Another Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, The Best One Yet.

I just can’t help myself, I made another chocolate chip cookie recipe. This one came about because of a conversation with my niece. She was looking for a cookie recipe that was chewy in the center but had a slightly crisp outer edge. I accepted this challenge and so I created another cookie recipe.

So here it is, the best of both of both worlds cookie. So what makes it chewy yet crisp?

Sugars Their Role in Cookies

Does it matter? It does because the sugar in a chocolate chip cookie can determine its chewiness and flavor.

Brown sugars these sugars are blended with varying amounts of molasses. Making for chewier caramel style cookies with lovely complex flavors. Did you know that the molasses reacts with baking soda allowing the cookie to rise slightly.

White Sugar this sugar will give you a sweet crispier style of cookie. These cookies do tend to have less of a complex flavor which if you are wanting to feature other flavor profiles then this would be a good way to go.

If like myself you love the science behind baking then I would recommend checking out this video from Baker Bettie’s Baking School. She really goes into detail on sugars and the roles they play in baking.

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Ingredients For A Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

• Flour, you need a good quality unbleached all purpose plain flour.
• Baking soda, this is a key ingredient because it controls the spread and texture of the cookies.
• Butter, depending on your own personal preference salted or unsalted will work.
• Sugars
  • Dark Brown, this will add the chewy along with a slight caramel.
  • White granulated, this will mellow the flavor and add a little crisp.
• Large sized egg
• Vanilla extract, the ingredient that we know we should add but don’t actually know why. The best way to think of it is as a flavor booster.
• Chocolate Chips, the main event. Milk, dark, semi sweet the choice is yours.

Essential Cookie Making Tools

This is just a handful of the tools that are needed for this chocolate chip cookie recipe. Other tools include mixing bowls, measuring spoons, cups and scale.

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How To Make This Chocolate Chip cookies

Start by preheating your oven and lining your baking sheets with either parchment paper or silicone mats.

Into a mixing bowl add your sugars and softened butter and using a stand mixer or and electric beater blend them together thoroughly.

Next add in a room temperature egg and vanilla extract. An egg that is at room temperature will mix in a lot better than a cold egg. It also will stop the butter cooling and curdling the cookie dough. If your egg is cold fresh out of the fridge place the whole egg into some very warm water for a couple of minutes before breaking into the mixing bowl.

Into a separate bowl add the flour, baking soda and a pinch of salt, give it all a mix to blend together. Now add this to the main mixing bowl.

Just as the flour is starting to incorporate into the rest of the ingredients add the chocolate chips. Now mix until you form a rough looking cookie dough ball.

Using the small sized cookie scoop. place balls of the chocolate chip cookie dough onto the lined cookie sheet. They should be roughly an inch half to two inches apart.

Bake for around 15 minutes or until they are lightly golden around the edges. Place them onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.

They are the best enjoyed when they are still warm though so don’t wait too long.

Tips For The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

• Use softened butter. Some chocolate chip cookie recipes will call for you to melt the butter but this recipe doesn’t. Instead we want a very soft pliable butter, although it shouldn’t be at melting point.
• Try to have all of the ingredients at room temperature. This includes the egg. If your egg is cold place it in some warm water for a couple of minutes to warm it up.
• Do not over bake the cookies it is easily done. You are better with an under baked than and over baked cookie. So keep a close eye on them.