Bakery Style Chocolate Chunk Cookies

We’ve taken our traditional Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies and made them right into a chocolate lover’s dream. We mix chocolate dough with each milk chocolate chips and darkish chocolate chunks for the right mixture of candy and wealthy. Bakery-style cookies are delicate, thick, and large! This simple recipe gives you the identical large cookies however with out the worth of the cookie outlets. Do your self a favor and make a batch for your loved ones or simply your self—we received’t inform!

For extra cookie goodness attempt our Perfectly Soft Sugar Cookies or our Chocolate Turtle Cookies.

We love bakery-style cookies for his or her delicate and thick texture. To make these cookies additional thick, chilling or freezing the dough balls for 20 minutes earlier than baking is the trick. Cooling the dough slows down spreading throughout baking, leading to cookies that keep tall and chunky. For the thickest cookies, bake them straight from the freezer.

Ingredient Notes

• Softened Butter: For those who solely have unsalted available, simply add a 1/2 tsp salt to the dough. Margarine can be used, however we strongly advocate utilizing actual butter for the very best taste.
• Brown Sugar: Mild or darkish brown sugar works, although darkish brown sugar will give a deeper taste.
• Vanilla Extract: Pure vanilla extract provides the very best taste, however imitation vanilla additionally works.
• Eggs: Use giant eggs at room temperature for simpler mixing.
• All-Goal Flour: Persist with common all-purpose flour for this one. Bread flour also can work.
• Baking Powder & Baking Soda: Test the expiration date to make sure correct leavening.
• Milk Chocolate Chips: Brings a creamy, candy distinction to the darkish chocolate chunks.
• Darkish Chocolate Chunks: Chop a high-quality darkish chocolate bar for swimming pools of melted chocolate all through the cookies or buy chocolate chunks.

Chocolate Selections Overload

Chocolate chips and chocolate chunks soften into gooey pockets of chocolate. We advocate mixing and matching based mostly on the non-public preferences of your candy tooth.

Chocolate chunks are a should for these cookies. You could have a few choices. You should purchase baggage of chocolate chunks on the grocery retailer, however generally you possibly can’t discover them. The opposite choice is to cut up a high-quality darkish chocolate bar. Our favourite is definitely the one-pound bars offered at Dealer Joe’s.

For the chocolate chips, we use milk chocolate chips to create a creamy distinction to the darkish chocolate chunks. For those who like issues much less candy, use semi-sweet. Need extra chocolate in each chew? Swap in mini chocolate chips for an additional chocolatey cookie.

The Science Behind Excessive Warmth

These cookies are baked at 400°F (200°C), which is larger than the standard temperature for cookies. Why? Baking at a excessive warmth causes the butter within the dough to soften rapidly, spreading the cookies barely whereas setting the perimeters quick sufficient to create that golden, barely crisp exterior. The facilities keep delicate and chewy as a result of the excessive temperature shortens the baking time, stopping overcooking.

Smaller Cookies

As written, this recipe makes 12 decadently giant cookies. Divide the dough into roughly 5 or 6-ounce parts utilizing a kitchen scale. That is the large portion dimension discovered at specialty bakeries.

For a extra single-serving choice, you may make them into 24 smaller cookies. Divide the dough into roughly 2-ounce parts utilizing a kitchen scale or use a 2-ounce cookie scoop. Modify the recipe by baking at 400 levels for about 8 minutes. 

Freeze for Later

Hear, we like to freeze cookie dough for later. It’s so good to have cookies able to bake when you’ve gotten surprising company or need to pop over to a good friend or neighbor with a bit deal with. Let’s be sincere, it’s additionally simply good to have some available while you simply want a cookie for your self.

Freeze baked cookies by putting them in a single layer on a baking sheet to freeze initially, then switch them to a resealable freezer bag or hermetic container for as much as 3 months. This prevents them from sticking collectively. To take pleasure in, thaw at room temperature, or heat them within the microwave for 10–15 seconds.

Freeze cookie dough in pre-portioned balls. After shaping the dough into balls, place them on a baking sheet and freeze till strong. Then switch the frozen dough balls to a freezer-safe bag or container for as much as 3 months.

To bake from frozen, switch to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 400°F (200°C). Add 1-2 additional minutes to the baking time, and luxuriate in recent, heat cookies on demand!