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You’ll love these small batch chocolate chip cookies in the air fryer !
I love cookies, but I don’t always love the process of making them. You know, you have to turn on the oven, line a bunch of cookie sheets, pull out the big electric mixer, scoop them all, bake them in several batches, and so on.
You’re always rewarded with delicious cookies at the end, but you also end up exhausted.
Well, things are changing around here with this
If you’re feeling fancy, sprinkle the warm cookies with sea salt. You can also leave them plain and dip them in milk.
I’m not a milk dipper, but more power to those who live for it.
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Ingredients needed
- Melted butter
- Brown sugar
- Egg yolk
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Chocolate chunks
Making air fryer chocolate chip cookies
You will love baking these chocolate chunk cookies if you want something easy and fast! Just read how easy –
- Mix melted butter and brown sugar.
- Add in egg yolk and vanilla extract.
- Fully incorporate all-purpose flour and baking soda.
- Fold in the chocolate chunks or chopped chocolate.
- Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated
air fryer .
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Recipe Tips
- This cookie recipe calls for salted butter; however, if you only have unsalted butter on hand, add 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt.
- The egg yolk brings moisture and structure to the cookie.
- This recipe uses chopped chocolate, but it works well with almost any chopped chocolate, chunks, or chips.
- If you sprinkle the top with salt, use a lovely fleur de sel.
- Line your
air fryer basket with parchment paper AFTER you preheat your oven. If it’s lined while preheating, it will get sucked up and burn in yourair fryer . - You can easily double this recipe (just hit the 2x in the recipe card), and it will make 12 regular-sized cookies or 6 oversized cookies.
- Line your
air fryer basket with foil instead of parchment paper. If you don’t line the basket, the dough will melt while baking.
Substitutions and Adaptations
- Swap out the all-purpose flour with white whole wheat flour for added whole grains.
- You can switch up the semi-sweet chocolate using any of your favorites—dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, or a mix of all three!
- Add in chopped toasted nuts like walnuts, pecans, or almonds.
- Chop up leftover Halloween candy and fold it in.
- Use granulated sugar instead of brown sugar however, the cookies may not be as soft.
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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- ⅓ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chunks, or roughly chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 370 degrees F for 5 minutes while you prepare the cookie dough.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the butter and brown sugar until well combined.
- Next add the egg yolk and vanilla. Whisk to combine.
- Add the flour and baking soda. Mix just until no large lumps of flour remain.
- Finally, add the chocolate chunks and stir until they are fully incorporated.
- Line the air fryer basket with parchment paper and use a 1.5 tablespoon scoop to portion out 6 cookie dough balls. Place them at least 2 inches apart in the air fryer basket– don’t overcrowd the air fryer basket.
- Cook for 6-8 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown and crisp.
- Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool and repeat steps 6-7 with any remaining cookie dough.
- Enjoy these cookies warm or at room temperature. Store any remaining cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.
This recipe has been on repeat at our house! It so delicious and SO easy, it’s almost TOO easy to satisfy our cookie cravings!