To a large mixing bowl, add softened butter and brown sugar. Use a hand mixer on high to cream together until light and smooth (about 2-3 minutes).
½ cup softened unsalted butter, 1 cup light brown sugar
Add the vanilla extract and egg and use your hand mixer on low to combine.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 large egg
Add the flour, salt, and baking soda and mix to combine, careful not to overbeat. Use a spatula to scrape any flour off the sides of the bowl and integrate it into your dough.
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon table salt, ½ teaspoon baking soda
Crush your Oreos either by adding to a storage bag and crushing with a rolling pin or by using a mortar and pestle. Leave some bigger chunks and crush some down to a fine dust so you have a variety of crumb sizes.
10 whole Oreos
Conserve some larger Oreo chunks to place on top of your formed cookie dough. Add the rest of the crushed Oreo and the chocolate chips to your dough and use a rubber spatula to fold to combine.
1 cup chocolate chips
Use a large cookie scoop or 2 heaping tablespoons of dough to form your cookies, adding them to the prepped baking sheets. Leave at least an inch of space in between each cookie for minor spreading.
Place the reserved Oreo chunks sporadically on top. Bake for 10-12 minutes on the top rack. It's okay if they are slightly underdone. Allow them to cool on the baking sheet. Enjoy!
Notes
You can freeze excess cookie dough before baking it to give you fresh baked cookies every time when the craving hits! Just bake them as normal straight out of the freezer.
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