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Bittersweet and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 22, 2016 By Anna 7 Comments

I apologize for posting another chocolate chip cookie recipe, but these Bittersweet and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies have been getting a lot of compliments lately, and I wanted to share the recipe. It’s based on one called “Dad’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies”, which calls for 6 cups of flour and makes double the amount. I’m not so sure my stand mixer could handle a recipe with 6 cups of flour, so I’ve been halving the recipe to make 2 dozen large, thick, cookies.

milk chocolate chip cookies
These have a lower proportion of butter and eggs but are still plenty rich from all the chips and nuts. And I do recommend adding the nuts to offset the sugar. For the vanilla, I recommend using something mainstream like McCormick since there’s so much of it. Double-strength vanilla might be a bit overpowering since this recipe calls for so much.

If you want your Bittersweet and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies to be as thick as the cookies in the photo, shape the dough into balls, put them in a sealed bag and chill overnight. They bake up a lot nicer after being in the refrigerator for a day or two.

Bittersweet and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Bittersweet and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies are good when baked right away but even better when made with chilled dough. The cookies have a nicer shape and flavor when walnuts are added, but you can leave them out if you need to.
Author: Cookie Madness
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (14 oz/390 grams)
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (3/4 teaspoon if using salted butter)
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature (8 oz/225 grams)
  • 1/2 cup C&H Baker’s Sugar or Ultra Fine sugar (3.5 oz/100 grams)
  • 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar (about 9 oz/250 grams)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg plus 2 tablespoons lightly beaten egg (70 grams total)
  • 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
  1. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add both sugars and beat until creamy. Add the egg and beat on low until it is blended in, then add the 2 tablespoon of beaten egg and beat until blended. Add the vanilla and beat until blended, scraping sides of the bowl.
  3. Using lowest speed of mixer, add the flour mixture and stir until well blended. Stir in all of the chocolate chips and the nuts.
  4. Empty dough onto a large clean surface covered with foil, parchment or waxed paper and shape dough into a log. Divide the log into 12 pieces, then divide those pieces so that you have 24 mounds. Arrange them in a pan small enough to fit in the refrigerator and chill the mounds for a few hours or until very firm. For best results, chill overnight.
  5. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375. You will be turning down the heat
  6. Arrange the cookies at least 2 1/2 inches apart on a heavy duty baking sheet lined with foil (or parchment).
  7. Put the cookies in the oven and immediately reduce heat to 350 degrees F.
  8. Bake for about 14-16 minutes or until cookies appear set. Let cool on the baking sheet for 3 minutes, then carefully remove to a wire rack.
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Comments

  1. Sue says

    May 23, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    You don’t ever need to apologize for posting another chocolate chip cookie recipe.

  2. Anna says

    May 23, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    Thanks Sue!

  3. dani says

    May 24, 2016 at 8:40 am

    NEVER apologize for chocolate chip cookies 😉

  4. Cindy says

    May 24, 2016 at 9:01 am

    I was going to say the same thing! A friend and I were at Penzey’s and smelled all the vanillas. The regular smelled the most vanillaish to both of us.

  5. Linda Sweeting says

    May 24, 2016 at 12:18 pm

    Anna, I agree with the others, never apologize for posting more chocolate chip cookie recipes!
    That said, which brand/s of milk chocolate chips do you like? I sometimes find the milk chocolate chips to have what to me is a sour taste.

  6. Anna says

    May 24, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    Linda, my two favorite brands are Guittard and Ghirardelli. Guittard chips are very smooth, while Ghirardelli’s chips are larger than average which is nice when you’re making big cookies. Do you find those two brands sour or are you referring to Hershey’s chips?

  7. Sonya says

    July 2, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Ditto! I love the idea of using two kinds of chips! I bought a ton of typs of chocolate from the grocery store and online; World Wide Chocolate sells samples, which is awesome for trying new varities of gourmet chocolate! My extended family joined in and were sent home wih their favorites :). One thing that I realized is that everyone loves different types and brands of chocolate! My favorite semisweet chips are Trader Joes, bittersweet are Guittard, and milk are Hersheys. Back to your cookies, wow they look so delicious!

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