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You will fall in love with this Thick and Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe that bakes supremely soft and fudgy in the centers, oh so chewy on the edges. These need only need 30 minutes of chill time!
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Chocolate Chip cookies are my favorite kind of cookies, bet they are yours too! These melted Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are the love of my life, no kidding! Close second are these thick Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: Taste and Texture
- Super soft, thick and Fudgy in the centers
- Super decadent and oh-so-rich
- Chewy on the edges
- Loaded with a ton of melty chocolate chips
Double Chocolate Cookies Ingredients:
Butter: I like to use unsalted butter at room temp, that way you can easily control the amount of salt in your cookie dough.
Cream Cheese: Cream Cheese is the star of today's cookie recipe. It helps in making cookies unbelievably soft and and immensely flavorsome. Remember to use brick style cream cheese and not spread.
Sugars: We will use a combination of brown and granulated sugars to get perfect textured cookies that are both soft and chewy.
Espresso Powder: I add instant espresso powder to enhance the flavor profile of these cookies. It is optional, but highly recommended.
Cornstarch: Adding 2 teaspoon of cornstarch in the cookies will help them get a softer texture and your cookies will bake thick.
Cocoa: Unsweetened natural cocoa powder works best here. But you could also swap it for Dutch processed too.
How to make chocolate cookie dough:
- Cream Butter, Sugar and Cream Cheese: Beat butter and both the sugars together till the mixture gets light and fluffy.
- Next beat in softened cream cheese. Then beat one room temperature egg in.
- Next add and mix in vanilla and espresso.
- Fold in Dry Ingredients: Sift all the dry ingredients together over wet and fold to form cookie dough. Fold in chocolate chips at this stage.
- Chilling the Dough: Chill the dough for 30 minutes minimum and bake your cookies! If you are not in a hurry to bake cookies, allow the cookie dough to rest for 3-4 hours or up to 2 days in refrigerator.
Which Chocolate Chips to use:
You can make these soft double chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and even butterscotch chips or even M&Ms.
Why didn't my chocolate chip cookies flatten?
- Don't over measure your flour. I can't stress this tip enough! Either use a kitchen scale to measure it or fluff your flour and use scoop and sweep method.
- Make sure you have not over chilled your dough. Like if you have chilled the dough for 1 or 2 days, you might want to allow dough to come to room temp for a few minutes before baking.
Quick Tip:
For Better Cookie Spread try Pan Banging Method: We need to bake our chocolate cookies for 10-11 minutes. But around 8-9 mins mark, if you notice the cookies aren't spreading as much, remove them from oven. Then, lightly bang the baking sheet on the counter top or a flat surface 2-3 times. Now put them back in the oven and bake for a few more minutes.
This helps cookies to deflate as the air escape cookies and it aids in better and even spread. Also, your cookies won't turn out cakey with this approach, try it!
To avoid spoiling the whole batch of cookies, I sometimes test by baking just one cookie and make sure they will bake right!
How do I keep my Double Chocolate cookies from getting flat?
- Make sure to chill this cookie dough for at least 30 minutes. If you are not pressed on time, you can also chill it for a few hours before baking.
- Measure the flour correctly. Too less flour can cause these cookies to spread and bake flat.
How do you know when chocolate cookies are done?
Cookies when baked will appear puffy and pale and set on the edges. Don't be tempted to over bake them, they will set further while cooling on the tray.
How do you keep chocolate cookies soft?
My number one trick is to replace some of the butter with cream cheese in the cookie dough. I promise, you will experience the softest cookies on earth. Cookies that bake soft and stay soft for days!
What is the secret to moist cookies?
Cream Cheese: Addition of cream cheese will keep your cookies moist. However. you can also try adding an extra yolk to your cookie dough.
Egg Yolk: Adding an extra yolk will make your cookies moister and enhance the over all cookie flavor because of the extra fat in the yolk as compared to whites.
Brown Sugar: Adding more brown sugar than granulated helps cookie bake moist and oh so chewy!
Is it better to freeze cookie dough or baked cookies?
Well you can freeze them both. But I prefer to freeze cookie dough balls and bake them when ready to enjoy.
You see, cookies don't take that long to bake and nothing beats fresh and warm cookies straight out of oven!
More Chocolate Desserts:
Easy Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Fudgy S'mores Brownies
Mini Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
Chocolate Cupcake Cones
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Recipe
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
You will fall in love with this Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe that bakes very soft and thick. They only need 30 minutes chill time!
4.95 from 38 votes
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
US Customary - Metric
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Chilling Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Servings 18 Cookies
Calories: 260kcal
Author: Neha
Equipment
Hand beater/ Stand Mixer
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Butter (unsalted, softened to room temperature)
- 2 oz Cream Cheese (Brick style, softened to room temperature)
- ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar (Packed)
- ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 large Egg (at room temperature)
- 1 tsp Instant Espresso
- 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 ¾ Cups All Purpose Flour (measured correctly)
- 2 teaspoon Cornstarch
- ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 12 oz Milk Chocolate Chips
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or using a hand beater beat butter and both sugars, till light and fluffy. This should take about 1-2 minutes
Now add softened cream cheese and continue to beat till the mixture appears pale and fluffy. About 2 minutes. Next add in egg and beat again. Add vanilla and espresso powder and give it a quick whirl too.
Now sift all the dry ingredients (Flour, cornstarch, cocoa, baking soda and salt) over wet. And slowly mix them all in to form dough. Add in chocolate chips. Chill the dough in refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes or up to 3-4 hours in the fridge.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 deg F and line 2 baking sheets with silicon mat or parchment paper. Drop about 2 Tbsps mounds of cookie dough on sheets and place them around 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10-11 minutes. When done, the cookies will appear just set on corners and puffy in the middle. Allow to cool for 4-5 minutes on baking tray and then transfer to wire rack to complete cooling.
Notes
How to Store Chocolate Cookies:
- These Chocolate Cookies will stay fresh covered in an air tight container for 4-5 days.
- You can freeze baked or unbaked dough balls in the freezer for about 2 months. When ready to bake, allow dough balls to stand for an hour on the counter top and bake then.
For Better Cookie Spread try Pan Banging Method: We need to bake our chocolate cookies for 10-11 minutes. But around 8-9 mins mark, if you notice the cookies aren't spreading as much, remove them from oven. Then, lightly bang the baking sheet on the counter top or a flat surface 2-3 times. Now put them back in the oven and bake for a few more minutes.
Quick Tips to bake perfect Chocolate Cookies every time:
- Always begin with room temperature butter, egg and cream cheese to bake perfect cookies.
- Take extra care not to over measure your flour. Or else the cookies will bake tough and over thick (in a bad way).
- You can skip coffee powder if you want. But adding it enhances the chocolate flavor. You won't taste coffee in the baked cookies at all!
- Chill chocolate cookie dough for at least 30 minutes prior to shaping and baking. If you are not in a hurry, try chilling the dough for a few hours, to ensure perfectly thick and flavorful cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Sodium: 151mg | Sugar: 21g
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