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How to Bake the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies: An Awesome Ultimate Guide

How to Bake the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies- An Awesome Ultimate Guide

Baking chocolate chip cookies might seem a bit easy. However, you need to know that it requires a bit of practice to perfect the best cookies and the type you want to bake. This is why we provide you the complete guide how to bake the best chocolate chip cookies!

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Overview of Chocolate Chip Cookies
What are Chocolate Chip Cookies?
Types of Chocolate Chip Cookies
Interesting Facts on Chocolate Chip Cookies
Awesome Ways To Eat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Complete Guide to CookChocolate Chip Cookies
The Ingredients You Need
How to Mix Ingredients
Additional Add-ins
Favorite Cookie Tools
How To Shape Chocolate Chip Cookies
How to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crispy & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies
How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookies On Stove
How To Cool Chocolate Chip Cookies After Baking
How To Store Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookie Expiration Date
How To Tell If Cookies Bad/ Rotten or Spoiled?
How To Extend Cookies Life
Chocolate Chip Cookies Troubleshooting
Tips and Tricks
Making Chocolate Chip Cookies without Eggs
Making Chocolate Chip Cookies without Baking Powder
Choosing The Best Chocolate
Creative Shapes on Chocolate Chip Cookies
Moistening Hard Cookies
Keeping Cookies Moist After Baking
Common Mistakes When Cooking With Chocolate Chip Cookies
Experts’ Advices
Top 5 Recipes with Chocolate Chip Cookies
Top 1 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake
Top 2 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pudding Pops
Top 3 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cheesecake
Top 4 –Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles
Top 5 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
Nutrition Facts of Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies Nutrition Profile
Chocolate Chip Cookies Health Benefits
FAQ
Resources and Further Reading

Overview of Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • What is it?
  • THE TASTE

What are Chocolate Chip Cookies?

Chocolate chip cookies are one kind of drop cookies, which feature chocolate chips as one of its very own distinguishing ingredients. Drop cookies are made from soft cookie dough that is dropped by spoonfuls onto the baking sheet. When being baked, these mounds are flattened, giving you round cookies afterward.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

The traditional ingredients include cookie dough, which made of butter, white and brown sugar, semi-sweetened chocolate chips, and vanilla. However, there have been many versions popping out. The variations are made from different kinds of chocolates as well as different kinds of other ingredients.

For instance, some chocolate chip cookies feature not just its prominent chocolate chips, but also nuts or oatmeal. There is also vegan chocolate chip, which uses vegan margarine, vegan chocolate, and so forth.

What do Chocolate Chip Cookies taste like?

The traditional chocolate chip cookies taste sweet due to the added brown and white sugar in the mixture. It can also be chewy, crispy, and buttery. The flavor can change depending on the type and amount of ingredients used.

Types of Chocolate Chip Cookies

Because chocolate chip cookies have been very prominent all over the world, both restaurant and house chefs have put their ingredients and own styles in the traditional recipe. The following are the common variants of chocolate chip cookies:

Double chocolate chip cookie

This type uses a dough that is flavored with chocolate rather than the traditional butter. This can be by addition of melted chocolate or cocoa in the dough. Some also add white chocolate or peanut butter in the dough mixture.

Chocolate chip peanut butter cookie

 This type replaces the vanilla and uses peanut butter into the dough while maintaining the signature ingredient “chocolate chips.”

M & M cookie

M & M cookie – also known as “party cookie,” this type uses m&m’s chocolates instead of the traditional plain chocolate chips.

Macadamia chip cookie

This type puts some macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips.

Chocolate chip bar cookie

Instead of putting in the cookie sheet, it uses a baking dish that makes it look like a bar.

Other types differentiate from the type of chocolate it uses, the size, additional ingredients that make the taste and texture dissimilar to one another.

For more info about other variants, CLICK HERE.

