Happy National Cookie Day! I had no idea this day existed, nor that it was on December 4 but my trusty day planner has a TON of random holidays such as this one (and National Disco Ball day on December 9). I figured this day deserves a special post, plus it’s almost Christmas, so here we are with Christmas Chip Cookies!
This recipe (with a few tweaks) is the chocolate chip cookie recipe I grew up eating. You don’t get this body from eating salads, you get it from eating copious amounts of homemade chocolate chip cookies (and dough) for over 20 years. Honestly, the only time I can remember my mom buying cookies was when I sold Girl Guide Cookies (yes, I did) or we begged hard enough for her to buy Oreos. So that being said, I use crushed candy canes and white chocolate chips in this recipe, but you can easily swap in a bag of regular semi sweets when it isn’t Christmas and they will still be delicious. If you want to up your chocolate chip cookie game, you absolutely must use Chipits Mini Hershey Kisses. You’ll never go back to semi-sweets again. I usually use about 3/4 of a bag, unless I am baking for my brother who will say “Are there even any chocolate chips in here?” then I use the whole bag. I encourage you to experiment with different chocolates – this is a great way to use up Halloween chocolate. Just chop up about two cups of chocolate bars and throw them in the dough.
Just a quick note… you can buy crushed candy canes at the bulk foods store. Much cheaper than buying candy canes and a lot less time consuming that crushing them yourself!!
Your cookies probably won’t be as dark as the ones I baked because of golden vs dark brown sugar. If you use golden, they will be lighter and if you use dark, they will be a little darker. I know I just blew your mind. Anyways, when given the option, I definitely use golden brown.
Everyone always asks me the secret to these cookies and today I’m going to actually share them. You should feel really lucky. First, I’m really lazy and have NEVER done the whole cream the butter and sugar thing.. I literally just put it all in the bowl in the same order every time and they turn out just fine. So follow the order of ingredients carefully and just use the lowest speed on your mixer. Second, the temperature of the butter will really make a difference in the way the cookies bake. Too melty, the cookies will spread a lot. Too cold, the cookies will just stay thick. But they are going to taste the same regardless, so honestly, if you aren’t baking them to impress anyone….. I wouldn’t worry too much. Plus, practice makes perfect.
Christmas Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup salted butter softened
- 3/4 cup golden brown sugar packed
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Okay, this is totally untraditional, but trust me on it!!
- Add flour and baking soda to mixing bowl, stir
- Soften room temperature butter in microwave with defrost button, for about 15 seconds. You don't want it to be completely melted and not too hot.
- Add butter to mixer and turn on to lowest speed.
- Add sugars, keep your mixer on the lowest speed.
- Add vanilla and eggs.
- Once cookie dough is completely mixed, remove from mixer and add crushed candy cane and chocolate chips. Fold these in by hand.
- Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheets, with even space between cookies. It's hard to describe the size, I use a small spoon to scoop and then just slide it off. I don't shape them, flatten them, roll them - nothing. Just leave as they are. You should get about 30 of them, depending on how much dough you eat!
- Bake for 10 minutes. You may need more time, but only add about a minute at a time. Cookies will continue to bake on the hot pan when you take them out, so if they look like they are still soft - this is a good thing!
- Remove from oven and let cool with the baking sheet on top of a cooling rack until the cookies are cool enough to transfer.
Looks delicious!!
I think you need to start Christmas baking now! I will take a shipment of Carmel squares and nakina cowboys!!
❤️ You
Just made these…the raw dough and the finished product sooo good! Thanks Laura.