I originally made Triple Chip Cookies for a block party. The recipe is great because it feeds a crowd and the cookies are delicious! They're soft, thick, and perfect for stuffing with three different types of chips. In this case, semisweet, dark and white chocolate chips. You can also add nuts.
Chill The Dough
The cookies have a better texture when baked with chilled dough. I recommend scooping out the cookie dough balls ahead of time, refrigerating for a few hours, then baking before the festivities start. If you don't know when the festivities will be, make the dough anyway and freeze it until the time comes!
Recipe
Big Batch Triple Chip Cookies
An easy cookie perfect for potlucks
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, sift or stir OR weigh (380 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt or only a pinch if using salted butter
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature (230 grams)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams)
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar (150 grams)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups extra dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups white chips
- 1 cup toasted and chopped pecans
Instructions
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together thoroughly and set aside.
- In a last mixing bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add both sugar and beat for another 2 minutes, then add the eggs and vanilla and beat just until mixed – don’t go crazy trying to make the batter smooth. You want everything to be mixed, but not it doesn’t need to be absolutely smooth.
- By hand or with lowest speed of mixer, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir just until blended. Stir in all of the chips and the pecans.
- Line a cookie sheet with foil. Using a rounded tablespoon, scoop about 60 scoops of dough and arrange them on the cookie sheet without worrying about spacing. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill the scoops of dough overnight. When ready to bake, remove from the refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a couple of baking sheets with nonstick foil or parchment paper.
- Arranging the cold cookie dough balls on baking sheets and let come to room temperature as the oven preheats. Bake one sheet at a time on center rack for 15 minutes or until cookies are nicely browned. Let cool on cooking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Alternatively, you can bake two sheets at a time using the middle and lower rack, but alternate about halfway through so that the cookies bake evenly.
Notes
Note: To toast pecans, lay them on a baking sheet and bake for about 6 to 8 minutes at 350. Cool completely, then chop. Also, cook-time is meant to include chill-time. The dough does not have to be chilled, but I think doing so improves the texture.
If using salted butter, use only a pinch of salt
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Katrina
I'm partial to the Ghirardelli 60% chips. I tried the Guittard and in a taste test like the Ghir. better. I think it's probably just because I've become so accustomed to them that I just prefer the taste. I don't buy ss hardly either and funny--I really don't like white chips either, especially when they are just vanilla chips and not real white chocolate. Good to know about all your preferences.
Anna
Katrina, that's a great question. I thought about putting the brands, but didn't.
For the bittersweet, I used Ghirardelli. Those chips are larger and have a distinct flavor.
For the extra dark, I used Guittard -- the ones in the shiny red bag. Those have become my default chip as of late.
For the white I used Ghirardelli, but sometimes I buy Nestle. I don't care much for white chips, but I use them anyway.
I hardly ever buy semisweet chips these days because I've become so accustomed to the extra dark. If I'm feeling rich I buy the Akoma dark (by Guittard) and if I'm feeling like I need to save pennies, I buy Hershey's dark. If I'm at Central Market (and feeling rich), I buy Callebaut chips.
Martha, sorry your fireworks were cancelled. Ours were cancelled last year, so this year's were much appreciated.
Katrina
Guess the secret is out about your book! 😉 Everyone is sharing the link to preorder from Amazon on FB. 😉
Question--you say you used 2 cups bittersweet cc's and 2 cups extra dark cc's--what
are the brands/kind you use? Do you mean semi sweet for bittersweet? I would have
thought or considered bittersweet and extra dark to be the same.
Martha in KS
It's so dry here that most fireworks displays were cancelled & we can't even BBQ outside. Bummer. Hope your 4th was good. I'm sure the cookies were!
Chewthefat
Woo-hoo! I just checked out Amazon, and the cover looks scrumptious!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Daily-Cookie-Tempting-Sweetest/dp/1449420702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341521719&sr=8-1&keywords=Ginsberg+Anna
Adam
Massive massively packed cookies on the 4th of July seems so approrpriate and it helps that they look great. And I'll take these over a cake, if only because I can trick myself into thinking that eating a few isn't as bad as two pieces of cake :).
And congrats again on the book, I'm eagerly awaiting its arrival :).
Darlene
Congratulations! I am thrilled for you and can't wait to order my copy. Next stop, your own Food Network show!
Anna
Hi Darlene,
Yes! I haven't announced it yet, but it's available on Amazon. It's being printed right now. I suppose I should make a formal announcement...
Darlene
Hold on - did I miss something in one of your posts? Are you writing a book?
Sue
I think it's fitting that the author of Cookie Madness and a coming to us soon book took cookies instead of flag cake. 🙂 No doubt they were enjoyed by all! You can't go wrong with CCC's packed with all kinds of goodies!
Happy 4th!
Cookie Sleuth
Happy 4th!
Linda
These look great. I'm trying to come up with something to use up the egg yolks left over from my white cake recipe I made for the Flag Cake.
Lisa Ernst
Amazing looking cookies, loaded with great things! Your neighbors are lucky. This year we're having a drought in Tennessee and firecrackers have been banned.
Have fun!
Andreas Ivarsson
Very cool cookies! Maybe you want to check out my 4th of July Flag Cake at http://kakbloggen.se/2012/07/4th-of-july-flag-cake-recept/ ? Have a nice day.
Darlene
Wow! I'm sure with all those chips (and your baking expertise), your cookies are going to be the highlight of your neighborhood festivities. Happy Fourth of July, and welcome home to Fuzz!