Interesting Facts on Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • The chips melt best at temperatures between 104 and 113 degrees Fahrenheit, and the heating temperature must not exceed 115 degrees Fahrenheit. This can burn the chocolate.
  • Chocolate chips have been regarded as an important American dessert.
  • The top producers of chocolate chip cookies are Nestle and Hershey companies.
  • In 1987, Chester Soling hosted a contest to come up with the best chocolate chip cookie recipe and got 2,600 recipes as a response.
  • These cookies are firstly called Chocolate Crunch Cookies.
  • Chocolate chip cookie is Massachusetts’ official state cookie, as well as the common Wealth Pennsylvania’s

For more fun facts, read Mobile-Cuisine’s Chocolate Chip Fun Facts

Awesome Ways To Eat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza via Sugarme sweet bakers

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza via Todaysmama

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake via Vinntage Kitty

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake via The Cake Blog

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cannolis

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cannolis via Tripadvisor

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cannolis via Tripadvisor

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Bars via Inkatrinas Kitchen

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Bars via Inkatrinas Kitchen

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake via Salty Canary

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake via Salty Canary

For more info, read BuzzFeed’s Life-Changing Ways to Eat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Complete Guide to CookChocolate Chip Cookies

The Ingredients You Need

chocolate chip cookie ingredients via The dessert Spot

Chocolate chip cookie ingredients via The dessert Spot

Butter

The butter gives your cookies a buttery flavor while moistening your dough. Beating the butter with shortening will give the dough a good rise when they bake.

Unsalted or salted? You should use unsalted butter, because it gives you the full control of the overall flavor of your recipe, and it gives out the natural flavor of foods. You would need to add a pinch of salt in the dough anyway.

Sugar

Sugars make your cookie recipe even softer and richer. Together with the butter and vanilla, it also gives moisture to your dough, and moisture would result in a chewy cookie.

White or brown? It is all up to you. Brown sugar has more moisture than white sugar, and healthier too! More of white sugar would make your cookies sandier in texture and crisper as well.

Flour

Flour is one of the main ingredients of your dough, which makes it have a texture in the first place. Too much flour will make your cookie to spread too much and lose structure. Always scale your flour and do not scoop directly from the bag as it compacts the flour.

Salt

Salt – the salt calms the fermentation activity, makes the dough a little stronger, and affects the baked goods’ shelf life. It also adds and enhances flavor in your cookies. So do not miss putting some pinches of salt in your dough.

Chocolate

Chocolate – without chocolate chips, your chocolate chip cookies won’t be complete. It gives your cookies that beautiful texture and appearance and a chocolaty flavor that complements with the buttery dough. Most bakers would prefer semi-sweet chocolate as it is efficient in holding its shape whenever it is mixed in the dough.

The right amount? It all depends on whether you want very chocolaty cookies or not.

Egg

Egg whites give moisture and protein in your dough. These proteins trap and retain bubbles of air in the mixture. It makes your dough rise in the oven.

Egg yolks also provide the same moisture and protein. Aside from this, it also gives a well-emulsified source of fat. A higher amount of egg yolks makes your cookie super tender and gives a brownie-like texture.

Baking Powder

It acts as a chemical leavening in your dough. When moistened with your butter and egg, this will make your dough bloom and rise.

What brand should you use? All. Good baking soda is not hard to find, so it does not matter what brand you choose.

How to Mix Ingredients

Prepare to bake chocolate chip cookies

Prepare to bake chocolate chip cookies

You need to have two bowls for flour and butter mixture. When beating, you can also use an electric mixer. The secret to perfect dough is to not mix the ingredients all at once. Follow the steps below:

  • Step 1: In a bowl, put the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix it and whisk.
  • Step 2: In another bowl, mix the butter and the brown and white sugar.
  • Step 3: In an electric mixer (optional), beat the butter together with brown and white sugar on medium-high speed for up to four minutes. Beat it until it becomes light and fluffy.
  • Step 4: Crack and add the two large eggs to the butter mixture. Mix.
  • Step 5: Pour the pure vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Beat again.
  • Step 6: Add your chocolate chips and mix using your wooden spoon. Or hands.
  • Step 7: Add your flour mixture and mix. Do not overdo your dough.

