These chewy egg yolk chocolate chip cookies are my version of the best chocolate chip cookies! They have perfectly soft and chewy centers with slightly crispy edges, and of course pools of chocolate throughout. I use four different tricks that are known to create the best qualities most seek in a chocolate chip cookie. They each add to the softness, chewiness, or slightly crispy edges. Many chocolate chip cookie recipes use one or two of these tricks, but I have never come across one that uses all of them. So of course, I had to take on the challenge of developing a recipe for what I believe is the perfect chocolate chip cookie!
FAQ
1. The recipe calls for part all-purpose flour, part bread flour. Bread flour adds to the chewy texture we're looking for.
2. Cornstarch is used as the leavener, which also makes the centers soft.
3. A greater amount of brown sugar than granulated sugar adds moisture to make them soft and chewy, while the granulated sugar helps them spread just enough to create slightly crispy edges!
4. An extra egg yolk is often added to a cookie recipe to add even more chewiness, but I went with three whole egg yolks to not only maximize on the chewiness, but also have a go-to recipe that uses up three egg yolks after I make macarons, which use three egg whites.
Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour: You’ll need 90g or about ¾ cup of all-purpose flour.
- Bread Flour: Bread flour gives these cookies the perfect chewy texture! If you do not have bread flour on hand, you can use an equal amount of all-purpose flour instead.
- Cornstarch: Cornstarch imparts a nice soft texture in these cookies.
- Baking Soda: Be sure your baking soda is fresh by testing it some vinegar!
- Brown Sugar: Use light or dark brown sugar to give these cookies moisture for soft and chewy centers.
- Granulated Sugar: Adding less granulated sugar than brown sugar, ensures that the cookies do not spread too much and maintain that soft, chewy texture.
- Unsalted Butter: You'll need one stick of room temperature unsalted butter.
- Vanilla Extract: Never never never skip the vanilla.
- Egg Yolks: You'll need three egg yolks to maximize the chew factor.
- Chocolate: I prefer the look of chocolate chunks in cookies, but I only had chocolate chips on hand, so I melted about 135g of chocolate with a tsp of oil, then spread it out on a baking sheet, froze it, then chopped it up!
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- Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies
- Cutout Sugar Cookies with Lemon Curd Swiss Meringue Buttercream
- Parmesan Fennel Shortbread
A few extra baking tips
- If you do not have bread flour on hand, you can use an equal amount of all-purpose flour instead.
- Do not over-mix your cookie dough!
- I do not recommend skipping the chill time. Freezing the cookie dough ensures that they do not spread too much in the oven.
- Always lean toward slightly under-baking your cookies, as they will bake slightly more while they cool on the baking sheet.
- To get perfectly round cookies, use a large round cookie or biscuit cutter to round out each cookie immediately after they come out of the oven.
- The only downfall to using bread flour, is that the cookies do not stay soft for more than a day or so. To avoid this, you can store a piece of bread with the cookies to help them maintain their softness. Otherwise, freezing the cookie dough and baking one or two whenever you would like them is always great idea!
Happy baking! x
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Chewy Egg Yolk Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 cookies 1x
Description
These chewy egg yolk chocolate chip cookies are my version of the best chocolate chip cookies! They have perfectly soft and chewy centers with slightly crispy edges, and of course pools of chocolate throughout.
Ingredients
- 90g all-purpose flour
- 90g bread flour
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 138g light brown sugar
- 50g granulated sugar
- 113g unsalted butter (room temp)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 egg yolks (room temp)
- 115g dark or semisweet chocolate (roughly chopped) (+ more for topping)
Instructions
- In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flours, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or in a bowl with an electric hand mixer, beat the sugars and butter on medium-high speed until light and paler in color, about 2-3 minutes. You may need to scrape down the bowl after a minute and keep beating to ensure everything is evenly incorporated.
- Add in the vanilla and egg yolks and beat until fully combined.
- Then, add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until just combined.
- Lastly, fold in the chocolate.
- With a 2 tbsp cookie scoop, place 12 balls of cookie dough on one baking sheet, top each with more chopped chocolate, and freeze for 15 minutes.
- While the dough is in the freezer, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place the cookie dough 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15-16 minutes.
Notes
- If you do not have bread flour on hand, you can use an equal amount of all-purpose flour instead.
- Do not over-mix your cookie dough!
- I do not recommend skipping the chill time. Freezing the cookie dough ensures that they do not spread too much in the oven.
- Always lean toward slightly under-baking your cookies, as they will bake slightly more while they cool on the baking sheet.
- To get perfectly round cookies, use a large round cookie or biscuit cutter to round out each cookie immediately after they come out of the oven.
- The only downfall to using bread flour, is that the cookies do not stay soft for more than a day or so. To avoid this, you can store a piece of bread with the cookies to help them maintain their softness. Otherwise, freezing the cookie dough and baking one or two whenever you would like them is always great idea!
Keywords: chewy chocolate chip cookies, bread flour chocolate chip cookies, egg yolk chocolate chip cookies
Really easy to make and delicious!! I baked mine in two batches, and the first batch was a little too undevaked at 16 minutes. (Not sure my oven is accurate.) The second batch was perfect! I baked them a little longer - like 20 minutes, and maybe also since they were in the freezer longer, they really held their height well. Would definitely make again!
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These are so chewy and delicious! I’ve literally had to cook them a couple at a time, so that I don’t eat them all in one go!
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Absolutely amazing!! I've wasted so many egg yolks making macarons over the years but never again! The dough comes together so easily, freezing the dough after scooping definitely helps keep their shape, and they taste just incredible. Thank you for my new go-to CCC recipe!
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I'd been looking for a cookie recipe that yields results like these. The cookies have loft without relying too much on the chips for thickness. The center is caramel-ly and the cookie holds its shape not long after they come out of the oven. I'll find some way that works into my current repertoire to use up extra egg whites, as these are worth it.
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Followed the recipe and mine turned out super puffy; they didn’t look like the photos. Do you know why this would be?. They also had to bake closer to 20 minutes and I have a oven thermometer
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Hi Jackie! Did you use a kitchen scale? If you did, then most likely it could have been the size of the cookies and/or the freezing time. 20 minutes isn't too far off from the recommended bake time, and if the cookie dough was frozen longer than 15 minutes, it would need a few extra minutes to bake. A longer freeze time would also hinder them from spreading as much. If you try them again, let me know if you have any questions!