15 Delectable Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
There's something about being home that awakens the baker in us all. And one of the most quintessential items to bake is a good old-fashioned chocolate chip cookie. They're easy to put together, don't require much in terms of ingredients, and the smell of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies just makes you feel all warm and cozy. Plus, they're a total crowd-pleaser.
Whether you like them thick and cakey, thin and crunchy, and with or without a tall glass of milk, we've put together some of our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes to try out in your kitchen.
Photo Courtesy of Co+op
Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
There's something about chocolate and nuts that pair so perfectly together, especially when they're in a cookie.
Don't have any walnuts handy? Sub in peanuts or sliced almonds!
Ingredients
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 package chocolate chips
Directions
In a medium bowl, mix the pastry flour, unbleached flour, baking soda and salt, reserve. Preheat the oven to 375⁰F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer with the batter paddle, or in large bowl, using a fork, cream the butter with the brown and white sugars. Beat until fluffy.
Beat in the egg, salt and vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until thoroughly combined, then stir in the flour mixture. When almost fully incorporated, add the nuts and chocolate chips and stir just until combined.
Use heaping tablespoon-sized portions to form balls of dough, and place them on the prepared pans with two inches in between.
Bake for 6 minutes, then switch the position of the pans between upper and lower oven racks - and bake for 6 minutes longer.
Remove the pans from the oven, and allow them to cool on racks for five minutes before using a spatula to transfer the cookies to the rack. Cool completely. These keep for a week, tightly covered, at room temperature.
Recipe and photo adapted from Co+op
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups
Sweet, salty, and totally vegan, these cookie cups definitely don't skimp on the chocolate and will satisfy the vegans and vegetarians in your world, too.
Find the recipe at Thrive Magazine
Salty Buckwheat Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Combining both all-purpose and buckwheat flour, these salty, chunky chocolate cookies have a nuttier flavor than your traditional chocolate chip cookie.
Find the recipe at Bon Appetit
Browned Butter Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you've never indulged in browned butter before, you're really in for a treat.
Even though browning butter is super easy, it transforms the butter into something that's rich and flavorful, and especially tasty when there is sugar involved.
Find the recipe at Half Baked Harvest
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Bananas and chocolate are another classic combo, and these are essentially the cookie equivalent of chocolate banana bread.
And as with banana bread, if you're super patient while your fruit ripens, you'll be rewarded with some really spectacular banana flavor.
Find the recipe at Martha Stewart
Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
Has staying at home inspired you to take up bread making?
If you have a sourdough starter that just keeps on growing and you can't keep up with it, consider trying out this sourdough chocolate chip cookie recipe!
Find the recipe at Cultures For Health
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Millet Cookies
This recipe swaps out all-purpose flour for millet and tapioca flour, resulting in a thin, crisp cookie that's perfect crumbled over some Cones ice cream or served with a big glass of milk.
Find the recipe at Bob's Red Mill
Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you're all about thin, crispy, chewy, crinkly chocolate chip cookies, here's a fantastic recipe from The New York Times.
Wondering how to get those crinkles? Bang the pan a few times during baking to get the cookies to fall into themselves to create that crinkly texture.
Find the Recipe at New York Times Cooking
Healthy-ish Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Keyword: healthy-ish. Cookies will never really be healthy but adding in coconut sugar, whole wheat flour, and almond butter makes this cookie bar at least a little healthier. And that big gooey chocolaty center is pretty delectable.
Find the Recipe at Half Baked Harvest
Chocolate Coconut Oat Cookies
Speaking of healthy-ish cookies, this recipe from Nature's Path includes flax seeds, oats, and flaked coconut, adding lots of crunchy texture and flavor.
Find the recipe at Nature's Path
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies With Rainbow Fennel Seeds
When you think of fennel seed, you probably associate it with Italian sausage or a tea blend. But here, rainbow fennel seeds are added to chocolate chip cookies to provide a malted nutty flavor.
Recipe and photo adapted from Food52
Whiskey and Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies aren't particularly sweet but are still very rich and flavorful. Some reviewers of this recipe suggest adding in an extra teaspoon of bourbon to round out the overall flavor.
Find the recipe at Bon Appetit
Mocha Cinnamon Chocolate-Chip Cookies
If you like your cookies crisp and thin, check out this chocolate chip cookie recipe with a mocha twist.
Find the recipe at Fine Cooking
The Co-op's Own Take & Bake Cookie Dough
If you've got a sweet tooth that needs to be taken care of ASAP, skip the homemade recipes altogether, and pick up some take and bake cookie dough from the Co-op.
In addition to chocolate chip and peanut butter chocolate chip, we also have shortbread and oatmeal cookie dough.