Additional Add-ins

There are no limits as to what you can add to your chocolate chip cookie dough mixture. You can coat your cookies with chocolate syrup, or any favorite choco sauce, or before cooking, add the dough with some salted peanuts, butterscotch, caramel chunks, cornmeal, coffee, and even chipotle peppers!

That’s right! You can add some spices to your cookies such as cardamom, mace, freshly grated ginger, and more! Check out this Chocolate Chip Gingersnap Chai Cookie recipe from Food Network. You can even put some bacon strips! Anything you prefer, really.

Favorite Cookie Tools

Aside from the common tools you need when cooking, the following are the primary needed materials for baking cookies:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Baking tins

you should use heavy-duty silver coloured tins as dark silicone bake ware can make the sides of your cookies dark.

Cooling Rack

After baking, your cookies need to sit for a couple of minute before consuming. Cooling rack helps air to circulate around your cookies to avoid sogginess.

Spatulas

you can avoid some melted chocolate or dough mixture in your bowl by skimming around the sides through this equipment. When you do not have this, a spoon will do.

Measuring jug

used for measuring liquid ingredients like oil, water, milk, etc.

Measuring spoons

(teaspoon and tablespoon) used for measuring small quantity of ingredients like oil, vanilla, salt, etc.

Mixing bowls

it is better to have more than one bowl as baking cookies require many bowls which where you can mix your ingredients to make a dough.

Palette knife

can be used for slicing or cutting butter, etc.

Pastry brush

When you grease your pans with oil, as well as grease your dough with egg wash or milk, or brush your baked goods with melted butter, this can be an excellent tool.

Food Mixture

It mixes and beats any ingredients you put. This saves time and minimize effort. However, when you don’t have this, you can use whisk or spoons instead.

Whisk

This is necessary for beating your butter, egg, and sugar. It is designed to provide volume and aerate foods. This can be used when you don’t have any electric food mixer.

Baking parchment/liners

It is a non-stick paper (greaseproof and moisture-proof) that is good for lining cookies. When you don’t have this, you can brush a small amount of oil, or spread a small amount of flour.

How To Shape Chocolate Chip Cookies

Shaping your cookies can be easy when you have some molds. However, when you only have your hands and some tools and want just the perfect and traditional ball-shaped cookies, here is what you need to do:

Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Step 1: Scoop some heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet. Make sure each dough is 2 inches apart from one another. (alternatively)Wet your hands with a tiny amount of water, and roll each dough into a ball.
  • Step 2: flatten slightly with your palm or with a spatula. Remember that when you put too much liquid into your dough mixture, your cookies will end up flat and thin.

How to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

The following are the in-depth recipe and instructions of different chocolate chip cookie recipe, from popular websites and food blogs.

  • Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Crispy & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here, you get to know how to bake the traditional and classic chocolate chip cookie, a recipe from Food Network.

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies via Food Network

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies via Food Network

Ingredients:

  • Two ¼ cups of all-purpose baking flour
  • 12 tbsp unsalted butter (must be at room temperature)
  • Two large-sized eggs
  • ¾-cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • One tsp salt
  • One teaspoon baking soda
  • One tsp pure vanilla extract
  • One piece bag semi-sweet chocolate chips (12-ounce weight)

Procedure:

STEP 1

Put your oven racks on the top and bottom thirds of the oven. Preheat them to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and line the two baking sheets with a parchment.

STEP 2

In a bowl, put the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix it and whisk.

STEP 3

In another bowl, mix the butter and the brown and white sugar.

STEP 4

In an electric mixer, beat the butter together with the two sugars on medium-high speed for up to four minutes. Beat it until it becomes light and fluffy.

STEP 5

Add the other ingredients into the butter mixture.Crack and add the two large eggs.Pour the pure vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Beat again.

STEP 6

Pour in your chocolate chips. Mix.

STEP 7

Add your flour mixture and mix thoroughly, but do not overdo it.

