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Chewy Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Posted by ZestyCook in October 14th 2008
Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada and we had our turkey dinners both on Saturday and Sunday - which left today for baking and cooking. This is my kind of holiday!
The morning started off with some homemade chocolate chip cookies. Can you really beat the plain chocolate chip cookie? I am a huge cookie fan in general… but there are times where you just want a plain old fashion chewy chocolate chip cookie.
Follow along below and you can whip these yummy morsels up in no time.
Ingredients
- 2/3 Cup Melted Butter
- 2 Cups Lightly Packed Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Tbsp Hot Water
- 2 2/3 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 Tsp Salt
- 1 Package (270g) Chocolate Chips
Method
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, add melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and hot water and mix well.
- Stir in the remaining dry ingredients.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix thoroughly.
- Drop from spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet
- Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown on the bottom.
As always, I like to ask all my readers a question so I can learn more about the world of food. So tell me, what is your favorite cookie?
Hope you have a great Monday…
Zesty
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50 Comments Received
October 14th, 2008 @7:40 am
I’ll take 2 right now with a glass of milk…wait…it’s 5:45 am. Is that too early for chocolate chip cookies?!
October 14th, 2008 @7:42 am
Never too early for chocolate chip cookies Megan!
October 14th, 2008 @9:09 am
mmm! The only thing I’ve been doing (other than messing with the type of chocolate, and nuts or oats etc.) is adding cornstarch. It practically guarantees, a soft cookie centre. Fabulous pictures!!
October 14th, 2008 @10:19 am
These look lovely Zesty
I love Toll House Chocolate chip cookies best… remind me of my youth!
October 14th, 2008 @12:07 pm
Those look really yummy, and that is my favorite cookie although I add walnuts. I am making them today!
October 14th, 2008 @12:27 pm
Hey! Thanks for visiting my blog! You’re right…maple glazed carrots (well..maple glazed ANYTHING) = delicious! Your blog is adorable, glad I found it
October 14th, 2008 @12:45 pm
Beautiful blog! I love the step by step pictures (although they’re making me hungry :)). I can’t wait to see more!
October 14th, 2008 @12:55 pm
Mmmmm… cookies. I love ALL cookies!
October 14th, 2008 @1:12 pm
I’m so saving this post and picking up some chocolate chips on my next trip to the store! Plain old chocolate chip cookies… my favorite! I’m jealous that you’re already having turkey dinners, I love that part of the holidays.
I like the little limie too!! Although I just changed it for now to something a little more for fall.
October 14th, 2008 @1:30 pm
These look so good!! I’m Cdn, but live here in the US, so we don’t celebrate our Thanksgiving till November. I’ll try these cookies with my kids this weekend, they look delicious!
October 14th, 2008 @1:36 pm
I like snickerdoodles!!! I have never been able to make chocolate chip cookies! They always come out bad. Maybe I will try these and see if I get better results!
October 14th, 2008 @2:02 pm
Those look so good I can practically taste them! My only issue with baking cookies is that I tend to eat most of the batter before I bake it!
October 14th, 2008 @2:26 pm
PinkPeppercorn - How much cornstarch would you add - very interesting.
Cheryl- thanks I was debating about adding walnuts but this time i left them out
Jo - hmm not sure I have ever had those - are they a US brand?
Thanks Amy, Erica
Tabitha/Joanna - you will have to let me know how your cookies go and your turkey day!
Alr1187 - I have yet to try snickerdoodles!! I better get on that
Krista - HAHA - yeah i tend to do that as well… the yield gets alot smaller all of a sudden:)
October 14th, 2008 @2:38 pm
The cookies look perfect! I’m loving the cookie tower. It’s fantastic
October 14th, 2008 @2:59 pm
Mmmm… I LOVE chocolate chip cookies and your recipe looks great. I’ll have to try these. They’re making me hungry!
October 14th, 2008 @3:00 pm
Wow! I’m so glad I returned the blog visit. You have a great site here, Corey! And I’m glad that the post I landed on today had chocolate chip cookies because those are my favorites. Well, actually I also like to add walnuts and oatmeal to them and then they are the perfect cookie.
Your photographs are wonderful, are you an aspiring photographer as well as a great cook? Thanks for stopping in to my blog. I will be back to visit yours as well! 
October 14th, 2008 @3:05 pm
Those cookies look so good I wish I could reach right into the screen and grab one!
October 14th, 2008 @4:30 pm
Nicole - Thanks so much!
Teeni - Thanks! If you only knew how long it took me to getthe photos - I am still working on it and usually I have to call in my wife to take the best picture!
Michwendt - haha as you were saying that I was just eating one - i think you should just make them and let me know how you got along!
October 14th, 2008 @4:55 pm
I have never seen chocolate chip cookies made with only brown sugar, mostly its 2/3 granulated 1/3 brown
Also whats the purpose of the hot water I have never used water in any of my cookies?
my favorit cookies are chocolate chips because you can do so many things with them, like making them with M&M’s or Recces Pieces, or chunks of chocolate instead of chips. When they are still warm take 2 and put a scoop of ice cream between them to make an awesome ice cream sandwich. Or bake the dough with out chocolate then let it cool and dip half of it in chocolate to make what i call “dippers” they are great for dunking in your hote coffee or tea or even cold milk
or you can even do the no chocolate dough press ice cream between to cooked cookies then dip it in chocolate and freeze it for a chocolate diped cookie sandwich
the cooked dought itself crumbled over pie’s or used as no bake pie crust is good too
My nephews love it when I make Earthquake pie, which is smashed chocolate chip cookie with chocolate pie filling on top then more smashed cookies, and some times screaded coconut thats colored green for summor or leave it white for winter ones
October 14th, 2008 @4:56 pm
These look delicious. I would eat the whole batch.
