Chewy warm goodness fresh from the oven. Forget the chocolate chips. Crank it up a notch and use chocolate chunks instead!The kids LOVE these and they are nut-free so a safe school snack.
READY, SET, GO !!!
A few key ingredients and 2 ESSENTIAL ones:
Cinnamon and Corn Syrup
Cinnamon and Corn Syrup
PERFECTION!
RECIPE:
WHAT YOU NEED
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup golden brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup fine white sugar
1 tablespoon golden corn syrup
1 large egg at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup of chocolate chunks (dark or milk are both good choices)
MAKE IT
PREHEAT oven to 375F
LINE 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
SIFT together flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon in medium bowl
BLEND butter and sugars with hand-mixer until well combined ( 1 minute on medium speed should suffice)
ADD corn syrup, egg and vanilla to butter/sugar mixture. BLEND until smooth
SLOWLY add flour mixture to butter mixture, scraping down sides when needed
STIR in chocolate chunks
ROLL cookies into 2 inch balls, place on parchment-lined baking sheets and press down slightly with palm of hand. Leave 1 1/2 inch space between cookies
BAKE for 12 minutes
PLACE baking sheet on cooling rack and let sit for 5 minutes
REMOVE cookies from sheet with spatula and allow to cool completely (ok, go ahead and have one!) on a baking rack
BREW A POT OF COFFEE, STEEP A TEA OR POUR A GLASS OF MILK. NOW EAT, EAT, EAT !!
I know my son would go crazy for these cookies! they look mouthwatering!
ReplyDeletethen your son and my son are quite alike! Enjoy :)
ReplyDeleteThis look delish,but can these be made w/out corn syrup?
ReplyDeletesure, Alana. The corn syrup simply adds to the "chewy" factor!
ReplyDeleteif you want, you can substitute the corn syrup for honey as well.
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