STEP 8

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet

STEP 9

Slightly wet your hands with water, and roll each dough into a ball.

STEP 10

Flatten the cookies using your palm or spoon. (make sure each dough is 2 inches apart from one another)

STEP 11

Put the baking sheets into the oven and bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit within eight to ten minutes or until you achieve the golden and crunchy texture. Make sure that it is chewy on the inside.

Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies via All Recipes

Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies via All Recipes

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of cake flour
  • ¾ cup of unsalted butter (must be melted)
  • ½ Tsp salt
  • ½ Tsp of baking soda
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • One large-sized egg
  • One egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp of pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Procedure:

STEP 1

Put your oven racks on the top and bottom thirds of the oven. Preheat them to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, and line the two baking sheets with a parchment paper.

STEP 2

In a bowl, put the cake powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix it and whisk. Set aside.

STEP 3

In another bowl, mix the melted butter and the brown and white sugar.

STEP 4

Beat the butter together with the two sugars. (you can use electric mixer). Beat it until it becomes light and fluffy.

STEP 5

Step 5: Add the other ingredients into the butter mixture.Crack and add the large egg, and the yolk.Pour the pure vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Beat again.

STEP 6

Pour in your chocolate chips. Stir lightly using a wooden spoon.

STEP 7

Put your flour mixture and mix thoroughly. But don’t overdo your dough.

STEP 8

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet

STEP 9

Slightly wet your hands with water, and roll each dough into a ball.

STEP 10

Flatten slightly using your palm or any handy equipment (make sure each dough is 3 inches apart from one another)

STEP 11

Put the baking sheets with the cookies into the oven and bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit within fifteen to seventeen minutes or until you achieve the golden and caramelized end.

STEP 12

Cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Crispy & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies

For extra crispy cookies, we have the recipe from Taste.com. Take note that to achieve a crispy texture, you need to flatten your cookies before putting it into the oven. (You can also use the same ingredients for the traditional chocolate chip cookies recipe) but with different measures.

Crispy & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies via Taste

Crispy & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies via Serious Eats

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup of self-raising flour
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 125 g of melted butter
  • One egg, lightly beaten
  • I cup of chocolate chips.

Procedure:

STEP 1

Put your oven racks on the top and bottom thirds of the oven. Preheat them to 355 degrees Fahrenheit, and line the two baking trays with a parchment paper or non-sticking baking paper.

STEP 2

In a bowl, sift the all-purpose flour and the self-raising flour. Add the sugar, and stir well to combine. Set aside.

STEP 3

In another bowl, mix the melted butter and the egg with an electric mixer.

STEP 4

Pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture and combine until mixed thoroughly.

STEP 5

Pour in your chocolate chips. Stir lightly using a wooden spoon.

STEP 6

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet, and flatten the cookies. Make sure each dough is 4 centimeters apart from one another.

STEP 7

Bake in the preheated oven, make sure to swap the trays halfway before cooking for 18 to 20 minutes, or until the biscuits spread slightly. Wait until it becomes lightly golden.

STEP 8

Cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to completely cool the cookies.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

D. Double Chocolate Chip CookiesDouble chocolate chip cookies are all about making your dough flavored with chocolate too! Here, we have the recipe from Food.com. The ingredients are the same with baking traditional cookie chips, although you need MORE chocolate chips and a cocoa this time.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies via Food

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies via Food

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ Tsp salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/8 cups of butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cocoa
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 tsp of vanilla pure extract

Procedure:

STEP 1

In a bowl, put the all-purpose flour, baking soda, cocoa and, salt. Mix it and whisk. Set aside.

STEP 2

In another bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar. You can use electric mixer for easy beating. Beat until it becomes light and fluffy.

STEP 3

Add the other ingredients into the butter mixture.Crack and add two large eggs

Pour the pure vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Beat again.

STEP 4

Pour in your chocolate chips. Stir lightly using a wooden spoon.

STEP 5

Mix your flour and butter mixture. Mix thoroughly.

