Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
RECIPE VIDEO ABOVE. These may well be the easiest chocolate chip cookies in the world! These are big, soft, buttery and are made without a beater, no creaming butter, no refrigeration required and no rolling the dough into the balls. Adapted from Cooks Illustrated. Makes 13 large or 26-30 small. {Th
Ingredients
13 servings
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C / 350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan / convection). Place oven shelf in the middle of the oven.
- Line 2 trays with baking / parchment paper.
- Whisk the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
- Place the butter in a large heatproof bowl. Microwave until the butter is almost fully melted (25 sec for room temp butter, 40 sec for fridge cold butter on high).
- Whisk to finish melting the butter. (Note 2)
- Add brown and white sugar, whisk energetically for 15 seconds.
- Add egg, yolk and vanilla, whisk well for 15 seconds.
- Add flour mixture and mix until flour is almost fully incorporated.
- Add 1 cup chocolate chips, stir to disperse and flour is fully incorporated. Batter will be quite loose.
- Stand for 5 minutes for batter to firm up a bit so it is scoop-able into mounds. (Note 3)
- LARGE COOKIES: Scoop up a level ice cream scoop / 3 tbsp / 1/4 cup (Note 4) and place on baking trays 5cm / 2" apart - 13 balls. Top with remaining choc chips (these remain on surface once baked = prettier).
- SMALL COOKIES (26 - 30): Scoop up 1.5 tbsp (heaped tbsp measure) OR 1/2 an ice cream scoop (this works well). Place on baking trays 4cm / 1.75" apart, top with choc chops.
- Bake 1 tray at a time. LARGE COOKIES: Bake for 8 minutes, then rotate the tray and bake for 3 minutes (11 minutes in total). SMALL COOKIES: Bake 6 minutes, turn then bake 3 minutes (9 min total). The cookies should be just golden on the edges and pale golden on top. They will be slightly puffed up.
- Cool on the tray - they finish cooking. They will lose the puffiness while resting. Dig in and get your cookie fix!
Nutrition per serving
325kcal
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$510.00
$510.00
Per Serving
$39.00/serving
$39.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$1020.00 vs buying!
~$1020.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (100% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| plain / all purpose flour | 0.25 cups | $3.00 |
| salt | 1 tsp | $1.00 |
| baking soda | 0.5 tsp | $1.00 |
| / 12 tbsp unsalted butter | 175 g | $192.00 |
| brown sugar | 0.5 cup | $15.00 |
| caster sugar | 0.5 cup | $7.00 |
| egg | 1 | $55.00 |
| egg yolk | 1 | $55.00 |
| vanilla extract | 2 tsp | $152.00 |
| chocolate chips | 0.25 cups | $29.00 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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