Today's recipe is from Cindy, and I like it for a couple of reasons. First, it has chocolate chips. Second, the recipe came with a little story. Cindy said she made these cookies so often as a child that she memorized the recipe. Her whole family loves them, and when their mother died, her brother agreed to take over hosting Thanksgiving so long as Cindy made Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Very Cakey With Eggs and Sour Cream
This makes a large batch of cookies, but it's easy to halve since there are two eggs. I recommend making a half batch first. They're definitely not your average chocolate chip cookie, and if you make them you should go into it knowing the sour cream makes them very cakey.
Shortening or Butter
The original recipe calls for shortening, but you can use 4 oz (1 stick) of butter instead. At one point I tested with a margarine spread, but don't recommend it. The extra water in the spread made the cookies even cakier. Shortening is probably the best for texture, but butter has a better reputation and works well too.
Cindy makes the cookies with all white sugar below, but she said her mom played around with the recipe and used brown sugar. For this batch, I decided to go with half white, half brown.
Recipe
Cindy's Sour Cream Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (350 grams)
- ½ teaspoon salt (I use ¾ teaspoon)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 stick unsalted butter or shortening (114 grams) see note
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- ¾ cup brown sugar (100 grams)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream not fat free
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the eggs, one by one, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture in 3 parts, stirring well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop by scant tablespoons (or use a small cookie scoop) onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes or until just set and edges are lightly browned. Alternatively, you can scoop the cookie dough onto parchment lined plates, cover with plastic and chill overnight before baking as directed above.
- Let cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
kaley says
I loved this but I added a little bit of brown sugar. cause just a little goes a long way...
Katrina says
Breaking from the norm with a cakey ccc sometimes is good.
Dean Smith says
Lisaway...won't you share your CCC recipe? 😉
Pam says
I have a drop sour cream sugar cookie recipe that I love! Why have I never thought of adding chocolate chips?? I'm anxious to try this recipe now! Thanks for sharing!
Barbara says
I love sour cream in cakes and the minute I saw the post title, I knew the cookies would be soft. Not my favorite kind of cookie, but a lot of people like them. Great idea to use brown sugar, Anna.
LisAway says
I made the Best Big Fat Chewy recipe (it's a family fave) for CCC day yesterday, but I think I'll try this one next. less fat and and interesting twist! Thanks, Anna. (and Cindy!)
bakingblonde says
I have made a sourcream cookie before too and they were very cake like and bland. i have always wondered how to make them better....I may have to go back and take another look at the recipe i used and compare to this one!
Gloria says
Another unique idea-sour cream in CCC! I was perusing your site at 11:00 last night and then made a CCC cookie loosely adapted from a few, but dusted with Sea Salt-because I screwed up and didn't add enough salt to the batter. Oh well. It was one of those happy accidents. It is probably because I was making batter at 12:30 a.m! Thank you again for being my inspiration Anna!
CindyD says
They freeze really well, too. Thanks for trying them, Anna!
Paula B. says
Baking one of your c.c. cookie recipes right now, had some dough left from the other day (how I don't know???) But these sound yummy, the addition of sour cream must keep the cookie so moist!
Julia says
oh, they look so delicious!
i like all of chocolate chip cookies, anyway. ; )