STEP 6

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheet, and flatten slightly. Make sure each dough is 3 inches apart from one another.

STEP 7

Slightly wet your hands with water, and roll each dough into a ball.

STEP 8

Put the baking sheets with the cookies into the oven and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit within eight to nine minutes or until you achieve the crispy texture.

STEP 9

Cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

You can use Trader Joe’s vegan chocolate chips for this recipe, and substitute the butter with coconut oil and almond milk. To make a vegan chocolate chip cookies, use the recipe provided by Daily Rebecca.com

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies via Daily Rebecca

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies via Daily Rebecca

Ingredients: (serves 12-15 cookies)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • One teaspoon baking powder
  • I teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup almond milk
  • ½ cup coconut oil
  • One tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of vegan chocolate chips

Procedure:

STEP 1

Put your oven racks on the top and bottom thirds of the oven. Preheat them to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line the two baking sheets with a parchment.

STEP 2

In a bowl, cream the coconut oil and brown sugar, and then add the almond milk and vanilla. The mixture may have a “liquidy” texture, but this is okay. This substitute your butter.

STEP 3

In a separate bowl, put the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix it and whisk.

STEP 4

Put in your vegan chocolate chips.

STEP 5

Combine the flour and cream mixture. Mix thoroughly.

STEP 6

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet. Flatten them with your palm. Make sure each dough is 2 inches apart from one another.

STEP 7

Put the baking sheets into the oven and bake within seven to ten minutes or until you achieve the golden and crunchy texture. Make sure that it is chewy on the inside.

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies via My Gluten-free Kitchen

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies via My Gluten-free Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • Two ¼ cups of all-purpose gluten-free flour blend
  • I tsp baking soda
  • One tsp salt
  • ½ Tsp xantham gum (optional)
  • 2 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature)
  • ¾ cups of unsalted butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ brown sugar
  • Two egg yolks
  • 1 ½ Tsp of pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups of semi-sweetened chocolate chips

Procedure:

STEP 1

In a bowl, mix and whisk together the gluten-free flour, xanthan, baking soda, and salt. After mixing thoroughly, set aside.

STEP 2

In another bowl (you can also use the electric mixer) put the cream cheese and the melted butter. Add the brown and white sugar. Mix them on medium speed for two minutes.

STEP 3

Still to your butter mixture, gradually add the egg yolks and the vanilla extract, this time on low-medium speed. Mix thoroughly.

STEP 4

Pour in your chocolate chips and mix by hand or with a wooden spoon.

STEP 5

Add the flour mixture and beat until thoroughly combined.

STEP 6

Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and put it in a refrigerator for up to at least four hours (max of four days)

STEP 7

Remove it and let it sit for 15 minutes.

STEP 8

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

STEP 9

Do not spray. Line the two baking sheets with a parchment paper

STEP 10

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the preheated baking sheet and flatten them. Make sure each dough is 2 inches apart from one another.

STEP 11

Put the baking sheets into the oven and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit within eleven and twelve minutes or until you achieve the golden and crunchy texture. Make sure that it is chewy on the inside.

STEP 12

Let the cookies sit for two to three minutes before removing to a cooling tack.

How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookies On Stove

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Stove-top cookies might not be very handy for every occasion but they can be good especially when you don’t have any oven in the house. Baking your chocolate chip cookies on a stovetop is very similar to making pancakes.

The recipe doesn’t change, only the method of baking.

Procedure:

STEP 1

Melt in the butter in a skillet on low heat.

STEP 2

 Using your favorite chocolate chip recipe, roll the dough through your hands, and place it on the pan. Flatten the dough with a spatula.

STEP 3

Cook for a couple of minutes on each side (until you get that crispy-brown texture.

STEP 4

Enjoy!

How To Cool Chocolate Chip Cookies After Baking

  • Step 1: After baking your cookies in the oven, leave them on the baking sheet for at least five minutes. This gives the cookies to firm up, and would give you chewy cookies.
  • Step 2: Slide your spatula underneath them and transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Cooling rack that has a grid pattern with half-inch holes is better to use. This gives the cookies a better support while cooling.

