How to Improve Your Chocolate Chip Cookies
Everybody loves chocolate chip cookies. However, as with all things, some chocolate chip cookies are better than others. Follow these simple steps to make your chocolate chip cookies stand out from the crowd. These tips work with any chocolate chip cookie recipe, so pick your favorite recipe and apply these minor adjustments to take your chocolate chip cookies to the next level! Does this Spark an idea?
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Make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature when you start to assemble your cookie dough. This is particularly important for your eggs in order to achieve better consistency when mixing and whisking.
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Do not over mix your ingredients. The less you stir your ingredients together, the chewier your cookies will be. When mixing together your dry and wet ingredients, do not use a mixer. Instead, use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula and stir only until the ingredients are fully blended. If you over beat your cookie dough, you end up with a more cake-like, less moist cookie.
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Use high quality chocolate with at least 60% cacao. You can even buy nice chocolate bars and cut them up with a knife into chunks if you cannot find high quality chocolate chips at your grocery store.
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Double the amount of vanilla the recipe calls for. This will make your cookies more flavorful.
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Refrigerate your dough in an air-tight container (such as a freezer bag or tightly bound in plastic wrap) for 36 hours before baking. This allows the dough to fully absorb the liquids, resulting in a firmer dough that is better for baking.
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Scoop enough dough per cookie to end up with a 6-inch diameter cookie when fully baked. This will generally mean that you need to double or triple the amount of dough per cookie that your recipe suggests, as well as add a few minutes to the baking time. You will end up with fewer cookies, but the benefits are worth it. Larger chocolate cookies have different textures, from chewy to crispy, that make for a more exciting cookie.
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