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DessertFresh Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
Can’t go wrong with chocolate chip cookies! Chef @Kayla re-created this awesome recipe from Chef Torreymcleay. Pair this with a glass of milk for the full experience 🍪🥛
Professor PepperIngredients
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Brown sugar
- 1 cup White granulated sugar
- 2 sticks Butter, softened
- 1, 3.4 oz. box Instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 2 Eggs, large
- 2 1/3 Floue
- 1 cup Chocolate chips, semi sweet
- 1 cup Chocolate chips, milk chocolate
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1First, set your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 2In a standing mixer or bowl, cream together softened butter with granulated and brown sugar until creamy.
- 3Crack each egg and add it to the bowl one by one while mixer is on.
- 4Pour in vanilla pudding mix, vanilla extract, and salt.
- 5Scrape sides with a flat spatula to make sure everything is evenly mixed.
- 6Fold in chocolate chips
- 7Cover in Saran Wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to make sure fats are cooked and cookies will keep their shape and be more chewy rather than flat.
- 8Roll into small dough balls and bake on a sheet of parchment paper for 10-12 minutes until cookies are golden.
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Quick Tips
- 1
Chill the dough
Even 30 minutes in the fridge means thicker cookies that hold their shape.
- 2
Underbake by two minutes
Pull cookies when centers still look wet — they finish setting on the sheet.
- 3
Cake mix is a cheat code
A box of cake mix plus eggs and oil is a cookie dough — no measuring required.
- 4
Room-temp butter
Twenty minutes on the counter — soft, not melted, is the goal for a proper cream.
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