Whatever type of cookies you are making, make sure that you cool them off completely before packing. Wrapping a warm cookie will cause it to steam inside the container, that can result to soggy cookies.

For more tips, visit King Arthur Flour website

How To Store Chocolate Chip Cookies

Always remember that some benefits of proper food storage do not just include enjoying your cookies for a longer duration, or eating cookies in a healthy way, but also include cutting food costs, and helping the environment by avoiding waste.

Cookie Expiration Date

The shelf life of cookies depend on many factors, such as the preparation method, sell by date, and the storage method.

Cookie Expiration Date via Eat by date

Cookie Expiration Date via Eat by date

How To Tell If Cookies Bad/ Rotten or Spoiled?

If your cookies contain nuts, butter, cream, or other oil-based ingredients, they will grow rancid. Rancid cookies might give off bad taste or odor. On the other hand, if you have baked dry cookies, they will grow very hard and stale.

How To Extend Cookies Life

To extend your cookies’ life, first thing you need to consider is practicing proper hygiene and food safety techniques. Another thing you can do is to store your cookies in a tightly closed container, or wrap them with plastic wrap to keep out air and other contaminants.

Putting your cookies in the refrigerator and use an air-tight freezer safe container can also extend your cookies’ shelf life.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible Causes

Fixes

Cookies are too tough

  • Too many flour
  • Overworked dough
  • Used bread flour
  • Didn’t put enough fat or sugar
  • Spoon the flour with a measuring cup
  • Work your dough with a light touch
  • You can use pastry flour rather than bread flour
  • Add ¼ extra sugar or butter into the dough

Cookies are too crusty

  • Added too much sugar
  • Used dark cookie sheet
  • Over-baking
  • Use brown sugar or cut back sugar by ¼ cup
  • Use a dull aluminum pan tray
  • Bake few minutes less or try baking few cookies to check oven’s ability

Cookies are too gummy

  • You under-baked
  • Added too much moisture (milk, butter, etc.)
  • Used too small pan
  • Bake few minutes longer (they are usually done when the edges are firm)
  • Add flour or decrease egg amount
  • Use bigger pan

Cookies always burn

  • Over-baked cookies
  • Added too much sugar
  • Used a dark pan
  • Bake a few minutes less
  • Reduce sugar amount
  • Use heavy dull aluminum pan

For more cookie troubleshooting guide, Visit Betty Crocker

Tips and Tricks

Making Chocolate Chip Cookies without Eggs

When you don’t have eggs, or you just simply don’t like eggs at all, you can try using 4 and ½ teaspoons of Ener-G as substitute for three eggs and six tablespoons of water to make your mixture produce a soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. Retain other ingredients. For a detailed instruction, CLICK HERE.

Trick #1

Making Chocolate Chip Cookies without Baking Powder

You can substitute baking powder by having 1. Baking soda and 2. Cream of tartar. Mix these two ingredients to make your own baking powder at 1:2 ratio. This means that you make 1 part baking soda and 2 parts of cream of tartar.

Trick #2 

Choosing The Best Chocolate

The traditional and classic chocolate chip cookies wouldn’t be complete without chocolate chips. Most of the recipe would call for a semi-sweet chocolate chips, because these type of chocolate would hold their shape well during baking. On the other side, milk chocolate chips melt too fast.

