Chewy chocolate chip cookies - delicious, soft on the inside, easy to make cookies that are perfect for snacks.
This recipe (inspired by Barbara Bakes) promises rich, chewy and thick chocolate chip cookies and what’s not to love about that?
Why make this recipe?
- They’re very easy to make (no dough rolling or shaping)
- They take only 6 - 8 minutes to bake
- You can be eating freshly baked cookies within about 15 minutes of finishing reading this post.
- Like thicker cookies? These can be made nice and thick & chewy too (you'll need to wait a little longer for them to cook sorry).
Most people have a very definite preference when it comes to chocolate chip biscuits.
People seem to either like them chewy and thick or thin and crunchy.
I have to say that I think both are delightful and I’d happily devour either biscuit as long as it tastes great.
These cookies are so delicious I baked two batches in two days the first time I made them.
No I didn’t eat them all I gave quite a few away as a gift.
One thing to note with these cookies is that they won’t look completely cooked when they first come out of the oven and will be quite soft in the middle.
As long as the outside is golden they’re done.
Don’t be tempted to leave them in ‘just a bit longer,’ I promise they’ll firm up as they cool.
I was having a serious blonde moment when I took the ingredient photo and left out the chocolate chips!
Ingredients
- Plain flour (all purpose flour)
- Rolled oats (or use extra flour)
- Baking soda
- Salt - We like Celtic sea salt
- Butter - at room temperature
- Brown sugar - here's how to make your own brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla - here's how to make homemade vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- Dark chocolate chips - or you can use chopped chocolate
- Chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
Start by beating the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until they are smooth and creamy.
Take the bowl off the stand and stir the egg and vanilla through the sugary butter.
Now stir through the flour, salt, oats, cinnamon and baking soda until they are just combined.
Add the star of the show, the chocolate chips and stir them through just until they are evenly distributed.
You don’t want one cookie being denied its fair share of the chocolate.
I was so eager to get them into the oven I also forgot to take a photo of the pre-baked cookies.
This is them after a minute or two in the oven when I finally remembered to take a photo.
Spoon heaped-teaspoon-sized blobs of dough onto a lined baking tray leaving about 4cm between each blob.
Bake the cookies at 185C fan-forced for 6-8 minutes.
If you are using two trays then switch them around half way through the time to make sure they cook evenly.
If you use a silicone baking sheet I would advise using baking paper over the top as well.
Some of mine stuck to the mat.
Take the cookies out of the oven and leave them to rest on the trays until they’re firm.
They won’t look completely cooked at this stage and will be quite soft in the middle but as long as the outside is golden they’re done.
They’ll firm up as they cool.
Once firm, transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Another tip - if you want them to be extra thick, chill the dough for 30 minutes before spooning it out onto the trays to bake.
Enjoy!
What about you, do you have a preferred type of chocolate chip cookie?
Looking for more chocolate chip cookie recipes? Try my Santes biscuits.
Recipe
Chewy chocolate chip cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain AP flour
- ½ cup rolled oats could just use flour as the original recipe suggests
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon my addition
- 150 g dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans optional - I left these out
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 185C(365F) fan-forced.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, use the paddle attachment to beat the butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy.
- Remove the bowl from the stand and stir in the eggs and vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir until just combined.
- Tip in the chocolate chips and stir them through.
- Spoon heaped-teaspoon-sized blobs onto a lined baking tray leaving about 4cm between blobs.
- Bake the cookies for 6-8 minutes and swap the trays half way through if you are using more than one tray at a time.
- Let them cool on the trays until they are firm enough to move then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Elizabeth says
I have been thinking about chocolate chip cookies for a couple of week now because I'm on a high protein diet at the moment! YOU ARE NOT HELPING CLAIRE! LOL Liz xx
Claire says
Haha sorry!
Helene says
Biscuit sounds like a treat while cookies are everywhere. I like this recipe and chewy biscuits. Thank you for the recipe, Claire.
Claire says
You're very welcome Helen!
Diane says
I'm not so keen on chocolate these days (weird, I know) but I reckon these will be really popular for morning tea at Church!
Claire says
You could use nuts instead of the chocolate Diane. But yes a good crowd pleaser I'd say.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I like my chocolate chip cookies chewy. I've never been a dry, crumbly cookie eater. Great recipe, Claire.
Claire says
Thanks Maureen!
Hotly Spiced says
These do look really good Claire and I do like a chocolate chip cookie with a bit of chewiness to it. I agree you have to watch them like a hawk when they're in the oven so you pull them out before they're too crispy xx
Claire says
There can be a very short time between crunchy and burnt right?