Chocolate Chipless Cookies: a chocolate chip cookie without chocolate chips. You may think, isn't that just a sugar cookie? But these aren't so simple. They are exactly a chocolate chip cookie, but without the chocolate chips. These cookies are brown sugary with the most perfect texture - crisp on the bottom with a soft, almost-chewy texture in the middle. An absolutely stellar cookie. They don't look show stopping, but they will be a favorite of anyone who tries.
A Chocolate Chip Cookie, without Chocolate Chips
As a chocolate lover I originally thought this request was insane. No chocolate chips?! A chocolate chip cookie that is too chocolatey?! It can't be. These cookies go down in history as the recipe I took the longest to develop, because I really wanted it to taste exactly like everything you love about a chocolate chip cookie (one even i could like). SO if you have someone in your family that always wishes there WEREN'T chocolate chips. I am happy to help. And you are going to blow some minds for the non-believers in the group. A truly perfect cookie.
Of course, you can add chocolate chips! I suggest adding about one cup of semi sweet chocolate chips. For a more sugar cookie taste, but buttery amazing flavor, roll the balls in white sugar right before baking.
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Chipless Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour, spooned & leveled
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 12 tablespoon unsalted butter, 1 & ½ sticks, room temperature
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk , room temperature
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a medium bowl, add all purpose flour, kosher salt & baking soda. Whisk together & set aside.
- Mix Wet Ingredients: In bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment or large bowl with hand mixer, add room temperature butter & beat on high until lighter in color & a little fluffy. Add brown sugar & white sugar. Beat until combined. Add whole egg, egg yolk & vanilla extract. Beat on low until just mixed in. Make sure to scrape size & bottoms.
- Combine wet & dry ingredients: Add dry ingredients to mixing bowl & beat on low until combined. Scrape sides and bottom again to incorporate. The dough will be very soft.
- Chill Dough & Preheat oven to 350°: Cover cookie dough & chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hr.* Preheat oven. Scoop 2 tbs sized balls onto baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. If dough is too hard from chilling, let sit out 15 mins or until scoopable. Bake: Bake cookies 3 inches apart on baking sheet for 8-10 minutes OR until lightly golden on the bottom & centers are puffed up. They will collapse as they cool. Let cool 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to wire rack to cool.
Made these during our quarantine due to the fact that we were chip-less! I used the 10 minute freezer method and it worked out great! The cookies puffed up a bit in the oven, and when I ate one warm I thought they could use more salt - but when they cooled and settles the taste and texture were wonderful!
So true! You always see a cookie's TRUE colors when it fully cools. These ones settle really nicely. SOOO glad you liked!!
These are perfect! It’s worth it to chill these (and any other cookie dough, for that matter) so be patient and do it! Thanks for a solid recipe!
omg thank you so much you are so lovely!!