Same Day Gideon's Bakehouse Cookie Recipe
This Gideon's Bakehouse Cookie Recipe takes soft, delicious cookies and completely coats them with chocolate chips and sea salt, without any day-before prep!
Equipment
- Reusable Baking Mat (optional)
- Food Service Gloves (optional)
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 1 cup dark brown sugar tightly packed
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups dark chocolate chips
- sea salt for garnish
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, use a stand or hand mixer to cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until combined (your batter won't be smooth at this point).5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, 1 cup dark brown sugar
- Add your eggs and vanilla extract and whisk until just combined.1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Next, add your flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk again until smooth. Use a spatula to push any flour or baking soda that got caught on the sides of the bowl into the dough.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
- Set 1/2 cup of chocolate chips aside and add 1 cup to the dough. Use a spatula or wooden spoon to mix. At this point, your dough may seem a little bit crumbly, but that's okay.1 ½ cups dark chocolate chips
- Use clean hands to divide the dough into 6 roughly even parts (about a fistful for each cookie). Roll the dough in between your two hands to form a round sphere, then lightly push your hands together so that the dough is a little bit taller than it is wide.
- Add your shaped dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a reusable baking mat leaving at least 2 inches of space between each cookie.
- Place the cookie dough balls in the refrigerator for at least one hour (or up to 24 hours) to chill.
- Preheat your oven to 325°F and bake for 12-14 minutes. The cookies should be very slightly underdone.
- Grab a handful of chocolate chips and lightly press them into the top of the just-baked cookie (this is a slightly messy, but totally worth it process). You should be left with an outer shell of chocolate chips.
- Sprinkle each cookie with sea salt and let cool at least one hour before digging in. Enjoy!sea salt for garnish
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Notes
- Use high-quality dark chocolate chips for the best results.
- Using powder-free food service gloves is a great option for pressing the chocolate chips into the just-baked cookies.
- Make sure not to push too hard when you are adding the chocolate chips on top, the inside of the underbaked cookies is VERY hot. The cookie will continue to bake until they are cooled.
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