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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies



Here is my August recipe for The Hinton Voice.

[Ok, so these cookies are amazing.  They are literally the best chocolate chip cookie I have ever had in my life (sorry Gramma, if you are reading this - your Ginger Sparklers are still my #1).   These cookies do what a good chocolate chip cookie should - they stay soft for days after you bake them – if they last that long that is.

I've seen “secret ingredient” (aka pudding mix) cookie recipes floating around for some time now.  Each claims to be the best cookie ever, but that's a pretty bold statement to make.  Now, having tried incorporating vanilla pudding into my favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe, I know it truly is a star.  The second the pudding mix hit the cookie dough batter, something magical happened. The delicious smell that wafted through my kitchen was simply incredible.  Not that I tried copious amounts of dough or anything (ok, so I might have), but it tasted just like birthday cake batter – likely due to all the vanilla goodness.

When I took the cookies out of the oven I was initially met with skepticism.  They were really puffy and just didn't quite look like they had finished baking.  Having burned cookies before after making this assumption, I took the pan out of the oven anyway and thought I would see what happens.  Sure enough, as soon as they cooled they were the perfect shape and consistency!  In fact, I had a really hard time keeping my husband away from these cookies long enough so that I could take a picture of them.] 

Recipe makes 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter, room temperature
¾ cup golden brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 vanilla bean, scraped (or 1-2 tsp vanilla extract)
1-3.4 oz package vanilla pudding mix
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp coarsely ground sea salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1-2 good quality chocolate bars (my favorite is Lindt)

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Fold in eggs and vanilla until well incorporated.  Mix in vanilla pudding mix (be prepared for your kitchen to start smelling like heaven at this point).

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.  Coarsely chop chocolate bars and add to batter along with chocolate chips.  Mix until just incorporated.


Drop cookies by heaping spoonful onto baking sheet (12 cookies per pan fits perfectly).  For more uniform looking cookies, roll dough into a ball first.

Bake in pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes until edges are slightly browned.  Cookies will look quite soft but they will firm up as they cool.


Allow cookies to cool on pan until slightly firm (about 5 minutes), then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling. 

Enjoy!

 - Nutritional Info (per cookie) -

Calories - 97   Fat - 6    Carbs – 10     Protein - 1   Fibre – 1


10 comments:

  1. Trying these as soon as I get home! Cookie is a food group right?

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    1. I don't want to live in a world where it isn't. ;)

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  2. Vanilla pudding in cookies is genius, they always come out perfectly chewy and delicious. I'll have to give your recipe a go, a girl never has too many cookie recipes! ((specially if they are vanilla pudding cookies)) :-)

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  3. I want to eat that cookie dough it looks so good! Thanks for the recipe.

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