Sylvie and I LOVE these cookies. We LOVE them. Sweet and full of chocolate and a plethora of chips and chocolate wafers these are on our hit list. Chewy yet sturdy. If you make them as instructed they are giant and that makes them even more enticing for some reason.
My father was visiting the last time I made them and well – tbh, he didn’t LOVE them like we did. He likes a darker richer chocolate cookie (I think) and Rob couldn’t really weigh in too much since I burned the batch he tried. (These are tricky to bake because they are so dark!) I sent the rest to the shelter so I’m not exactly sure how other people felt but they did get a 5 star rating in The NY Times so there is that! These beauties mixed in to my vanilla ice cream, well, um, heaven.
Big note – make these in advance – they are best if you are able to chill the dough for 24 hours before baking. I also usually double this recipe. Up to you…save extra in the freezer to bake off at a later date. Also – I love to mix up all my chips. I use both bitter and semi (with different percentages) in my cookies. I chop some bar chocolate and make some shards and I use thin discs too as well as regular chocolate chips. I find this adds a nuance to the cookies making each bite more exciting than the next.
Check out Guittard chips – they have a “super chip” chocolate chip that is a different texture than the semi sweet or dark Akoma chips. I also add some classic Nestle chocolate chips because they are a taste memory for me even though there are more pure chocolate chips out there now.
Found these in The NY Times baking section. I will include the weighted measurement since that is way more accurate that cups etc. So if you have a scale please use it. You will guarantee a better outcome.
Ingredients
- 1 cup/145 grams all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup/75 grams Dutch process cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt (diamond crystal!) (if you must use table salt cut by half but really get some kosher salt. And not Mortons.)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 10 tablespoons/141 grams unsalted butter, room temp
- 3/4 cup/150 grams dark brown sugar
- 2/3 cup/133 grams granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups mix of semi, bitter, dark, chocolate discs, chips or chopped chocolate
Directions
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.
In a stand mixer with paddle attachment (or hand held beaters) beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until very light and fluffy. This will take about 5 minutes.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
With the mixer on low add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar/egg mixture and beat on low until JUST combined.
Add the chocolate chips and fold in to incorporate.
Place the batter in plastic wrap – you can do big discs or you can make rolls to slice and bake shown in the photo above. Let chill in fridge for 24-36 hours.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking pan with parchment.
Portion balls – about 3.5 ounces (these make giant cookies!) and place 5 balls onto your baking pan. They will spread so do not try to add more (unless you are making smaller cookies (which I have done).
Bake the cookies until set – about 18 m but still a bit soft in the center. These are a little tricky so keep a close eye on them – a minute or two before and after.
Continue to bake rest of batter or simple freeze dough and bake when you have a craving or guests!
Enjoy –
