Description
Jimmy John’s chocolate chunk cookie combines rich chocolate with a classic cookie base, delivering homemade bakery-style indulgence. Chocolate lovers can recreate this sweet treat with simple ingredients and basic baking techniques.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 sticks (1 cup/226 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated (white) sugar
- 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp kosher salt
- 2 tsps pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp flaked sea salt
Instructions
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl until uniformly blended.
- Sugar Transformation: Utilize a stand mixer with paddle attachment to cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar at medium-high speed, developing a cloud-like, aerated texture within 3 minutes.
- Liquid Integration: Introduce eggs and vanilla extract to the creamed mixture, blending on low speed while meticulously scraping bowl edges to ensure comprehensive incorporation.
- Dough Formation: Gently fold in flour mixture on low speed, stopping precisely when ingredients are combined to prevent dough from becoming tough.
- Chocolate Infusion: Delicately fold chocolate chips throughout the dough, distributing evenly without excessive manipulation.
- Thermal Preparation: Refrigerate dough for 20 minutes to enhance structural integrity and flavor complexity, while simultaneously preheating oven to 350°F (177°C).
- Portioning and Arrangement: Shape chilled dough into golf ball-sized portions, positioning them strategically on parchment-lined baking sheet with adequate spacing for expansion.
- Baking Technique: Bake 9-12 minutes, targeting lightly golden edges while maintaining a pale, tender center; remove and immediately tap sheet against counter to create delicate surface crinkles.
- Finishing Touches: Optional sea salt sprinkle adds sophisticated flavor dimension; let cookies rest 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack for complete cooling.
- Storage Protocol: Preserve cookies in airtight container at room temperature, maintaining peak quality for up to 3 days.
Notes
- Chill for Success: Refrigerating dough for 20 minutes creates a chewier, more flavorful cookie with better texture and reduced spreading during baking.
- Precise Mixing Matters: Mix ingredients on low speed to prevent overworking the dough, which can result in tough, dense cookies instead of soft, tender ones.
- Size Consistency is Key: Use a tablespoon to scoop uniform golf ball-sized portions, ensuring even baking and consistent cookie texture throughout the batch.
- Salt Enhancer Trick: A pinch of flaky sea salt on warm cookies elevates the flavor profile, creating a sophisticated sweet-and-salty balance that transforms an ordinary chocolate chip cookie into an extraordinary treat.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 26 g
- Sodium: 220 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg