Giant chocolate chip cookies are basically all I want to bake right now, but luckily there are some new flavored chips on the market. So today, instead of saying I'm making chocolate chip cookies again, I can say I'm making Jumbo Macadamia Chocolate Caramel Chip Cookies.
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Caramel Chips
I named these cookies after the caramel chips and macadamia nuts, but you can use any combination of chips. The caramel chips can be a bit elusive. The chips aren't actual caramel bits, but rather white chips that have a burnt milk, caramel and sea salt flavor. I like Hershey's salted caramel chips the best, but they seem to be seasonal. There's also King Arthur's Caramel Chip blend, which include white and dark chips as well. If I'm making a King Arthur catalog order, I always try to add a bag of those chips.
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies Bake Time
These are Levain "style" cookies in that they are very large, but they are not exact copycats. The recipe calls for slightly less sugar and all of the chips and nuts help keep them sweet (and thick). Bake time will vary from kitchen to kitchen and depends on whether you like the center doughy or crumbly. I always recommend baking a test cookie first.
Recipe
Jumbo Macadamia Chocolate Caramel Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 oz unsalted butter, fairly cold and cut into chunks (228 grams)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar (210 grams)
- ½ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- 2 large eggs
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (390 grams)
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (170 grams)
- 1 ⅓ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup caramel or other flavored chips (170 grams)
- 1 cup salted macadamia nuts coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F if you don't plan on chilling the dough.
- Cut the butter into chunks and put it in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat the cold butter until creamy, then add the sugar and beat for another 3 minutes.
- Add the eggs one by one beating just until blended. Scrape side of the bowl and beat again. Beat in the vanilla.
- Sprinkle the baking powder, baking soda and salt directly into the mixture and beat until they are evenly dispersed, then add the flour 1 cup at a time, beating on low with the paddle or by hand just until blended. If you weighed your flour, you should use all 3 cups (390 grams).
- When flour is almost completely mixed in, stir in the chips and nuts.
- Line a couple of plates with plastic wrap and scoop out large mounds. For super size cookies, make each mound about 5 oz. For smaller cookies, divide each mound in half.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or foil.
- Arrange mounds on lined sheets and bake large cookies for about 18 minutes, smaller cookies about 14 -- (time will vary) or until cookies appear nicely browned. Allow them to cool until they are firm enough to lift, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- For the large (5 oz) cookies, If you prefer a more underbaked center, bake at 400 for about 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are very brown, then remove from the oven and let them stand. The insides will still cook internally, but should stay doughy.
Notes
Sue says
Thanks for the thoughts about macadamia nuts! I've all but given up on them. Amazon is a great idea! I never think of that for food.
Anna says
Also, check Amazon! I haven't tried them yet, but they have a highly rated brand called MacFarms.
Anna says
The caramel chips are good! I've been buying them at Target, but as of yesterday our Jewel has them. Jewel also has the Hershey's brand.
Macadamia nuts almost always taste stale to me. However, when they are good they are great. I'd almost given up on them until I bought a bag of a brand called Royal Hawaiian. Unfortunately whenever I go to find that brand the store is now out of stock. Just keep trying different brands.
Sue says
You're making me want to try those caramel chips. Where do you buy macadamia nuts? I've not had good luck with them.
d says
Those look amazing!!
Sonya says
"denser, heavier, softer, cookie" .... that sounds wonderful! These look amazing!