 2 tsp of baking soda, did you remember the baking soda? Last but not least, if your baking pan was hot when you put the dough on them, they may have melted prior to entering the oven, this would have caused them to spread out too quickly.
Other than that, I don’t see how these could fail! I hope that helped, and I do hope you try them again…:)
Thank you for answering! I think it was the last + as the weather was really hot and the dough itself was melting.
I figured it all out as I kept the dough in the fridge. By the time I started the last batch it has harden a bit and the cookies came out just fine:
http://violetovgeneral.multiply.com/photos/album/8/8#photo=79
and the first looked like this: http://violetovgeneral.multiply.com/photos/album/8/8#photo=77
Oh I’m so glad I could help. Your cookies look great!
P.S. Nevermind the funny look of the chocolate chips – these are the only kind we have here in Bulgaria
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lovely cookies. one for my recipe box!
I’m going out to visit my boyfriend this weekend, so I decided to make these cookies for him, but seeing as i lacked chocolate chips in my house, i improvised with macadamian milk chocolate and lindt white chocolate i had and cutting them up into tiny pieces before stirring it into the dough and baking it. I know the lindt was a strange touch, but dear god, these are the best cookies I’ve ever eaten that were home made. 😀 LOVE the recipe, thank you.
Ooooo, that does sound good though. Good to hear other chip options. Glad you liked them so much!
Yummy Liz! Just made them tonight. Third recipe I’ve tried of yours so far, and each one has turned out great.
Glad to hear they are turning out for you Steph! Can’t wait to test out the new kitchen with you in the next couple of weeks. I’m gaining 5 lbs. just thinking about it!
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Those suckers ARE good, try eating just one.
Wow. I LOVE your camera! Such beautiful pictures – and those cookies don’t look half bad either! I’m definitely going to use this recipe soon! 😀
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my aunt and i are currently making these and while we following your recipe. I think we may have missed a step coz the cookies didn’t expand :/ they were still good though.
Looks delicious! Especially with the white chocolate chips in it as well :). Cookies for breakfast? I love it!!