For more chocolate types, read Huffingpost’s Choosing the Right Chocolate Chips

Trick #3

Creative Shapes on Chocolate Chip Cookies

You can have shape your cookies into many different shapes and sizes. Just make sure you have your favorite cookie molds to help you. The following are some of the creative shapes you can do with your cookies:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffle via Cakes Cottage

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffle via Cakes Cottage

Happy Chocolate Chip Cookies via Peewee

Happy Chocolate Chip Cookies via Peewee

Football Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies via Well Plated

Football Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies via Well Plated

Heart-shaped coated chocolate chip cookies via Omg Chocolate Desserts

Heart-shaped coated chocolate chip cookies via Omg Chocolate Desserts

Trick #4

Moistening Hard Cookies

Moistening hard cookies can be too easy. All you need is an empty jar and piece of white bread. Follow the steps:

  • Have a container jar that has a lid
  • Put a fresh white bread on the bottom of the jar, and place the cookies on top of the bread
  • Close the container tightly and wait for at least 24 hours.
  • Open the jar and have soft and chewy cookies!
Trick #5

Keeping Cookies Moist After Baking

Here are the examples on how to ensure you get soft and fresh cookies:

  • Add one package of vanilla pudding to your dough mix when you make chocolate chip cookies. Pudding ingredients help retain the moisture of the cookies.
  • Another way is to try the procedure above (Moistening Hard Cookies)
  • Another way of keeping your cookies fresh and moist is to keep them in an airtight container after they have cooled and place a moist paper towel into the container together with the cookies. Seal.
Trick #6

Common Mistakes When Cooking With Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies might be a bit easy to make; however, there are ways you can screw them up. The following are the common mistakes we do when cooking these cookies:

Mistake #1 – Not adding the salt 

some people would want to skip adding salt for a common misinterpretation that sweet desserts doesn’t need to be salted! What they don’t know is that salt brings out the sweetness of your sugars and creams in the best possible way. All you need is a pinch!

Mistake #2 – Microwaving the butter

using a fat that is too soft will cause your cookies to be so flat. If you don’t like to bake flat cookies and want them to be thicker and chewier. You can just thaw your coconut oil or butter for 30 minutes outside the fridge and under room temperature rather than heating it through oven.

Mistake #3 – Adding the chocolate chips after adding the flour

when you do this, there is a cinch that you would end up over mixing the dough and the chocolate chips, resulting in a messy texture. You can use add the chocolate ships before adding the flour to evenly distribute them.

Mistake #4 – Overworking the dough

the more you overwork your dough, the more gluten is formed. More gluten in your cookies means that you end up baking hard and tough cookies.

Mistake #5 –Placing cookies too close on the baking sheet

you need to know that the dough you put on the racks will expand as they are baked. When they are too near to one another, you will end up baking a big cookie rather than individual cookies.

Experts’ Advices

When you are baking a chocolate chip cookie waffle, instead of using skewers like I usually do to lift out waffles, you will want to use a fork and lift it from the underside of the waffle, being careful to support it and not tear it.

 IHeartNapTime.com

When you are measuring the flour, spoon it with a dry measuring cup and level off the excess. Scooping directly from the bag makes the flour compact, that results to dry baked good.

Food Network Kitchen

To make sure you do not over bake your cookies, try cooking few cookies so you can determine the right baking time for your oven. (Michelle Palin).


My Gluten-free Kitchen

Cold butter is going to give you a little bit different texture, and it is going to keep the temperature nice and even. This will make your cookies perfect round shape.


Mrs. Field.com

Top 5 Recipes with Chocolate Chip Cookies

Top 1 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake via Classy Cultter.Net

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shake via Classy Cultter.Net

This recipe is super creamy and, this will take off any heat you have in your body. This is ideal for summer parties and any occasion that needs good and refreshing desserts.

It is made with vanilla ice cream and a cup of milk with your favorite chocolate chip cookies.

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Top 2 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pudding Pops

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pudding Pops via Buns in My Oven

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pudding Pops via Buns in My Oven

This will give you a dessert that is all buttery and brown sugar cookie dough goodness with a sweet and icy blend of pudding.

It is also very creamy, smooth, refreshing, and soft – all in one! If you don’t want to bake your cookies, here is one way to do it!

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Top 3 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cheesecake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cheesecake via Sprinkle Bakes

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cheesecake via Sprinkle Bakes

This dessert is very mouthful especially to chocolate chip cookie lovers and dessert lovers out there.

