Indulge your sweet tooth and delight your senses with the delectable halfway cookie, a culinary masterpiece that strikes a perfect balance between a chewy center and crispy edges. These cookies, also known as chocolate chip halfway melts, ooze with rich, gooey chocolate and offer a unique textural experience that will leave you craving more. In this article, we'll explore the secrets behind creating the perfect halfway cookie, from selecting the finest ingredients to mastering the baking process. Get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will satisfy your cravings and leave you with a lasting impression.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
BEST HALF-BATCH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
These cookies are a great, soft, chocolatey small batch perfect for a small family. They have a great chewy and soft texture and a delicious flavor! I got the recipe from a good friend a month ago and have made them four time since then. Easy to prepare and even easier to eat!
Provided by Jamie Renee
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 18m
Yield 10-12 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cream butter and sugars at medium speed.
- Add vanilla while mixing.
- Add egg while mixing.
- Turn off mixer and add flour.
- Next add salt.
- Then add baking powder.
- Beat at slow/medium speed just until flour is incorporated into butter and sugar mixture.
- Carefully stir in chocolate chips.
- You can add cocoa powder if you'd like chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, which makes them even better!
- Using two spoons shape into balls and drop on a cookie sheet or baking stone.
- Bake at 375° for about seven minutes.
- Remove from oven just when edges are barely turning brown for a soft moist cookie.
- Allow to set up for a few minutes, if you can wait, or else your cookie will fall apart.
EXTRA-CRISPY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
We took our classic chocolate chip cookie and made one little change: baking it at 300 degrees F instead of 375. The result is a cookie that's flat and crunchy, with a toffee flavor.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield about 30 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven, and preheat to 300 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Beat the butter and both with an electric mixer sugars with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a second large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at time, beating after each addition to incorporate; beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to medium, add the flour mixture, and beat until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto each prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Roll each into a ball with slightly wet hands. Bake until the cookies are golden, flat and crunchy, 24 to 28 minutes, rotating the baking sheets halfway through. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
- When the baking sheets have cooled completely, scoop the remaining dough onto 1 sheet and bake. Store the cookies in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
THROWDOWN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment or silicone pads.
- Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Place the butter in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugars and continue mixing, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes longer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract. Add half of the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Add the remaining flour mixture, again mixing until just combined. Remove the bowl from the stand and fold in the chocolate chunks.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, spoon the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie, and bake on the middle rack until the cookies are lightly golden brown and still soft in the middle, about 11 minutes. Let the cookies rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheets before removing them to a baking rack with a wide metal spatula. Let the cookies cool on the baking rack for a few minutes before eating. Repeat with the remaining dough.
THE BEST CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY
There are a few secrets to the best classic, chewy chocolate chip cookies. Number one: Don't use chips; instead, opt for a mix of milk or semisweet and dark chocolate chunks. The second is to let the dough rest overnight or longer for a more complex, toffee-like flavor. Lastly, use an ice cream scooper to get even-sized cookies every time. And that's it! With these little tweaks, the result is a cookie that's textured on the outside, and soft and gooey on the inside. Absolutely perfect!
Provided by Alvin Zhou
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 12 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sugars, salt, and butter until a paste forms with no lumps.
- Whisk in the egg and vanilla, beating until light ribbons fall off the whisk and remain for a short while before falling back into the mixture.
- Sift in the flour and baking soda, then fold the mixture with a spatula (Be careful not to overmix, which would cause the gluten in the flour to toughen resulting in cakier cookies).
- Fold in the chocolate chunks, then chill the dough for at least 30 minutes. For a more intense toffee-like flavor and deeper color, chill the dough overnight. The longer the dough rests, the more complex its flavor will be.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop the dough with an ice-cream scoop onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, leaving at least 4 inches (10 cm) of space between cookies and 2 inches (5 cm) of space from the edges of the pan so that the cookies can spread evenly.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges have started to barely brown.
- Cool completely before serving.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273 calories, Carbohydrate 34 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 3 grams, Sugar 23 grams
QUINTESSENTIAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Sherry Yard's iconic chocolate-chip cookies are just the right mix of chewy and crisp, with a bittersweet morsel of chocolate in each bite. They are the cookies anyone who asks you to make chocolate chip cookies are asking for -- the kind of chocolate cookie that demands to be dunked into a glass of ice-cold milk.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dessert
Time 40m
Yield About 4 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Sift together flour and baking soda and set aside. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until lemony yellow, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl and paddle. Add sugar, brown sugar and salt. Continue creaming mixture on medium speed until it is smooth and lump free, about 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape down sides of bowl and paddle.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat on low speed for 15 seconds, or until they are fully incorporated. Do not over-beat. Scrape down sides of bowl and paddle.
