My single serve chocolate chip cookie is a quicker take on my well-loved bakery style chocolate chip cookies, made with melted butter and a one-hour chill rather than brown butter and a 24-hour chill. The individual serving is just as soft & buttery, with those same big pools of chocolate, and is best enjoyed warm from the oven over a bowl of vanilla ice cream!
In a medium bowl, whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar. Add in the beaten egg and vanilla, and mix until fully combined.
Add the flour, malted milk powder, baking powder, and salt, mixing the baking powder on top into the dry ingredients before mixing everything together fully with a rubber spatula.
Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips.
Place the cookie dough in the fridge for 10 minutes to thicken up. Then, shape into one ball and place on a small baking sheet. Top with additional chocolate chips, then chill for one hour.
While the cookie dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Once the dough has chilled and the oven has come to temperature, bake the cookie for about 20-22 minutes until the edges are golden and the center no longer looks doughy.
Enjoy immediately over a bowl of vanilla ice cream, or allow to set on the baking sheet for a few minutes before enjoying.
Notes
Chill the cookie dough. Since this is a softer cookie dough, it needs an initial 10 minute chill to thicken up enough to be shaped into a ball. Then, it needs a full hour chill to ensure the cookie bakes up thick!
Add more chocolate than you think! We want this cookie COVERED in chocolate chips. As it bakes, there will be room to fit even more chocolate on top if desired!
Scoot the cookie. Immediately after the cookie comes out of the oven, use a spatula to shape the edges and form a perfectly round cookie.