Layered with cheesecake, and topped with chocolate chip cookie dough, this will give you the best dessert you could ever have.

It is very creamy, cheesy and at the same time chocolaty!

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Top 4 –Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles

Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles via I Heart Nap Time

Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles via I Heart Nap Time

This is perfect for all chocolate chip cookie lovers and all wafer lovers!

It is like having pancake-like baked chocolate chip cookies while adding a dollop of butter and a generous amount of your favorite Nutella to make it more buttery and chocolaty – perfect for breakfast.

Or top it with ice cream and make it a very good dessert!

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Top 5 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie via Love From the Oven

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie via Love From the Oven

This dessert will give you different kinds of flavors --- nutty, creamy, chocolaty, and then you add the caramel sauce and a vanilla ice cream on the top – I am sure your mouth would be bombarded with flavors, all in one dessert.

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Nutrition Facts of Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies, like all other foods, have pros and cons when it comes to your health. While it is true that it is not healthy, it is not that bad either. Because it is made with fats like butter and sweets like sugar, milk, etc, eating too much might be bad.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Nutrition Profile

Chocolate Chip Cookies Nutrition Profile via Nutrition Data

Chocolate Chip Cookies Nutrition Profile via Nutrition Data

Chocolate Chip Cookies Health Benefits

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolates have antioxidants, that protect your body from oxygen free radicals that cause you to age. It also has polyphenols, catechins and procyanides that are proven to inhibit LDL oxidation and atherogenesis. Lastly, eating chocolates is one way of supplying your body with flavanols that help increase your blood flow, which results in a more alert and kin brain activity.

For more info, read Livestrong’s Health Benefits of Semi-Sweet Chocolates

FAQ

How do you make cookie dough from scratch?

Baking a classic and traditional chocolate chip cookies can be very cheap. As long as you have flour, butter, sugar, milk, with no chocolate chip, you can already make tasty cookies! You can substitute chocolate chips with cocoa, and butter with coconut oil and milk, and voila! Enjoy your cheap yet delicious cookie.

For detailed instructions, read and follow Taste of Home’s recipe.

What makes a cookie chewy or crunchy?

The trick to have a crunchy cookie is to reduce the number of ingredients that hold moisture like the egg, flour, and brown sugar. This way, the moisture can easily evaporate, resulting in a crispier cookie. You can also bake them at a lower temperature to have a crispy texture.

Chewy cookies have high moisture content. You need to add some liquid and extra flour to make it stiffer. Do not bake them too long if you want a chewy cookie.

What makes a cookie hard or soft?

Similar to making your cookies crispy, the trick to have a tough cookie is less moisture in the mixture and a lower, longer baking time.

Similar also to making your cookies chewy, the trick to have a soft cookie is to add some extra flour, egg, or sugar.

What causes chocolate chip cookies to flatten while baking?

When your chocolate chip cookies have high butter content and too much liquid, they tend to flatten as they bake.

What can be used as a replacement for chocolate chips?

When you don’t have any chocolate chips in your kitchen cabinets and cupboards, but still want that chocolaty flavor, you can always use unsweetened cocoa powder and mix it with one tablespoon of butter and shortening or oil.

How can I make cookies without an oven?

When you don’t have any oven at home, you can always cook your chocolate chip cookies on the stove top, by baking it like how you cook your pancakes. All you need is to melt some butter in the skillet and place a roll of dough on the pan. Flatten and then cook! Check our “Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies on the Stovetop” section for more details.

Resources and Further Reading

  • Taste of Home’s recipe
  • Livestrong’s Health Benefits of Semi-Sweet Chocolates
  • Huffingpost’s Choosing the Right Chocolate Chips
  • Cookie troubleshooting guide by Betty Crocker
  • Tips & techniques by King Arthur Flour website
  • Good Food’s Essential Pieces of Baking Equipment
  • Choco chip cookie mix-in combos by She Knows
  • BuzzFeed’s Life-Changing Ways to Eat Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Mobile-Cuisine’s Chocolate Chip Fun Facts
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