Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Stronger than any chocolate chip cookie recipe you've seen before, these cookies beg to be accompanied by a glass of milk.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch cinnamon or instant espresso powder
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter + 1 tbsp vegetable shortening (shortening is optional!) All at room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup chocolate bits chunks, chips, (whatever- I used ½ cup milk chocolate chunks and ½ cup dark chocolate chunks)
- ½ cup finely chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and preheat the oven to 200 C or 375 F.
- Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- In another bowl, beat together the butter, shortening, and sugars until well combined and creamy.
- Add the vanilla and eggs, beating for another minute.
- Add the dry ingredients until just combined, then fold in the nuts and chocolate.
- Place tablespoon-full mounds of dough onto a baking sheet each portion 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes (or 12 if you want them slightly crunchier) The edges should be golden brown, and the center should be lighter in colour.
- Cool for 5 minutes before digging in.
Notes
Enjoy these delicious chocolate chunk cookies with a glass of milk! Feel free to freeze in some of the batter so you can bake them whenever craving hits - which will be often!
This chocolate chunk recipe is adapted from Dorie Greenspan's Baking From My Home to Yours - "My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies".