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Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Added by winterpolaris | Wed 28 Jan 2009 @ 12:03

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Ingredients
2 cups plus 2 tablespoon of all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 stick unsalted butter (melted and cooled until warm)
1 cup light or dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 1 1/2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips

Method
[i]These oversized cookies are chewy and thick. Mainly rely on melted butter and extra egg yolk to keep the texture soft. They are best served warm from the oven but will retain their texture even when cooled. [/i]

1) Preheat the oven to 165 Celsius degrees.
2) Whisk the dry ingredients first - flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside
3) With a electric mixer or hand, mix the butter and sugar until throughly blended. Beat in the yolk, egg and vanilla until combined.
4) Spoon the dough and drop them on baking sheets. Each dough ball is about 2 and 1/2 inches apart.
5) Bake until the cookies are light golden brown and the outer edges start to harden and yet the center are still soft and puffy about 15 mins to 18 mins.
6) Cool the cookies on the sheets and removed the cooked from the baking sheets.

tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...

1. by me on Sun 19 Feb 2012 @ 13:32

these sound delish!!!!!!!!! im gonna make them as soon as i get some flour... is it self raising or plain????????

2. by Georgia on Mon 06 Dec 2010 @ 16:41

I haven't made this but I am thinking of doing so. It is really easy to get cup measurements in the UK, I have a set and they are so useful.

3. by Becca on Fri 26 Nov 2010 @ 20:00

As the top of the page clearly states this recipe has been added to the website by a member and is not a Jamie recipe. He doesn't claim to be American or use American weight/measurements. Its forum allowing happy cooks and bakers to share recipes! If you want a Jamie recipe click on the Jamie recipe section!!!!

4. by Holly. on Fri 26 Nov 2010 @ 16:14

This recipie is not very useful because it dosnt say if its in grams or not it just says cup!!!!!
and taste ok! :?

5. by alvin on Mon 08 Nov 2010 @ 17:36

its copied from an american recipe(american test kitchen recipe or ATK) hence the american measurements

6. by Thomas on Sun 07 Nov 2010 @ 15:28

Agreed with jasmine, Jamie Oliver is British, so these measurements should at least be in grams and stuff.
And by the way, we no longer use fahrenheit degree. UK officially use celsius now.
That was awesome anyway :D

7. by Laudanum on Wed 15 Sep 2010 @ 04:08

So what is a stick of butter?

8. by Hailey on Fri 06 Aug 2010 @ 01:09

Wow! What a great recipe! I used mint extract instead of vanilla and got a great peppermint taste, I skipped the chocolate chips, because I did not have any on hand. I also coated the dogh with flour before I put them in the oven. I also used Kathie's advice on the full teaspoon of baking soda. I topped them with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and they were wonderful! Love love love them!

9. by Kathie on Thu 08 Apr 2010 @ 04:51

I tried this recipe and was able to get soft chewy cookies out of it. My kids really enjoyed them. I did make some minor changes:
* I added 1 full teaspoon of baking soda
* I ususally don't have unsalted butter on hand so I use salted and skipped adding the salt
* I also always add two full cups of chocolate chips
I think sometimes it is hard to get the super chewy cookies like at a bakery because they have special baking ovens that we don't have at home. I would recommend getting some American measuring cups to help with the conversion. I know we struggle with conversion to metric as well, but most of my measuring cups have both so it isn't a problem.

10. by Eve on Sun 21 Feb 2010 @ 16:05

So, i tried this recipe today. I'm so disappointed. It wasn't chewy at all. In fact, it was the opposite of chewy, it was soft. That was 6th recipe i tried, and i can't find a perfect chewy chocolate chip recipe.I want to make something like in Starbucks or anywhere. so if anyone knows one, pls let me know.

11. by kls on Tue 09 Feb 2010 @ 21:00

Not nice jasmine. There is no need to be mean and nasty. It's a recipe and were cooking here. Come on, it's suppose to be fun and enjoyable. Just get on the internet and look it up, just like with everything else.
Anyway, I can't wait to try out this recipe. Thanks!:)

12. by Me on Sat 29 Aug 2009 @ 02:00

I cup is 250ml..celcius is used in Australia not america anyway.

13. by astret on Wed 03 Jun 2009 @ 23:23

I tried this recipe and was quite unimpressed - the cookies were more like cakes, with quite a spongy texture.

14. by jasmine on Sat 07 Mar 2009 @ 21:31

Why are all the measurements in American? Jamie Oliver is English - i can get plenty of American recipes for cookies, but like most English people, I don't have a measure for a cup or indeed know how much it is. Or what a stick of butter is. If you're gonna rip off American recipes, at least make the effort to convert the measures for us.