A couple of weeks ago when I asked for your input regarding my delicious but flat chocolate chip cookies, I was amazed how many of you suggested the same two things...use shortening instead of butter and increase the flour in the recipe. Like most people, I've always used the recipe on the bag of chocolate chips. And it just wasn't working for me.
Becky at The Butler's Wife sent me her husband's recipe. Yes, her husband...The Butler. Apparently at one time her husband owned a pastry shop and this was his own personal recipe for his highly successful chocolate chip cookies.
(drumroll please)
THE FAT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE !!!
My mother-in-law made wonderful chocolate chip cookies.
Dinner guests were actually caught leaving her house with their coat pockets stuffed full of her cookies. Seriously. LOL
We lived in a small town (population 800 people) and every kid in town loved her chocolate chip cookies. It bugged the living daylights out of me that hers were huge and puffy and no matter what I did, mine looked like pancakes.
So it made my day last Sunday when I made The Butler's recipe and like magic, mine turned out like hers.
The moment I saw his recipe, I realized he uses a combination of butter and shortening and he uses a lot more flour than the recipe on the bag calls for.
So you were all right - that was the secret!
Sharing this with you seems like a good start to the new year.
1 stick butter, softened but not melted
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 tablespoons (yes, tablespoons) vanilla
3 1/4 cups flour (a full cup more than the recipe on the package calls for)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 12-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375*
Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla with a wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients.
The batter will be stiff, and it should be. Just to make sure it is flavorful, you should try some of the dough. But not too much!
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet (preferably a shiny sheet which gives better results).
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly before removing to a wire rack.
Yield: about 5 dozen normal sized cookies or 3 1/2 dozen ginormous cookies.
Nutritional information: Please! This is chocolate chip cookies. Who cares?
LOL
of chocolate chip cookies should look like!
P.S. They're delicious!
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Now that's a cookie! I love CC cookies, it's something you never outgrow. Looks like 2008 is off to a great start!
Ooh those look good! I think maybe my mom used shortening too but it's something I quit using years ago. I love chocolate chip cookies though.
That Becky is a sweetie!
Oh Man...you just ruined my diet! They look scrumptious. I could eat the picture. I *love* chocolate chip cookies, but they have to be homemade. Store bought won't do.
Happy New Year!
Those look wonderful! (I love to sample cookie dough, too. :-) )
Oh they look yummy! Love the full cookie jar!!
Steph
Thank you for sharing this! I cannot wait to try these for my family! I'm hoping 2008 is the year I can say good-bye to flat chocolate chip cookies!
Yay! I am SO happy they worked for you. This recipe is a family secret handed down through the generations and given only to very few. I mean you have to marry into this. I am so glad I can trust you to keep it a secret :)
Ha! Too early for April Fool's but I gotcha anyway. Just kidding!
Eat 'em up! I wish I could stop by for cookies and tea this afternoon. I may just have to make my own.
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I have been reading your site for a while and love it!
Thanks for the recipe--heading out to the store now in hopes my 22 y/o son will make these for supper.
Ness
They look yummy- and your cookie jar is the epitome of homey and inviting, all filled to the rim:-)
Happy New Year!
Look at THOSE! And for Pete's sake, I'm out of butter AND chocolate chips. That's not FAIR!
Look at THOSE! And for Pete's sake, I'm out of butter AND chocolate chips. That's not FAIR!
OK...I'm back to get the recipe. I found an excuse to make them. My son returns to college today and I just HAVE to make him some to take back with him. I'll let you know how they turn out. I'm suppose to be doing school right now!
Becky...I saw your post and laughed. I wondered if it was a family secret!
And I was wondering what to do with all the leftover chocolate chips from Christmas. I think before I make these, though, I have to let my body detox from all the Christmas goodies.
The lady across the street brought us PB and Chocolate Chip cookies when we moved in and they were fluffy and the best cookies I had ever tasted...I have been meaning to ask her for the recipe.....these you have baked look down right awesome...I'm book marking them for a day when Madison is home.
Those look scrumptious! I may have to give them a try.
Happy New Year!
Yay! Now I can enjoy them vicariously through you because those look so good that I'd start an addiction, right here, right now. :)
choclate chip cookies are my favorite. I am going to have to try that one this week.
Happy New Year, Barb!
Oh, wow! These look delicious! My daughter is an excellent cookie maker, and I've already printed this off for her to make. Her brother has some college roommates that will probably be appreciative, too! ;)
How dare you show those yummy cookies when the rest of us are starting our New Years diets? They sure do look good :) My diet isn't going so hot anyway. There are currently 4 mini Dove wrappers sitting on my computer. Better luck tomorrow :) Happy New Year Barb. I hope you and your family have many, many blessings in 2008!!
Barb-
Your cookies look delicious!!! I can't wait to try this recipe. I always have flat cookies like your picture. And they always seem a little heavy or kind of like they didn't get all the way done. And if I just cook them longer the are too crunchy.
Thanks for sharing! And thanks to the butler too!
