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Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate: #CreativeCookieExchange

September 16, 2014 By Laura 19 Comments

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These Chocolate Chip Cookies are slightly crispy on the outside, hefty, chewy and, in my opinion, perfect. With this recipe I feel I have solved my lifetime search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie! I received Zulka brown sugar in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!

I am so excited about this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange theme, but first a little bit of housekeeping. You may notice in my right hand column, below the first Adsense ad and above the Pollinate badge, a new Amazon search box. As I have mentioned before, I use Amazon affiliate links to link to items I am discussing. Basically I always link to Amazon, I did long before I was an affiliate, and being an affiliate means that I earn a very small percentage any time that one of you purchases anything after following through one of these links. And, I must emphasize, this is at no additional cost to you. Anyway, because this blog does not run on air, I like finding ways to make a little money without troubling my readers, so I have added an Amazon search box over on the right. Want to buy something–anything!–from Amazon? Start there and anything you click through to and purchase, I will earn a commission on. Which leads to more tasty dishes!

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!OK now about this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange. The theme is Comfort Food–and I love this theme because I find cookies super comforting (probably more than I should). And the cookie I find more comforting than any other? Undoubtedly and always, chocolate chip. What can I say, I am boring and traditional like that! This came at an excellent time, because I had also been sent Zulka’s new Pure Cane Brown Sugar to sample at the same time. And I personally cannot think of any better test for brown sugar than chocolate chip cookies.

You may recall that I already am a fan of Zulka’s pure cane sugar.  I love the clean yet rich taste of evaporated cane juice, and was immediately intrigued at the idea of trying it for brown sugar. Now this is not a Demerara or Turbinado sugar; it is brown sugar made the way we are used to, with molasses added back into granulated sugar. This is very exciting to me because I love my cane sugar and have often wished that I could be as confident in my brown sugar (i.e, I wish that it also started with sustainable and traceable evaporated cane juice). Well I need wish no longer! The sugar performed beautifully in the cookies, and the aroma of just the plain sugar was amazing.

So about these cookies. I think I will start with a text I got from my brother, showing a screenshot of a text exchange he had with a friend who had been at the party where I served the cookies:

Screen Shot 2014-09-15 at 11.19.10 PMMan. Best Compliment Ever. Seriously this made my day! Some background: there was a pig roast at my parents’ house as a sort of goodbye party for my brother, who just moved to Chicago. So I made (A LOT of) chocolate chip cookies for the party. At my mom’s house. Where I discovered she doesn’t keep chocolate chips and other mix-ins on hand like I do (honesty compels me to add very few people do I am sure). We scrounged up 1 bag of milk chocolate morsels, 1 bag of dark chocolate chunks, 1 Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate Bar, Twilight Delight (72% Cacao), and several rather old (!) Hershey’s milk chocolate bars that my parents had hanging around for s’mores over the summer. So quite the assortment! And I promise you–as my brother’s friend’s text hopefully attests–this chocolate chip cookie recipe is so awesome it does not really matter what chocolate you throw in them.

One other note about the circumstances surrounding these chocolate chip cookies. I did not have my super swanky camera. And my iPhone is nearly dead (in fact I have the 6 on order–woo hoo!!!). I am not educated enough to state this in any authoritative technical way, but the camera in my phone has seriously degraded and, quite frankly, sucks. So pardon the photos. I did my best!

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!

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Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!
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Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cookies
Author: TheSpicedLife
Ingredients
  • 3 cups (378 g) AP flour
  • 1 cup (130 g) whole wheat flour
  • 1¼ t baking soda
  • 1½ t baking powder
  • 1½ t coarse salt
  • 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 1¼ cups (250 g) light brown sugar
  • 18 T (1 cup plus 2 T; 225 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 T natural vanilla extract
  • 18 oz (approx. 510 g) chocolate of your choice, chopped (or chocolate chips)
  • Coarse sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
  1. Whisk together flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
  2. Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes.
  3.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. 
  4. With speed on low, add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds. Mix in the chocolate chips and/or chunks. Cover the dough with something airtight and refrigerate at least overnight (I bake a tray or so a day, until the dough is gone, thereby ensuring fresh cooking each time).*

  5. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
  6. Using a cookie dough scoop or an ice cream scoop of medium size, scoop the cookies onto the prepared tray, 6 per sheet (I baked a greater number per sheet for the party because I was trying to bake such a large number). I aim for 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie. Sprinkle the cookies with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still a little soft, about 11-13 minutes. Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cookies individually to a cooling rack.

Recipe Notes

*I have made these cookies many, many times over the years and often my family insists I bake off some immediately. Truthfully even those cookies are great. Try to let the dough chill at least 45 minutes if possible but chances are people will love them even without a longer rest period. They will definitely last better (in an airtight container) though with a longer rest period.

