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These Chocolate Chip Cookies are super chewy, chocolatey and cute with their mini chocolate chips! Every chocolate chip cookie lover has to try this recipe.
Today is day 2 of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Throw Down and we are talking about Shelly from Cookies and Cups’ favorite chocolate chip cookie.
As stated in yesterday’s NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookie blog post, there were a few reasons this cookie was added to the list. Firstly, I’m a fan of the blog and it’s one I’ve seen floating around pintrest. Secondly, it has some different and interesting elements – mini chocolate chips, a combo of light AND dark sugar, and coarse sea salt.
So let’s get to it! How did it fare??
How to Make the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Let’s start with the dough. I’m not sure that I’d know if you didn’t tell me there were two types of brown sugar – simply because I don’t have a sophisticated enough palate. But it was certainly tasty and seemed to give more depth of flavor. It left me wondering how it would be when baked.
The answer – a delicious cookie! Definitely moist and chewy when cooked right – just like I like it! When baking cookies, there’s a fine line between cooking enough, but not too long in order to get the right amount of chewiness. It also has great flavor. And if you are into sweet and salty, the salt in this cookie definitely comes through, even after being baked. There is sweet and salty in every bite!
And for the most important thing – the chocolate! We had differing opinions between our taste testers on this one. My father-in-law loved the mini chocolate chips, but he also preferred to not have big chunks of chocolate because he felt like they were too much chocolate. The rest of us prefer the bigger chocolate chips or chunks. While there may be more chocolate for every bite, it’s not as in your face as a full-sized chocolate chip or chunk is, so for some it felt like the chocolate got lost a bit. For those that like to really taste the chocolate in a big way, this cookie would be improved with regular sized chocolate chips.
As for the recipe itself, this one is solid. Nice and simple, no crazy or prolonged steps here! And the ingredients are pretty standard. No special flours or additional ingredients, unless maybe you don’t normally have all 3 types of sugars on hand – but I usually do so it works for me. ๐
So there you have it! This is another delicious cookie. Here’s the defining traits of this cookie for me – sweet and salty, soft and chewy (unless you cook it a little longer for a crunchier cookie) and chocolate that is not so ‘in your face.’ Definitely a good one to try!
That’s it for today! Tomorrow we move on to the Butterscotch Chip Cookie Cake from Bake Your Day.
PrintShelly’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: About 24 Cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Chocolate Chip Cookies made with mini chocolate chips and sea salt!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1 12-oz bag mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Notes
For a crunchier cookie, cook 1-2 minutes more
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 226
- Sugar: 16.9 g
- Sodium: 132.3 mg
- Fat: 11.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 28.8 g
- Protein: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 35.8 mg
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This is like tuning in to “The Great Cookie Caper!” ๐ these look scrumptious too but I can’t wait to see what comes next!
Haha! Thanks Jess! It’s quite a cookie adventure for sure! But what better kind of adventure to be on ๐
Sea salt??!! Never done a cookie recipe with sea salt in it… but these looks f.a.b.u.l.o.u.s!! How did you get them so even and beautiful? lol. Love your blog!
I had actually never made one with sea salt either – part of why I included this one in my throw down. ๐ And thank you so much for the compliment! I’m so glad that you enjoy the blog!
I think i’m going to make these today… and i’ll definitely be leaving them in for a minute or two longer for that crunchy-ness. Thanks for sharing these on your blog!!
-JulieC
So you are a crunchy cookie kinda girl, huh? ๐ That’s awesome! I’d love to know what you think after you try them!