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These little chewy chocolate chip cookies are perfect for snacking and milk dipping. The base dough can be used for five different types of cookies!
Hi again! It’s Faith from Thought 4 Food. I hope you all liked the strawberry cheesecake ice cream!
I’ve made another sweet treat that I hope Brandy and all of you like.
I don’t know many people who don’t love chocolate chip cookies. I’ve tried many recipes in my day, looking for the perfect one. Most of the chocolate chip cookies I’ve made came out too cakey, too flat, too sweet or went stale too fast, etc.
Finally, I thought about using honey, which does a great job of keeping baked goods moist and fresh.
My wait for the perfect chocolate chip cookie is over. These cookies are chewy and moist and stay that way for about five days.
The best part about these cookies is that the dough is an excellent base for chocolate chip cookies and pretty much any cookies you can think of. Here are some of my favorite variations:
- Oatmeal Scotch Chippers: Reduce the AP flour to 2 c; omit the chocolate chips; add 1 ½ c rolled oats, 2 c butterscotch chips, and 1 c chopped walnuts or pecans.
- White Chocolate Cherry Macadamias: Omit the chocolate chips and add 1 cup of each of the white chocolate chips, dried cherries, and macadamia nuts.
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies: Reduce the AP flour to 2 c; omit the chocolate chips; add 1 ½ c rolled oats, 1 c raisins, 1 c chopped walnuts or pecans, and 1 tsp ground cinnamon.
- Double Chocolate Cookies: Reduce the AP flour to 2 c; add ½ c of cocoa powder.
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies: Use milk chocolate chips instead of semisweet chips, and add 1 cup of peanut butter chips.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2-½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheet pans with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Cream together the butter, shortening, sugar, honey, eggs, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the wet, then stir in the chocolate chips (the dough will be fairly sticky).
- Use wax paper to roll the dough into two equal logs and freeze them for 1-2 hours. They shouldn’t be frozen solid; the dough should be firmly set but you should still able to cut it easily with a knife.
- Once the dough is semi-frozen, unwrap the wax paper and cut each log into 15 rounds (each will be about 3/4 inches thick).
- Line them up 1-2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet pans and bake for 14 minutes, rotating the trays halfway through.
- They cookies are ready to come out of the oven when they’re light golden but still a touch doughy in the middle. They’ll continue cooking on the baking sheets, even out of the oven.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on the baking sheets before removing.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Your timing is impeccable. I was just thinking “MAN I could go for a chocolate chip cookie!”
Mmm… I like my current chocolate chip recipe, but they sound like they are worth trying. Best thing is, I need to make cookies this weekend for a party! I will be giving these a try. Love all of the variations, too… I’m a big fan of versatile recipes.
You can never go wrong with a nice chocolate chip cookie. As long as there chocolate in it, I’m as happy a little bird.
great job faith!! cheers!!
versatile cookie dough?! – I am sold!
Will be bookmarking the recipe!
These look so yummy – nice and thick and soft. Love all the different versions!
Oh wow..do those ever look good!
Great cookies — this is torture in megapixels.
Those are my kind of chocolate chip cookies. I hate when mine go flat. Besides being perfectly shaped I love that they have some whole wheat in them. After eating whole wheat for so long, pure white stuff just doesnt have enough chew for me. Great recipe.