Light Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooks Illustrated Recipes

LIGHTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a food processor and pulse until the oats are finely ground. Set aside.
• 2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar and agave nectar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth and glossy. Reduce mixer speed to the lowest setting and gradually add the flour mixture until just incorporated; stir in the chocolate.
• 3. Drop level tablespoons of the dough onto silicone mat lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart (12 cookies per sheet). Transfer the sheets to the refrigerator and chill the cookies until solid, about 30 minutes. Bake until lightly golden around edges, about 12 to 14 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Remove the baking sheets from the oven and let cool on the sheets for 1 minute; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

THICK & CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS, FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position. Cut 18-inch length foil and fold lengthwise to 8-inch width. Fit foil into length of 13 X 9-inch baking pan, pushing it into corners and up sides of pan; allow excess to overhang pan edges. Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside. Whisk melted butter and sugars in medium large bowl until combined. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix well. Using rubber spatula, fold dry ingredients into egg mixture until just combined; do not over mix. Fold in chips and turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with spatula. Bake until top is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch, and edges start pulling away from sides of pan, 27 to 30 minutes. Cool on wire rack to room temperature. Remove bars from pan by lifting foil overhang and transfer to cutting board. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve.

LIGHT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter with the brown and white sugars. Stir in the vanilla, egg white, and water. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on baking sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (FROM COOKING LIGHT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• Combine sugars and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add vanilla and egg whites; beat one minute. Add flour mixture and chips, beat until blended.
• Drop dough by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

LIGHT AND FLUFFY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat shortening and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add brown sugar and white sugar and beat until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla extract, and baking soda; beat until well mixed.
• Slowly mix enough flour into butter mixture until a thick dough forms; fold in chocolate chips. Spoon small mounds of dough onto a baking sheet, about 1-inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 9 minutes.

PERFECT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Put the butter and both sugars in a stand mixer or mixing bowl. Cream together using a paddle attachment on medium speed, a handheld electric whisk or a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes until paler but not fluffy. (Do not mix for too long; if you beat the mixture until super light and fluffy, that will cause the cookie to deflate later when cooking.)
• Add the egg and beat over medium speed until evenly combined.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (all the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt), then fold into the butter mixture using a rubber spatula until combined.
• Add the chopped chocolate and fold into the dough until evenly distributed.
• Immediately scoop out heaping 1/4-cup portions (about 60 grams), roll into balls and place on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 12 hours. (If space is tight, you can condense them on one sheet before refrigerating then redistribute among two sheets before baking.)
• The next day, heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Make sure the dough balls are evenly spaced out among two baking sheets, as they will spread. Bake the cookies for 13 minutes (or 15 minutes if baking from frozen), until the cookies are puffed and golden at the edges. You want the middle to be ever so slightly not-quite set.
• Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet; they will continue firming up as they cool. Once cooled, eat! (These cookies will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days. The balls of dough will keep for up to 2 days in the fridge or 2 weeks in the freezer.)

LIGHT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (COOK'S ILLUSTRATED)

Steps:

• Melt butter and set aside to cool.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment or foil.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, egg and vanilla together.
• Stir in the brown sugar until smooth, smearing any clumps against the side of the bowl.
• Stir in the flour mixture and 1/3 cup (3 oz.) of the chocolate chips until thoroughly combined.
• Using level tablespoon of dough each time, roll dough into balls and place on cookie sheets about 2 1/2 inches apart.
• Press remaining chips into top of the dough( about 3 chips per cookie.).
• Bake, one tray at a time, until edges are golden and centers are just set, 11-13 minutes. Do not overbake.
• Cool the cookies on baking sheets for 5 min., then transfer to a wire rack or serve warm.