YEAH! I have had this problem since moving over a mile high.... 5400 ft approximately. I even tried the high altitude recipe but to know avail. It did work with brownies though so I am definitely trying these!! Whoohoo! Thank you!!
those look incredible!!!
I'm thinking this weekend I can whip these up - Don loves them. xoxo
You would have to post that scrumptious sounding recipe the day I get back on the weight loss bandwagon, wouldn't you? ;)
Enjoy those fat cookies!
I must be weird, I like them flat and gooey....oh well, won't be eating any for a long while
HNY
The cookies look delicious...and I love the cookie jar!
Delicious looking cookies!!
Barb
Just looking at those scrumptious cookies is breaking down my resolve to cut out sweets until I lose these pesky pounds! Great job. They look soooo good. Now that I think of it, my chocolate chip cookies have always been flat too. I guess I should copy down this recipe.
Thanks Barb!
Please can you tell an English reader how many ounces in a stick of butter.
I can't believe I just saw these cookies. Now I am craving them and I can't have one. I'm doing a 10 week health challenge and I'm pretty sure chocolate chip cookies are not a part of it. Sigh.
The Mother of This Lot, a stick of butter is one-half cup, or four ounces.
oh wow, Barb, thank you so much! I have been plagued for years with flat cc cookies- the last time I made them was the worst, they were so flat you had to scrape them off the pan and we ended up throwing them away.
you have helped my cooking greatly Barb...I'm not such a good cook, but the recipes I have tried on your blog have all worked out for me. Except the pasta that hubby poured hot sauce all over...but I liked it.
can't wait to try these and to amaze the family!
Yummy! Those look fantastic. Thanks for sharing the recipe. :)
Well, I know what the next treat I'll be making is, especially since I'm pretty sure I have everything already in my pantry!!
Thanks for sharing!
Melissa K
Yummy, yummy, yummy! Now, if my borderline diabetic husband will let me fix a batch, we'll be doing just fine!!!
I've always used shortening, but maybe I'll try the combo with the additional flour. I'm hungry just looking at them!
They look wonderful. I'm definitely going to try these. Happy New Year.
This recipe looks delicious! I totally related to your problem. I even wrote in once to Food Network, because I could not figure out the problem with my cookies! I made some cookies after I read the previous post's comments and added in an extra 1/2 cup of flour. It made all of the difference in the world!! Thank you! Thank you! Why do they not tell us to do this on the bag, I wonder??
Mine were always flat - that's why I make those cookie bars instead. Those look fabulous. Just what I don't need after Christmas...
I know it's late because I took a loooong break, but I want to thank you for being here. I've enjoyed our off the blog relationship as much as what you put on for us to see. Love you, sweet friend!
Happy New year.
thank you for sharing this tip. I think I need to start adding more gain flour to my breakfast cookies too.
That looks like a good recipe for the chip cookies.
Your paper whites are pretty. I still remember them in my honey moon bedroom 25 yrs ago. Mine did not smell so nice though. We awoke to them blooming over night. The fragrance was over powering.
Those look delicious! I love flat and soft ones, but this recipe is great. I'll have to try it. Thanks, Butler and wife! Thanks for posting it, Barb!
Those are the yummiest looking cookies !!! I've bookmarked this post so I can use the recipe next time I make choc chip cookies !
I made them on Wednesday and gave the son who was returning to college about 15 to take with him. I put a dozen in the freezer and the rest in the cookie jar(not nearly as big as yours!). They are all gone. Even the ones in the freezer.
I used less sugar (I always do). I buy my chips in bulk, so I used 2 cups. They were so good.
Well now I know what I'm making for dinner tonight! Who needs any other food group? OH, yum.
THANKS for the Recipe, I have had the same problem with my cookies. I will try this.
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Oh, Barb - I really didn't need to see this just now. I need a row of those and a huge glass of milk! :-)
I'm going to try to prove to my family that I CAN make successful chocolate chip cookies. Mine have always been flat and "ugly". Wish me luck with this recipe. I'm on my way!
I guess I will have to post the results, too, if I succeed . . . we'll see!
Happy New Year, too, Dear Barb. I'm just now making my way back around the blogosphere. Love to you.
Any ideas if butter should be salted or unsalted? I used unsalted over the holidays and my cookies were not only flat but pratically running off the tray (in a liquid gooey way, not the marathon kind of way:) Maybe I got the flour wrong. They ended up square since I had to slice them apart after the cookies ran into each other. Thanks.
Barb,
I made these two days ago and they are almost gone! New family recipe!
Thanks!
Barb in Indiana
Hi Barb! Here it is September and I *just* found this recipe, but I'm so happy I did! Now I can say goodbye to those days of flat, lifeless cookies! These are wonderful! My husband loves them with peanut butter chips:)
I just want to thank you for this recipe!! I have made them twice in the last 3 months - everyone raves about the taste, consistency, and how beautiful they are. Thank you for *the* best chocolate chip cookie recipe we've ever had the pleasure of sampling. :)
Hi, a question:
How can i add raisins to the above recipe without ruining it?
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