Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today is a very special day. It’s my one year blogiversary! I can’t believe how fast the last year flew by! When I started out, I never thought about getting to this point. In the last year I’ve met so many amazing people… even if only online so far. I’ve made and shared over 125 recipes and made a mess of my kitchen even more than that. My goal starting out was to share recipes that I love, that are simple and delicious. And I plan to stick with that, for the most part.
I considered making a cake or cupcakes as a celebration, but then I changed my mind. It seemed fitting to make something from the giveaway item. Yes… a giveaway! My very first ever! But before I get to that, let’s talk about the cookies. I was curious just how cakey these might end up being so I compared the ingredients to the snickerdoodle recipe, because those are fluffier than the average cookie. The ingredients seemed pretty similar with some obvious differences so I was game. The dough tastes as tasty as any chocolate chip cookie dough. My only gripe about the dough is not being able to use a cookie scoop easier, it gets really gunked up in there pretty quick. The final results… Cakey – yes. Packed with chocolate – yes. Delicious – yes! I like when recipes turn out. You’d always hope and expect a published recipe to have awesome results but unfortunately that’s just not always the case. This one you can trust though. Tested and approved – with a few minor alterations.
Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 14 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 1/4 C light brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/4 C all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Scrape bowl as needed and prior to each new addition. Add salt, vanilla and eggs. Mix just until combined. Add flour, baking soda and baking powder. Mix until creamy. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
- On a silicone baking mat or parchment paper lined baking sheet, drop heaping tablespoons several inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes or until the bottom edge is just golden.
- Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to one week. Freeze extra dough as is or in ball form for up to several months.
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I love any cookie that has chocolate and peanut butter – the best combination ever!
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My favorite cookies are Chocolate Chip.
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I like a white chocolate chip cherry cookie. Soo yummy
i “liked” you on facebook….and my favorite is any kind of chocolate chip cookie…especially triple chocolate!
YUM cookies. Happy blogiversary. A great book, one I have to have! Do enter me if a US address works. Thank you.
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Happy Blogiversary! I follow you on Twitter and would definitely follow you again if I could. My favorite cookies always include a bit of peanut butter.
I noticed you use a Silpat. I recently got one as a gift and haven’t used it. Do you love it? Or just like it?
I love using my silpat. It makes cleanup a snap and is a good reusable option in place of parchment. The only time I use parchment anymore is if I need it for a shaped pan (square and rectangular) and not my large baking sheets.
Happy Bloganniversary!! I think i am following you but I will if not!
My family has a buttery-delicious ginger molasses cookie recipe that are my very favorites! We call them Brer Rabbit Cookies because the recipe came off the back of a container of Brer Rabbit Molasses many, many years ago.
And, I tweeted about your giveaway! Happy Blogiversary!
Chocolate chip are my very favorite!!!
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Happy blogiversary!
I love Martha and her books.
My favorite cookie is Gingerbread!
favorite? that’s hard. i’m going to go with my mom’s sugar cookies, even though i love a LOT of cookies! :)
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My favorite cookie is a gingersnap, but it has to be really chewy and really spicy.
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I am a cookie purist. I love plain ol’ chewy chocolate chip.
Mmm. If pressed to choose a favorite, I’d have to say the Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. Recipe on the bag. Butter only. Chewy, not crispy.
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my favorite cookie is chocolate chip cookies! Classic :)
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I love a lot of cookies but probably basic chocolate chip is my favorite.
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Oh snap! Did all the others but forgot to do the MANDITORY response…sharp as a marble. My favorite cookie is a not too sweet oatmeal raisin cookie. No chocolate or nuts included please, I like them “pure”. :-)
My favorite cookie is hard to say, but the Paula Deen ones with several kinds of chips (toffee, semi, bittersweet, etc) are incredible. A friend once made me a bucket of them for my birthday.
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my favorite is chocolate chip since it’s classic and is so good with milk. (my favorite store brought ones are those snackwells creme sandwich cookies)
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Hmmm… That’s a hard question. Do chocolate whoopie pies filled withy homemade marshmallow flouff count as cookies? :)
I don’t see why not! :)
I love Snickerdoodles and Nobakes.