If you are tired of trying recipe after recpe to make the best Chocolate Chip Cookies, I have good news for you because you already found it. Soft on the center and crunchy on the exterior, with the perfect balance of sugar and a delicious touch of sea salt, these Chocolate Chip Cookies will blow your mind.
Hmmm chocolate chip cookies, I think I'm right in saying they are an all-time favorite. If you are like me, who like to bake and homemade things, it has surely happened to you that you try a dessert that you like so much and the first thing you think is to recreate it yourself.
Well, it's happened to me more than once, but I'm not going to lie to you, recreating the best chocolate chip cookies has taken me a lot longer than I would like.
Recipe after recipe, and the truth nothing convinced me. With all the recipes available in the vast world of the internet, it was very difficult to decide which recipe to try.
You should know that I was looking for very specific characteristics for what I consider the perfect chocolate chip cookies: fluffy (but not like cake), golden on the exterior but soft on the center, and with the perfect balance of sugar and salt.
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The Best Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 240 gr pastry flour (2 cups minus 2 tablespoons) {1}
- 240 gr strong flour (1⅔ cups) {2}
- 1¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 283 gr unsalted butter (2½ bars of 113gr)
- 283 gr brown sugar
- 227 gr sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 500 gr dark chocolate chips {3}
- coarse sea salt for sprinkling (optional, but highly recommend)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Reservation.
- In the bowl of your mixer, with the flat attachment, cream the butter with the sugars until it is fluffy and a very light color. It takes about 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs one by one, until well incorporated.
- Add the vanilla, and mix well.
- Lower the speed and add the dry ingredients, mixing only until just incorporated.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix them gently so as not to break them. You can use a spatula or with the same mixer at the lowest speed for only 5-10 seconds.
- Refrigerate the dough in a resealable plastic bag for 24-48 hours. Do not refrigerate for more than 3 days.
- When you're ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 ° F (180 ° C) and grease two pans or cover them with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Shape the cookies using a spoon or special cookie scoop. The balls should be about the size of a ping pong ball (this is about two tufted tablespoons per cookie), completely round, and should be at least 3 inches between each other to prevent sticking.
- If desired, sprinkle with a little coarse sea salt before putting them in the oven.
- Bake the cookies for 10-11 minutes until they start to get a golden color on the surface but are still soft. Be careful, if you leave them for longer they will be too crispy and brown.
- Let the cookies cool for 3-4 minutes on the tray and carefully transfer them to a rack to finish cooling.
- Enjoy them slowly.
Notes
- The original recipe calls for semi-bitter chocolate discs or fèves containing at least 60% cocoa. I didn't have it and couldn't find it when I went to the store, so I used these dark chocolate chips from Nestlé and they were delicious.
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TIP: If you are looking for some super attractive cookies like the ones in the photos, reserve half a cup of chocolate chips and press a few on the surface of the dough balls. This allows the sparks to retain their shape and not be hidden within the dough.
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