Happy Cookie Friday! The weekend is right around the corner and I got some nice cookies for you! Yay! These delicious Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies are the latest addition to the »Coffee House Cookies«. Big, sweet and delicious cookies we all love! Once you try one, you will never eat something else!
Couple weeks ago I told you here on the blog that I am adding a new section to my weekly Cookie Friday. Large and delicious cookies like you can find them in coffee shops around the globe. The cookies today are a variation of the classic chocolate chip cookie. Instead of chocolate chips, I used chunky pieces of bittersweet chocolate. I like that much more than the small chocolate chips you normally get in those cookies. I think the larger the pieces, the better the cookie…
I don’t like the regular chocolate chips from supermarkets. That’s why I am hardly using them. I prefer regular chopped chocolate. For most of my bakes. I tend to use semi-sweet chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa – normally 70% and more. It tastes better to me. Bakes like these cookies are sweet and the slight bitterness of the chocolate works wonders here. Almost like adding salt to sweet bakes… just different. The chocolate chips you can get in stores are basically all the same… hardly any variety when it comes to the amount of cocoa used. At least in the stores I normally go. So using »regular« chocolate is the best for me.
If you want the cookies to look like mine in the pictures, you need to add some chunky pieces of chocolate on top of each dough ball before baking. The chocolate added to the dough will never look like that when baked. You’ve got to do that little trick to get them looking nice. So keep some of the chopped chocolate for the decoration.
If you want to make smaller cookies (hahaha), you can do that of course! You have to reduce the baking time a bit. It’s best to check the baking time with one or two cookies beforehand and then adjust the time if necessary. You should not (never ever) bake these cookies too long. The result will be dry and crumbly cookies. We want them crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside! That’s a perfect cookie.
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
(about 12-14 cookies)
1/2 cup (120g) butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
3/4 cups (150g) sugar (fine)*
1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar*
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract*
1 1/3 cups (180g) all-purpose flour*
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
5.3 oz. (150g) semi-sweet chocolate*, chopped
(etwa 12-14 Cookies)
120g Butter, geschmolzen und handwarm
150g Zucker (fein)*
70g brauner Zucker*
1 Ei (L)
1 TL Vanille Extrakt*
180g Mehl (Type 405)*
1/2 TL Natron
1/2 TL Salz
150g Zartbitter Schokolade*, grob gehackt
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
1. Melt the butter (either in a small pot on the stove or in the microwave) and let it cool down again. Chop the chocolate coarsely, you want not-too-small pieces.
2. Add the sugars and melted butter to a large bowl and mix until the mixture gets creamy and light – takes about 1-2 minutes. Add the egg and mix it in well. Next, add the vanilla extract and mix it in. Mix the flour with baking soda, and salt and add to the bowl, and mix until just combined. Add about 2/3 of the chopped chocolate and fold in. Place the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Use a cookie scoop or two tablespoons and place dough portions (about 2 tbsp. each) with enough space (about 4cm) on the baking sheet. Add some more chopped chocolate on the dough and bake the cookies for about 11-12 minutes. Do not overbake them! The edges of the cookies should be firm, but the center still a bit soft. Take them out of the oven and let them cool down on the baking sheet for some time, then transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool down completely.
1. Die Butter schmelzen (entweder in einem Topf auf dem Herd oder in der Mikrowelle) und auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen. Die Schokolade grob hacken – die Stücke sollten nicht zu klein sein.
2. Die beiden Zuckersorten mit der geschmolzenen Butter in eine große Schüssel geben und dann auf höchster Stufe hell und cremig aufschlagen – dauert etwa 1-2 Minuten. Das Ei dazugeben und gut unterrühren. Den Vanille Extrakt zugeben und unterrühren. Das Mehl mit dem Natron und Salz in einer zweiten Schüssel vermischen und dann zur großen Schüssel dazugeben und nur kurz unterrühren. Etwa 2/3 der Schokolade unterheben und dann den Teig für mindestens 30 Minuten in den Kühlschrank stellen.
3. Den Ofen auf 180°C (360°F) Ober-/Unterhitze vorheizen. Ein Backblech mit Backpapier auslegen. Mit einem Cookie-/Eisportionierer oder zwei Esslöffeln Teig mit genügend Abstand (etwa 4cm) auf das Blech setzen und dann in jede Portion noch etwas gehackte Schokolade drücken. Die Cookies in der Mitte des Ofens für etwa 11-12 Minuten backen. Die Ränder der Kekse sollten fest sein, die Mitte aber noch weich. Aus dem Ofen nehmen und die Kekse ein paar Minuten auf dem Blech abkühlen lassen, dann auf einem Kuchengitter komplett auskühlen lassen.
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Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 00:20
- Cook Time: 00:12
- Total Time: 01:20
- Yield: 14 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: -
- Cuisine: United States
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Classic Cookies we all love. Chocolate Chip Cookies with large chunks of chocolate. Sweet and delicious. Perfect with a cup of coffee or tea. Or maybe milk?
Ingredients
1/2 cup (120g) butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
3/4 cups (150g) sugar (fine)*
1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar*
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract*
1 1/3 cups (180g) all-purpose flour*
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
5.3 oz. (150g) semi-sweet chocolate*, chopped
Instructions
1. Melt the butter (either in a small pot on the stove or in the microwave) and let it cool down again. Chop the chocolate coarsely, you want not-too-small pieces.
2. Add the sugars and melted butter to a large bowl and mix until the mixture gets creamy and light – takes about 1-2 minutes. Add the egg and mix it in well. Next, add the vanilla extract and mix it in. Mix the flour with baking soda, and salt and add to the bowl, and mix until just combined. Add about 2/3 of the chopped chocolate and fold in. Place the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Use a cookie scoop or two tablespoons and place dough portions (about 2 tbsp. each) with enough space (about 4cm) on the baking sheet. Add some more chopped chocolate on the dough and bake the cookies for about 11-12 minutes. Do not overbake them! The edges of the cookies should be firm, but the center still a bit soft. Take them out of the oven and let them cool down on the baking sheet for some time, then transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool down completely.
Notes
Enjoy baking!
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