Chewy Chocolate
Chip Cookies
There are some things you make not really because you like eating them, but mainly because you like the smell of it cooking in your kitchen.
This, for me, applies to baking chocolate chip cookies. As I grew older, I stopped craving sweets but I never stopped loving the smell of cookies baking in the kitchen. It fills me with happiness and contentment and no other smell has quite the same effect, I believe.
I bake this when I feel down or sad. The smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies will make any sad person feel better, full stop.
It is easy to make, not too many ingredients or complicated requirements, and cooking time is just around 10 minutes. You just have to prep in advance and you can always have a batch of dough ready in the freezer for upcoming events, guests, or just when you want to make someone feel special by giving them a homemade gift.
Yes, there was a time we would make tins of cookies as Christmas gifts. They were cute and yummy and everybody loved them. I don’t remember why I was that thoughtful or why we ever had the time for it, but I am sharing pictures of our holiday cookie gifts to help with your own gift ideas, and for posterity as well. To remind me that perhaps I will get back that old self that had the time, patience, and sweetness to make home-baked gifts for family and friends.
This recipe makes around a dozen (12) cookies.
This, for me, applies to baking chocolate chip cookies. As I grew older, I stopped craving sweets but I never stopped loving the smell of cookies baking in the kitchen. It fills me with happiness and contentment and no other smell has quite the same effect, I believe.
I bake this when I feel down or sad. The smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies will make any sad person feel better, full stop.
It is easy to make, not too many ingredients or complicated requirements, and cooking time is just around 10 minutes. You just have to prep in advance and you can always have a batch of dough ready in the freezer for upcoming events, guests, or just when you want to make someone feel special by giving them a homemade gift.
Yes, there was a time we would make tins of cookies as Christmas gifts. They were cute and yummy and everybody loved them. I don’t remember why I was that thoughtful or why we ever had the time for it, but I am sharing pictures of our holiday cookie gifts to help with your own gift ideas, and for posterity as well. To remind me that perhaps I will get back that old self that had the time, patience, and sweetness to make home-baked gifts for family and friends.
This recipe makes around a dozen (12) cookies.
Ingredients
½ cup granulated sugar ¾ cup brown sugar (packed) 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup unsalted butter – melted 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 and ¼ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon corn starch 1 cup milk or semi-sweet choco chunks 1 cup dark choco chunks |
Preparation:
1. Whisk together sugars, butter until paste forms with no lumps. 2. Whisk in egg and vanilla, beating until light ribbons fall off the whisk. 3. Sift in the flour and baking soda and cornstarch, then fold the mixture with a spatula. DO NOT OVER MIX! 4. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips, then chill dough for at least 30 minutes. For better results, chill dough overnight. The longer the dough rests, the more complex the flavor will be. 5. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. 6. Scoop dough with ice cream scoop or shape into balls with your hands. 7. Instruction says bake for 12-15 minutes. My suggestion is to UNDER BAKE it to achieve chewiness. Para mas chewy. Around 9-10 minutes in the oven for maximum chewiness. NOTES: • If the chilled dough does not spread during baking, you can “help” it along by slightly flattening the dough with your spatula. • For more “picture perfect” cookies, you can dot the top of the dough with choco chips or chunks so that when it bakes there will be nice big choco chips on top. • The added corn starch supposedly helps with the chewiness. I’ve also been told that spray misting the prepared dough balls in the baking sheet before baking will help with the chewy texture of the finished cookies. • Semi-sweet chocolate is best. Milk chocolate tends to be too too sweet. |