 

The theme this month is Comfort Food Cookies! What cookie says comfort food to you?  If you are a blogger and want to join in the fun, contact me at thespicedlife AT gmail DOT com and I will get you added to our Facebook group, where we discuss our cookies and share links.

You can also just use us as a great resource for cookie recipes–be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them here at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month! Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made this month:

  • Butterscotch Cookies from A Baker’s House
  • Chocolate Cappuccino Toffee Chip Cookies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies Made with an Assortment of Chocolate from The Spiced Life
  • Quadruple Chocolate Shortbread Cookies from Magnolia Days
  • Dark Chocolate Chunk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies from Food Lust People Love
  • Roth (The Sacred Cookies from Kashmir) from Spiceroots
  • Crispy Potato Chip Cookies from Rhubarb and Honey
  • Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies from Made with Love
  • Triple Chocolate Cookies from It’s Yummi
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies from Noshing with the Nolands
  • Thekua (Sweet Wheat Cookies from Bihar) from Indian Curries/Stew
  • Momma’s Bran Chocolate Chip Cookies from Sweet Cinnamon Honey
  • Nut Cookies from Basic N Delicious
  • Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies from What Smells So Good?

Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, products, reviews Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, brown sugar, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, Zulka

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Comments

  1. Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories says

    September 16, 2014 at 12:32 am

    Perfect comfort food cookies! And your photos look just fine to me =)

    Reply
  2. Renee says

    September 16, 2014 at 6:10 am

    That text was the most awesome compliment for sure! The cookies look wonderful and I like how you were creative with the chocolate on hand.

    Reply
  3. Joanne says

    September 16, 2014 at 7:09 am

    The BEST CCC’s?! Now that is quite a compliment! And it means that I absolutely must make these ASAP.

    Reply
  4. Becca from It's Yummi! says

    September 16, 2014 at 9:05 am

    Getting cookie compliments like that is the best feeling ever, isn’t it?! Those cookies of yours look like an awesome addiction waiting to happen in my life 🙂

    Reply
  5. Holly says

    September 16, 2014 at 11:27 am

    Yes, Chocolate chip cookies spell comfort to me too. I love that text message– both that the compliment is well deserved and that the support from your brother warmed my heart!!

    Reply
  6. Janice @Kitchen Heals Soul says

    September 16, 2014 at 11:50 am

    These look great, but I’m calling dibs on that cookie with the puddle of chocolate in the middle 😉

    Reply
  7. Stacy says

    September 16, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    I love the assortment of chocolate you scrounged from your mom’s kitchen, Laura! Too funny. And that text? I think I’d be tempted to embroider that (if I did embroidering!) and have it framed. Best compliment ever and I especially love your brother’s reply.

    Reply
  8. Shilpi says

    September 16, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    O I love Chocolate.. It is my stress reliever.. Love those chocolate bites in cookies…

    Reply
  9. Ansh says

    September 16, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    What a Compliment and you do have an adorable brother. I will look through my chocolate bin and see what all I come up with .. I am sure there will be mix ins needing to be used – so these are happening soon.

    Reply
  10. Tara says

    September 16, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    5 stars
    They sure do look like great chocolate chip cookies!! Great text!! Gotta love that!!

    Reply
  11. Sophie says

    September 16, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    These look so tasty! I love putting lots of different chocolate in cookies, and yours look perfect!

    Reply
  12. Jill says

    September 16, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    Ok I have booked marked this recipe, what’s not to love about the best chocolate chip cookies ever.

    Reply
  13. Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says

    September 17, 2014 at 2:59 pm

    Classic things are always the most comforting. I do love a good old fashioned chocolate chip cookie.

    Reply
  14. marcela says

    September 17, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    such a great recipe!
    I really enjoyed this post–both the writing and the photos!

    Reply
  15. Kathia Rodriguez says

    September 17, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    Hahaha Love the text, and those cookies OH MY GOD!! YUM!

    Reply
  16. Sarah says

    September 28, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    It’s a good thing there’s no such thing as too much chocolate in my book! Love these

    Reply
  17. Laura @MotherWouldKnow says

    September 21, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    These are chocolate chip cookies that could make anyone swoon. I love the idea of combining different types of chocolate in a single cookie – makes for a much more complex flavor. And the butter. Sigh.

    Reply
  18. Salty says

    February 13, 2021 at 12:47 am

    Thank you for including grams and sticks in the ‘pe. (Just made that up right now. So hip. So trending. Lolz.

    Reply
    • Laura says

      February 13, 2021 at 1:02 am

      LOL You’re very welcome. I would love to claim I always do but I probably don’t. I definitely always try to include grams for flour. Ounces make no sense to me, they are almost as varied as measuring with volume!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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