October 14th, 2008 @5:34 pm
Can’t wait for the weekend to try out these yummy cookies! Thank you!
October 14th, 2008 @5:52 pm
Just letting you know, I totally drooled at the sight of those cookies. They look awesome! Chewy cookies always go well with a glass of milk. Yummmmm
October 14th, 2008 @6:12 pm
i could so use one of those right now! my favorite cookie is definitely chocolate chip! i don’t eat too many cookies, but when i do, it’s ALWAYS chocolate chip. I have a great vegan recipe that is usually my stand-by.
October 14th, 2008 @6:58 pm
I love using brown sugar when making chocolate chip cookies. They look delicious. I love holiday baking!
October 14th, 2008 @7:33 pm
Wow those cookies are making me drool! Those look incredible. THey might be my favorite cookies, even though I haven’t had them.
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 14th, 2008 @8:01 pm
What’s your feeling on resting & chilling the dough before portioning it out on the cookie sheet?
October 14th, 2008 @8:38 pm
My favorite favorite cookie would have to be chocolate chocolate chip cookies.
But if I’m being healthy I like oatmeal-applesauce cookies with lots of cinnamon.
October 14th, 2008 @8:56 pm
I love the cookie stack!! You can’t beat a good chocolate chip cookie. Hope you had a great holiday!
October 14th, 2008 @10:17 pm
Droooooool.
Classic homemade chocolate chip cookies rule above all others. I used to make them alll the time. And they looked almost exactly like yours do. I don’t think the recipe is the exact same but probably pretty close.
I haven’t made them in much too long now. Imma cravin’ some good ol cookies.
October 14th, 2008 @10:47 pm
i loveee chewy cookies and these cookies are to die for! i’m gonna try to make these this weekend!
October 14th, 2008 @11:06 pm
HOLY Brown Sugar, Batman! Those look devine! I wish I had a cookie right now.
October 14th, 2008 @11:35 pm
Chocolate Chip Cookies are by far my most favorite cookie. Of course, I can make a mean Snickerdoodle too.
October 15th, 2008 @1:41 am
Hi Zesty!
Thanks for the comment on my blog - I’m glad you enjoyed reading
I’ve been looking through some of your latest posts and am just amazed by all of the delicious recipes and gorgeous food photography! I am definitely adding you to my list of must-reads!
October 15th, 2008 @2:20 am
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October 15th, 2008 @6:48 am
favorite cookie, eh? it’s a tough one, but anything that has peanut butter and chocolate in it can’t be wrong.
October 15th, 2008 @7:41 am
These make me wish I was not on a diet! There is nothing like a good chocolate chip company.
October 15th, 2008 @9:25 am
Thanks very much everyone. I am so glad you like the cookies!
Ember - The water added is to balance out the sugar amount and to avoid the batter getting lumpy and sugary.
Reeni - I had a great holiday… I ate too much but that is part of the fun factor
Kristie - I do agree.
Jenn - thank you and your quite welcome.
Natasha - WOW Thanks so much…. I will defintiely pass it on
October 15th, 2008 @12:47 pm
My favorite cookies are chocolate chip - and yours look incredibly good.
October 15th, 2008 @2:05 pm
Do I ever love chewy chocolate chip cookies, they are definitely my favorite.
Megan: “it’s 5:45 am. Is that too early for chocolate chip cookies?!” No. No it’s not. If you can have doughnuts for breakfast, you can have cookies.
October 15th, 2008 @9:55 pm
looks great. i’ve been craving a basic chocolate chip cookie for about a week now…
October 16th, 2008 @1:41 am
Chocolate chip cookies are my all time favorite food. Funny thing, I’ve been baking them since I was a kid and whenever I’m feeling down, I bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies and feel better.
October 16th, 2008 @10:40 am
Your cookies look great. Classic!
November 10th, 2008 @2:10 pm
For the rest of the world, who don’t necessarily use cups to measure, here’s the recipe in metric:
150g melted butter
400g brown sugar
2 eggs
2 Tbsp hot water
286g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
270g choc chips
Preheat oven at 190° C.
then follow the recipe above…
You wouldn’t believe how many people out there silently despise online recipes that only measure in cups.
November 14th, 2008 @12:10 pm
Chewy is good and chocolate is better!
November 14th, 2008 @2:11 pm
Ahhhh I’m in love with any kind of chocolate chip cookies, and these look marvellous! Unfortunatelly I’m not good at baking them. I’ll try your recipe soon
November 15th, 2008 @11:45 am
I LOVE chocolate chip cookies. I recently made a batch of double chocolate chip cookies and I have to say, those are my favourite kind of cookies!
November 29th, 2008 @4:47 am
They would make a great midnight snack right about now!
December 2nd, 2008 @4:26 pm
Mmmmmm. I love chocolate chip cookies and these look delicious!!!
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