Chris Kimballs Thick And Chewy Chocolate Cookies Food

THICK AND CHEWY DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES(ATK)

Steps:

• 1. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into medium bowl, set aside.
• 2. Melt chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl set over pan of almost simmer water, stirring once or twice, until smooth. Remove from heat. Or melt in microwave: heat at 50% power for 2 minutes, stir, then heat another minute at 50% power. If it is not completely melted, continue heating, for 30 second increments at 50%, stirring after each time, until smooth. Be very careful not to burn it! Beat eggs and vanilla lightly in a small bowl with a fork, sprinkle coffee powder over, and stir to dissolve.
• 3. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 5 seconds. Beat in sugars to combine, about 45 seconds, mixture will look granular. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in egg mixture until incorporated, about 45 seconds. Add chocolate in steady stream and beat until combined, about 40 seconds. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl with a rubber spatula. With mixer at low speed, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Then mix in chocolate chips -- do not over beat! Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until consistency is scoop-able and fudge-like, about 30 minutes.
• 4. Meanwhile, adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions, and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Leaving about 1 1/2 inches between balls, scoop dough onto cookie sheets using an ice-cream scoop. The balls should be about the size of golf balls.
• 5. Bake, reversing position of baking sheets halfway through baking (from top to bottom and front to back) until edges of cookies have just begun to set, but centers are still very soft, about 10 minutes. The cookies will look like they are not done, but don't bake them any longer than this -- they will firm up as they cool.
• 6. Cool cookies on baking sheets for about 10 minutes. If using parchment, then carefully slide the parchment with cookies onto wire racks, and let cool to room temperature.

THICK, SOFT, AND CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• In a separate bowl, beat butter and shortening until creamy.
• Add sugar and vanilla and beat with a mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well.
• Add flour mixture, and beat slowly to incorporate, then beat to blend well.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop batter in 2-tablespoon portions about 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
• Bake in a 375°F preheated oven until edges of cookies are brown but an area about 1 inch wide in the center is still pale, about 10 minutes.
• If using 2 pans in 1 oven, switch positions at half-time.
• Let cookies cool on pan about 5 minutes, then transfer to racks with a spatula.
• Serve warm or cool.

THICK AND CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Adjust oven racks to upper and lower middle positions.
• Heat oven to 325*.Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in medium bowl, set aside.
• Either by hand or electric mixer, mix butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Beat in egg, yolk and vanilla until combined.
• Add dry ingredients and beat at low speed just until combined.
• Stir in chips to taste.
• Roll scant 1/4 cup of dough into ball.Holding dough ball in fingertips of both hands, pull into 2 equal halves. rotate 90* and with jagged edges facing up, join halves together at their base, again forming a single ball being careful not to smooth dough's uneven surface.
• Place formed dough onto cookie sheet, leaving 2 1/2" between each ball.
• Bake, reversing position of cookie sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft and puffy -- 15-18 minutes.
• Cool cookies on sheets . When cooled, peel cookies from parchment -- .

BEST-EVER THICK AND CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt until well combined.
• In a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between additions and scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the vanilla extract and mix. On low speed or by hand, stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, mixing until just incorporated. Do not over-mix. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
• Using a cookie scoop, ice cream scoop, or two spoons, form dough balls and place on prepared cookie sheets with a few inches of room in between. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F with rack in the center. Line cookie sheets with parchment or silicone baking mats.
• Bake for 10-13 minutes (depending on the size of your dough balls), until they are golden brown around the edges and puffy in the center. Let cookies cool a few minutes on baking sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

BIG THICK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat Crisco and butter in a medium bowl with back of a wooden spoon until pretty smooth but with a few harder pieces till left (about 1 minute).
• Add sugars and beat until well blended.
• Add egg, egg white and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt and stir into butter mixture.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• For each cookie, shape 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball with your fingers and place on parchment-lined cookie sheet with 1 1/2-inches between cookie dough.
• Bake 14 minutes or until tops are well browned.
• Slide parchment paper onto wire racks to cool.
• Repeat with remaining dough and fresh sheets of parchment paper.

GIANT CRINKLED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Adjust an oven rack to the middle position. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil, parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.
• In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, beat the butter on medium until creamy. Add the granulated and brown sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla and 2 tablespoons water, and mix on low to combine. Add the flour mixture, and mix on low until combined. Add the chocolate and mix on low into the batter. (At this point, the dough can be refrigerated for several hours or overnight.)
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Form the dough into 3 1/2-ounce (100-gram) balls (a heaping 1/3 cup each). Place 4 balls an equal distance apart on a prepared pan, and transfer to the freezer for 15 minutes before baking. After you put the first baking sheet in the oven, put the second one in the freezer.
• Place the chilled baking sheet in the oven and bake 10 minutes, until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center. Lift the baking sheet and let it drop down against the oven rack, so the edges of the cookies set and the inside falls back down. (This will feel wrong, but trust me.) Bang it down, if necessary, to make the center fall.
• After the cookies puff up again, 2 to 3 minutes later, repeat lifting and dropping the pan, every 3 minutes, to create ridges around the edge of the cookie. Bake 16 to 18 minutes total, until the cookies have spread out, and the edges are golden brown, but the centers are much lighter and not fully cooked.
• Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool before removing the cookies from the pan.
• Repeat with remaining cookies, using the first sheet pan for the third batch of cookies.