Well, hello cookie. You and I were a match made in heaven.
Oh, sorry. I thought we were alone.
Okay, I'll stop being weird and get to the point.
I remember reading somewhere that there was a way to make chewy chocolate chip cookies. Being the lover of sweets that I am, I decided to do some digging to find out just how it could be done.
It turns out that you need a secret ingredient to make them all moist, gooey, and chewy-like. I can't take the credit for figuring it out though - the credit goes to Anna Olsen and her cornstarch adding expertise.
I made two small tweaks to her recipe since I don't have (or think I will ever have) bittersweet chocolate chips. Instead I cut down on the sugar and used milk chocolate chips instead.
Mmmmm, milk chocolate.
Here is the recipe that you know you want to try this very second:
Chewy Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from Chocolate Chip Cookies a la Anna Olson
Ingredients:
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cream together butter and sugars with electric mixer until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.
3. Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown around the edges.
TIP #1: These cookies stay light in colour and almost look undercooked when you pull them out after 8 minutes. That's how they are supposed to look. If you cook them for any longer than 10 minutes they will be overdone. And yucky.
TIP #2: Invest in a good quality cookie sheet so that the bottom of your cookies stay nice and light. Burnt cookie bottoms are the worst!
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MMMmmm these look amazing!!! Love the pictures!!
ReplyDeleteJeni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you.
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Samesies!!!!!
Deletemmmm - I am going to try this. I love Anna's recipes. She is a lady who understands sweets. Thanks J
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to diet here and these are not helping! Can anyone tell me, why oh why you would want to use bittersweet chocolate? EWWWWW
ReplyDeleteAnna is a genius. You've tweaked the recipe well. I would have used milk chocolate, too!
ReplyDeleteI have the same recipe on my blog, though I like semisweet chips. Isn't it the best? Everyone should make it!
ReplyDeleteI ate 2 of these today! Thanks for the b-day gift! Xo
ReplyDeleteTotally making these today! They look so yummy, and will definitly help lose those last few pounds of baby weight that i need to get rid of...right?....
ReplyDeleteSarah!! You're killing me!!! These chocolate chip cookies looks tooooooo good! Love you styled the cookies and chocolate chips :) Where did you get the red polka dot serviettes? They are so cute!
ReplyDeleteI stopped at the Dollar Store of all places to get some small toys and picked up the napkins in the birthday aisle. (They are hot pink.)
ReplyDeleteCute, right? And cheap. Love cheap. :)
Looks SO yummolicious!!! I haven't been into the whole blogging thing the past few weeks. One of the things I missed was your posts. Hope all is well!!!
ReplyDeleteSarah, I made these last night and they were AMAZING! My hubby hates semi-sweet chips, so I always just used milk chocolate anyways, but this makes it a million times better. I also like the size of the reciepe. It made the perfect amount.
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These are amazing!!!!!!!!
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