Chocolate Chipper Cookies
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For ages I tried to resist buying magazines from store shelves. I simply can’t justify the $10 most cost when they’re more than half ads. Lately I’ve been giving in. Caving to the amazing covers. I’m even more likely to cave if I come across a magazine that has zero ads. I mean seriously zero. Now that is a perfect magazine, page after page of amazing recipes and drool inducing photos.
Even when I pick up a new magazine or get one in the mail, I rarely cook from it in a timely manner. I should try to do better at that. Usually I flip through it, set it down for days or weeks before ripping out the recipes that are destined for my recipe binders.
Clearly I found a winner recently though as I’ve now cooked two recipes from a single magazine. The first being this amazing hash brown egg skillet. So good. I want one right now. The second recipe being this fun cookie. It’s seemingly your everyday basic chocolate chip cookie but no, it’s not. Blame the ingredients on the time this cookie was created. This was a winning recipe from 1947, you read that right… 1947. In place of sugar, butter and eggs, this recipe calls for shortening and corn syrup. I was willing to get it a try!
I liked these best straight from the oven, or nearly… soft with bits of walnuts and warm chocolate. I wasn’t missing the sugar, butter or eggs! These flatten out and crisp up a bit, creating a perfect recreation of the original. A few alterations were made along the way for perfect results.
Chocolate Chipper Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 C shortening
- 3/4 C light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 C all purpose flour
- 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate chopped
- 1/2 C walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat shortening until creamy. Add corn syrup, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix well, scraping bowl as needed. Add flour by the spoonful while mixing on low.
- Stir in walnuts and chocolate by hand.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, place balls of dough two inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Bake for 10-13 minutes or until just golden on the bottom edges.
- Let cookies rest for 1 minute on baking sheet prior to transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to several days.
Notes
What I really like about these is the look of them. It’s different. Instead of the chips appearing as small mounds, it looks like little swirls.
Very appealing.
In fact, the chocolate seems to be evenly spread throughout the entire cookie, which is a good thing.
I like all kind of cookies, but I really prefer the ones with chocolate :D
You can never go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie! I actually stopped letting myself get magazines because I never seem to get back to the recipes I bookmark but lately I want to give myself another chance lol
This cookie recipe is very interesting. I want to taste one…or 3 :)
These cookies sound great! I always have a battle with myself and buying magazines! They are so expensive, but the pictures always try to suck me in!
Interesting recipe, I’m curious to try it. I agree with another commenter about the chocolate chips being evenly spread out. What a great idea to chop up the chips first!
I love chocolate chip cookies that have the chopped pieces in them instead of the chips. They’re so much prettier :) I’m tempted to buy some corn syrup and shortening now.
These look practically perfect Rachel! I love how they are perfectly shaped. The corn syrup is an interesting add, definitely trying that out!
Wow, these look awesome. I never have cooked with shortening or corn syrup..I just don’t like the idea of shortening, but I do have it in my pantry cause of the cast iron skillets….maybe it’s time I give this type of cookie a try!
I want to try these just for the look of them! They are gorgeous! Very interesting having shortening and corn syrup… but I trust you! I will make sure to make them sometime! :)
What perfect looking cookies! I’ve never heard of corn syrup in cookies; I’m intrigued!
These sound amazing! Nothing like a good chocolate chip cookie!
oh i think i MUST make these this weekend!
I want these right now! They look pretty much perfect!
Ummmm I totally want one of these cookies…stat!
Corn syrup in a cookie?? I’ve never seen that! I must give it a try!
Never seen corn syrup in a chocolate chip cookie before, how interesting. They look amazing!
I can’t believe these don’t have eggs in there! crazy. nom nom nom!
They look amazing Rachel. It is great to recreate old recipes.
I’m so intrigued! Definitely need to give these a try!
These were great. They turned out like moist shortbread for me.