Shawn and Grady's favourite cookie is the classic chocolate chip cookie but for Father's Day, I wanted to give the classic a little oomph. I didn't want to fundamentally change the basic chocolate chip cookie, but I did want to make it feel a little more special. These half & half chocolate chip cookies look impressive but don't take much more time to make than regular cookies. The recipes can be made as standalone cookies or they can be combined to make a fancier-but-still-classic chocolate chip cookie.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
I tweaked this recipe slightly to suit my purposes.
Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
Melt butter.
Stir in sugars and salt until a smooth paste has formed.
Whisk in the egg and vanilla until combined well.
Stir in flour, baking soda, and chocolate chips gently until combined. Do not over mix.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour, preferably overnight. (I know. I know! What a pain. But it honestly results in tastier, more flavourful cookies.)
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup white chocolate chips
Directions
Melt butter.
Stir in sugars and salt until a smooth paste has formed.
Whisk in the egg and vanilla until combined well.
Stir in flour, baking soda, cocoa, and chocolate chips gently until combined. Do not over mix.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Half & Half Cookie Assembly
Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Scoop spoonfuls of chocolate chip cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheets. (I use my 1-teaspoon cookie scoop and the cookies are the perfect size.) Scoop similar-sized spoonfuls of double chocolate chip cookie dough and then roll the two balls together in your palms to create one ball of cookie dough that is half plain chocolate chip cookie dough and half double chocolate chip cookie dough. Flatten slightly and place two inches apart on cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until slightly browned. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely. Enjoy!
Makes approximately 40 cookies.