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Ultimate Giant Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Warning: Once you make these, you’ll never look at regular cookies the same way again. Trust me!”
INTRODUCTION
There’s something magical about bakery-style cookies: their crisp golden edges, gooey centers, and that just-right balance of sweet and salty. This is not your average cookie. This is a massive, chewy, melt-in-your-mouth, café-style cookie that tastes like it came from a high-end bakery. This recipe brings that big-cookie energy right into your kitchen. It’s a cookie for lovers—of sweets, of flavor, of texture, of indulgence.
HISTORY OF THE COOKIE
Chocolate chip cookies were invented in the 1930s by Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. What started as a simple addition of chopped chocolate to a cookie dough turned into a national phenomenon. Over the decades, bakers have experimented with size, texture, and ingredients—leading us to the thick, giant, bakery-style cookie that dominates dessert menus today. This version draws inspiration from New York’s famous Levain Bakery cookies.
INGREDIENTS
Yields 8 large cookies
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, cold and cut into chunks
- 3/4 cup (150g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, cold
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 cups (340g) semisweet or dark chocolate chunks or chips
- Optional: 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (for crunch and flavor)
- Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling
METHOD / INSTRUCTIONS
- Cream the butter and sugars
In a stand mixer (or by hand), beat the cold butter chunks, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy but still slightly chunky. Don’t overmix—you want some structure. - Add the eggs and vanilla
Add the cold eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Mix until just incorporated. - Mix the dry ingredients
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. - Combine dry and wet
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet. Mix just until the flour disappears. - Add chocolate (and nuts if using)
Fold in the chocolate chunks and nuts (if using). The dough will be thick and chunky—just what you want. - Portion and chill
Divide dough into 8 large balls (about 6 oz each). Stack the dough high like a rough mound (don’t flatten!). Chill for at least 1 hour, or overnight. - Bake to perfection
Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Place 4 cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet (they need space). Bake 11–13 minutes, until golden around the edges but still soft in the center. - Cool and finish
Remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt. Let rest on the tray 10 minutes, then enjoy warm.
FORMATION & TEXTURE TIPS
- Cold butter + cold eggs = thicker cookies with gooey centers.
- Cornstarch adds tenderness without making the cookie cakey.
- Tall dough mounds create dramatic spread and chewy centers.
- Resting the dough enhances flavor and improves texture.
CONCLUSION
These cookies are everything: crispy edges, tender centers, rich chocolate pockets, and a deep, toffee-like flavor. They’re the kind of cookies you bake once and never forget. Perfect with a glass of milk, or warm and melty with a scoop of ice cream.
FOR COOKIE LOVERS
To the lovers of cookies everywhere—the dunkers, the nibblers, the midnight snackers—this one’s for you. For the parents who hide a stash, for the kids with crumbs on their faces, for the romantic who gives their heart away one bite at a time. These cookies are made to share, swoon, and savor.
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