- On low speed, add sifted flour mixture. Beat slowly until all of the flour is incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add chocolate chunks and mix in.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees with the rack positioned in the lower third of the oven. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Spoon heaping teaspoons of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. If not baking right away, remove small handfuls or spoonfuls of dough from mixer and plop them down on the middle of a sheet of parchment or wax paper, creating a log about 1 1/2 inches wide and 12 inches long. Fold parchment over, creating a sausage. Chill for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight. Using a serrated knife, slice chilled dough into 1/3-inch-thick rounds and place them 2 inches apart, in staggered rows, on parchment-lined sheets and proceed. (Dough will keep nicely, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 1 month. Thaw frozen dough at room temperature for 30 minutes before slicing.)
- Bake one sheet at a time for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned, rotating the baking sheet front to back halfway through. Remove from heat and slide parchment off baking sheet and onto a work surface. Allow cookies to cool for at least 5 minutes before serving, or for at least 20 minutes before storing in an airtight container. They will keep for up to 3 days at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 70, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 28 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Crisp edges, chewy middles.
Provided by Dora
Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
- Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 297.8 calories, Carbohydrate 38.9 g, Cholesterol 35.8 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 165.8 mg, Sugar 25.1 g
HALFWAY COOKIES
These are one of my favorite cookies my grandma makes - a mixture between chocolate chip cookie and meringue.
Provided by intlcook
Categories Desserts Cookies Bar Cookie Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Whisk egg yolks and water together in a small bowl.
- Combine egg yolk mixture, flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, butter, white sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until dough comes together.
- Press dough evenly into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan. Scatter chocolate chips over dough.
- Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl, using clean beaters, until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1 cup brown sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Spread beaten egg whites over chocolate chips.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is lightly golden and edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 337.1 calories, Carbohydrate 47.4 g, Cholesterol 51 mg, Fat 16.4 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, Sodium 212.1 mg, Sugar 34.1 g
CHOCOLATE CHIP HALFWAY COOKIES
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars and beat well. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract. 3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Dough will be stiff. 4. Press dough flat onto a greased 10-by-14-inch baking sheet, cover with chocolate chips, and bake for 10 minutes. 5. Reduce oven heat to 325°F. Make meringue topping: Beat egg whites until very stiff; add brown sugar and beat well. 6. Spread meringue across top of dough (don't spread all the way to edges). 7. Return to oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until meringue is very light brown and dough is set. 8. Let cool; cut into bars.
HALFWAY COOKIES
from "the kitchn" - http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/how-to-make-halfway-cookies-117438
Provided by ellie3763
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 50m
Yield 1 9x13 pan, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Cut two pieces of aluminum foil and fold them to match the width of the pan. Press one piece into the pan lengthwise and the other into the pan crosswise with the ends hanging over the sides of the pan. Spray the foil with nonstick coating.
- Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, a hand mixer, or by hand, cream together the butter, the granulated sugar and just 1/2 cup of the brown sugar until this looks like smooth frosting.
- Separate the eggs, reserving the whites. Mix the yolks into the butter-sugar mixture one at a time until they are completely absorbed, then mix in the water and vanilla.
- With the mixer at a low speed, add the flour mixture and beat gently until all the flour has been absorbed and the dough looks crumbly.
- Press the cookie dough gently into the pan with your hands, making sure the surface is even.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top of the cookie dough and use your palms to press them slightly into the dough.
- Using a stand or hand mixer with a clean bowl and a clean whisk attachment, start whisking the egg whites. Gradually increase your speed to medium-high. When the egg whites are very frothy and look like loose foam, start adding the remaining cup of brown sugar a little at a time. Continue increasing your speed to the highest setting. When all the sugar has been added, continue whipping the meringue until it holds a soft peak. It should look like glossy, soft-serve ice cream.
- Scoop the meringue down the middle of the pan. It will be very sticky! Use a spatula to gently spread the meringue from the middle to the edges. We found it helpful to skim meringue from the top and gradually push it outward.
- Lightly press a piece of parchment or wax paper on the top of the meringue (this makes an even layer and protects the meringue from scorching). Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the parchment. Continue baking for an additional 5-10 minutes, until the edges look toasted and are pulling away from the sides of the pan.
- Wait until the pan is completely cook before lifting out the bars and cutting them into pieces.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214.4, Fat 8.6, SaturatedFat 5.1, Cholesterol 27.8, Sodium 138.6, Carbohydrate 34.5, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 25.2, Protein 2.2
Tips:
- Use high-quality chocolate chips for the best flavor. You can use any type of chocolate chips you like, but semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips are a classic choice.
- Don't overmix the cookie dough. Overmixing will result in tough cookies. Mix the dough just until the ingredients are combined.
- Chill the cookie dough before baking. Chilling the dough will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
- Bake the cookies at a high temperature for a short amount of time. This will help the cookies develop a crispy exterior and a chewy interior.
- Let the cookies cool completely before enjoying them. The cookies will continue to firm up as they cool.
Conclusion:
Chocolate chip cookies are a classic treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for a quick snack or a special dessert. With these tips, you can make the best chocolate chip cookies that will be sure to impress your friends and family.
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