Description
Ina Garten’s giant crinkled chocolate chip cookies blend rich flavors with bakery-style texture. Chocolate lovers discover delightful crinkles that promise indulgent satisfaction when baking these remarkable treats.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (480 ml) all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 8 oz (226 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped, such as Lindt
- ½ lb (227 g or 2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 extra-large egg
- 1½ tsps pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- Fleur de sel or sea salt, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preparation: Align three oven racks and preheat to 180°C (350°F) for optimal cookie baking environment.
- Butter Transformation: Using an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth. Gradually add granulated and light brown sugars, whipping until light and fluffy.
- Moisture Integration: Blend egg, vanilla extract, and warm water at low speed until just combined, creating a uniform wet mixture.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Whisk all-purpose flour, baking soda, and kosher salt together, ensuring even distribution of dry ingredients.
- Dough Development: Merge dry ingredients into butter mixture at low speed. Fold in bittersweet chocolate, including fine chocolate fragments, using a spatula to create a cohesive dough.
- Portioning and Chilling: Scoop 12 uniform dough portions using a 2¼-inch ice cream scoop. Freeze for 15 minutes to enhance cookie structure.
- Initial Baking Cycle: Position 4 dough balls on parchment-lined trays with ample spacing. Bake for 10 minutes until centers slightly rise.
- Texture Manipulation: Remove trays and tap against stovetop to deflate cookie centers. Return to oven, repeating tapping every 3 minutes for 18-20 minutes, achieving golden-brown edges and soft, pale centers.
- Finishing Touch: Rotate trays during baking for even browning. Once complete, sprinkle fleur de sel or sea salt across cookies and cool entirely on baking trays.
Notes
- Chill for Texture: Freezing dough for exactly 15 minutes creates signature crinkled edges and prevents excessive spreading during baking.
- Butter Technique: Beat butter thoroughly for 3 minutes to incorporate maximum air, ensuring a light, fluffy cookie base with rich flavor development.
- Strategic Tapping Method: Dramatically tap baking trays against stovetop to create dramatic crinkle effect and control cookie spread, resulting in professional-looking texture.
- Salt Finishing Touch: Sprinkle fleur de sel or sea salt immediately after baking to enhance chocolate flavor and add gourmet complexity to classic chocolate chip cookies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 35 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 14 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg