Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor while being dairy-free.

semi-sweet chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate chips

💰Cheaper: chocolate bar (chopped)

Dark chocolate chips have less sugar.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber.

Add 2 sticks of melted butter to the stand mixer.

Add brown sugar and granulated sugar to the melted butter and cream together at medium speed for about 2 minutes.

Add 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, a couple tablespoons of milk, and 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla to the mixer and mix slowly until combined.

Add flour, salt, and baking soda in batches to the mixer, mixing after each addition until combined.

Add chocolate chips to the dough and mix until just combined.

Refrigerate the cookie dough for 1 hour.

Scoop out the dough onto a baking sheet, making large cookies (6 per sheet).

Bake the cookies in the oven.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens