The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Food Lab set out to make the best chocolate chip cookie. With crisp edges and a chewy center, these cookies are no joke.

The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookie

It’s been a month since I posted about why I had been away for so long and how I was going to be back soon with more recipes. I guess “soon” is a relative term so maybe a month qualifies as soon, but I still feel like it’s been to long.

Instead of dwelling on that, let’s get to this recipe. We all know that I have a go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe that I’ve made time and time again. No matter what combination of mix-ins I use, they’re always a hit. Sure, they’re a bit fussy with browned butter and a 24+ hour chill time. But they’re worth every minute of effort.

The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookie

So when I saw this post pop up on Serious Eats, I was initially only intrigued at the science behind developing the perfect chocolate chip cookie. After reading through the (lengthy) article, I was more than intrigued. I knew I’d be baking a batch of these guys at some point soon.

An opportunity presented itself a couple weeks later (and by opportunity, I simply mean a day when I was craving something sweet and didn’t have much else going on). I set out to bake up the supposed best chocolate chip cookie ever.

The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookie

The verdict? These are some really good cookies. They have a great texture from the chopped up chocolate instead of chocolate chips. One thing I always do is add multiple different flavors of chips since they all have a little different shape. This gives cookies more texture. Going forward, I’m going to chop up some of those chips or use chocolate chunks as well.

You also get this great chocolate-ness in every bite from the shards of chocolate floating around in the batter.

The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookie

These cookies come out chewy in the center and just crispy enough without being overly crispy on the edges. And of course, sprinkling sea salt on the top of cookies is ALWAYS the right answer.

Overall, this is a solid chocolate chip cookie recipe. I prefer a thicker chewier cookie myself, so I’ll probably stick with my go-to recipe I mentioned above, but incorporate the idea of chopping some of the chocolate. Hubby made it clear that if I’m making cookies for him though, it has to be this recipe. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookie

Also, just wanted to mention that today is my 7th blogiversary! 7 years ago today, I hit publish for the first time. While it’s been slow around there these last few months, I’ve loved bringing recipes to you guys, documenting my growth in the kitchen, having a creative outlet, all while developing this little online community. So thanks for reading! I hope you continue to stick with me!

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The Food Lab Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Food Lab set out to make the best chocolate chip cookie. With crisp edges and a chewy center, these cookies are no joke.

Yield: 2 dozen large cookies

Ingredients:

8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 ice cube (about 2 tablespoons frozen water)
10 ounces (about 2 cups) flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp kosher salt
5 ounces (about 3/4 cup) sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 ounces (about 1/2 tightly packed cup plus 2 tablespoons) dark brown sugar
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped with a knife into 1/2- to 1/4-inch chunks
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped with a knife into 1/2- to 1/4-inch chunks
Coarse sea salt for garnish

Directions:

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, gently swirling pan constantly, until particles begin to turn golden brown and butter smells nutty, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and continue swirling the pan until the butter is a rich brown, about 15 seconds longer. Transfer to a medium bowl, whisk in ice cube, transfer to refrigerator, and allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes, whisking occasionally. (Alternatively, whisk over an ice bath to hasten process).

Meanwhile, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Place granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on medium high speed until mixture is pale brownish-yellow and falls off the whisk in thick ribbons when lifted, about 5 minutes.

Fit paddle attachment onto mixer. When brown butter mixture has cooled (it should be just starting to turn opaque again and firm around the edges), Add brown sugar and cooled brown butter to egg mixture in stand mixer. Mix on medium speed to combine, about 15 seconds. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed until just barely combined but some dry flour still remains, about 15 seconds. Add chocolate and mix on low until dough comes together, about 15 seconds longer. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate dough at least overnight and up to three days.

When ready to bake, adjust oven racks to upper and lower middle positions and preheat oven to 325°F. Portion dough into 1.75 oz balls. If you don't have a kitchen scale, use an ice cream scoop to scoop the dough out. Place scoops of cookie dough onto a non-stick or parchment-lined baking sheet. Only put 6 or 8 balls of dough on each cookie sheet, as they will expand quite a bit. Transfer to oven and bake until golden brown around edges but still soft, 13 to 16 minutes, rotating pans back to front and top and bottom half way through baking.

Remove baking sheets from oven. While cookies are still hot, sprinkle very lightly with coarse salt and gently press it down to embed. Let cool for 2 minutes, then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 for remaining cookie dough. Allow cookies to cool completely before storing in an airtight container, plastic bag, or cookie jar at room temperature for up to 5 days.

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18 Responses to “Double Cookie Dough Ice Cream”

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    steph@stephsbitebybite — June 24, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Oh my word!!

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    Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — June 24, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Pass me a spoon! This sounds amazing, Jen!

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — June 24, 2013 at 8:23 am

    I need this ice cream right now!

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    Sues — June 24, 2013 at 11:28 am

    I absolutely love cookie dough ice cream and this looks like a fabulous one! I love your bowls, too 🙂

    • beantownbaker — June 24th, 2013 @ 3:47 pm

      Thanks! They’re from Pier 1.

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    Katie B. — June 24, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Wow… I’m not a cookie dough ice cream fan for the same reason, but this is amazing. How much do you think the coconut milk plays in the flavor?

    • beantownbaker — June 24th, 2013 @ 8:25 pm

      I personally don’t find coconut milk very coconuty. I know some people do. I think you could use the cow’s milk varieties in the recipe and it would taste similar. I just have to use the coconut milk since i can’t eat cow’s milk.

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    Nutmeg Nanny — June 27, 2013 at 9:35 am

    I love this! Ice cream has to be my favorite dessert, this looks amazing 🙂

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    Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts — June 27, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    I made this recipe from Tracey a couple of weeks ago too (I haven’t post about it yet) – so good!!!

    • beantownbaker — June 27th, 2013 @ 9:11 pm

      Isn’t it? It’s definitely one of my favorite ice cream recipes to date!

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    Elizabeth @ SugarHero.com — June 28, 2013 at 2:08 am

    This sounds delicious! I’m with you–regular cookie dough ice cream is a snooze. (Unless I’m sharing a pint with someone who doesn’t mind if I go through and pick out all the goodies–but let’s be real–everyone minds!) I’ll have to try this variation–it sounds like the perfect solution!

    • beantownbaker — June 28th, 2013 @ 7:17 am

      I agree completely – everyone does mind!

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    Parrish (Life With The Crust Cut Off) — July 1, 2013 at 10:58 am

    This looks amazing!!! We would love it if you would link up at our We Scream For Ice Cream linky party/giveaway:
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    Live the whole month of July.
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    We hope to see you there!

    • beantownbaker — July 3rd, 2013 @ 5:05 pm

      Thanks for the link!

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    Melissa — July 6, 2013 at 6:45 am

    Cookie dough ice cream is my favorite and this recipe makes me want to buy an ice cream maker immediately! Which kind do you recommend?

    • beantownbaker — July 6th, 2013 @ 11:09 am

      I have the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer. If you don’t have a Kitchenaid mixer, I’ve heard good things about the Cuisinart ice cream maker.

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    Kristen — March 30, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    I’ve never made cookie dough ice cream but am wanting to try this one. Is there a way to substitute the egg yolks or leave it out?

    Thanks!

    • beantownbaker — April 16th, 2014 @ 6:00 pm

      I would assume you could find a Philadelphia style ice cream recipe to use as the base with some brown sugar in it to give it more of a cookie dough taste. I wouldn’t recommend just leaving them out of this specific recipe though.

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