Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies

  4.4 – 20 reviews  • Easy Baking
Level: Easy
Total: 25 min
Prep: 13 min
Cook: 12 min
Yield: about 20 cookies
Level: Easy
Total: 25 min
Prep: 13 min
Cook: 12 min
Yield: about 20 cookies

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup plus 6 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
  2. 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
  3. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  4. 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature
  5. 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  6. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  7. 1 large egg, at room temperature
  8. 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  9. 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
  10. Confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 to 3 baking sheets with parchment paper or re-usable baking sheets (silpats).
  2. Whisk the flour, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl, and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars with a hand held electric mixer, until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir in the chopped chocolate.
  4. To form the cookies, scoop heaping tablespoons of the dough and roll by hand into balls. Place the balls about 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Flatten the dough slightly with your fingertips. Bake until light brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. (If baking 2 sheets at a time, rotate the pans halfway through baking.) Transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Lightly dust the cookies with confectioners’ sugar, if desired.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 20 servings
Calories 159
Total Fat 7 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Carbohydrates 23 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 15 g
Protein 2 g
Cholesterol 21 mg
Sodium 85 mg
Serving Size 1 of 20 servings
Calories 159
Total Fat 7 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Carbohydrates 23 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 15 g
Protein 2 g
Cholesterol 21 mg
Sodium 85 mg

Reviews

Casey Beck
Made these cookies just now and they are PERFECT! Not sure how anyone could mess these up. I used dark chocolate chips vs. Chopped semi sweet chocolate and they are just amazing! If you make these cookies and they aren’t some of the best you ever had then you did something wrong, because this recipe is spot on!.
Mark Fletcher
Perfect
Dr. Ralph Cochran
These were delicious. I added nuts.  Not too sweet with a nice crisp outside and a soft center. Easy, fast and delish! 
Jennifer Lawson
I️ can make chocolate chunk cookies using bittersweet chocolate!
Shannon Kim
I don’t normally like cookies of any kind, especially chocolate chip. These were amazing. I make them every time now that I need a chocolate fix. Not disappointing at all if you follow directions. I usually make these bigger and they work out perfectly.
Maxwell Smith
These are some extremely disappointing cookies. They are way too salty for my tastes, and I’m tempted to throw them all in the garbage. A strong salty aftertaste is still lingering in my mouth, even after drinking a large glass of water. Perhaps the recipe was written down incorrectly, and you’re supposed to use kosher salt, instead. Either way, the flavor isn’t particularly good, saltiness aside, and I’m sad to have wasted high quality ingredients.

These cookies also required much more room (at least four inches for baking. Half of my batch turned into one giant cookie, suitable as a serving size for The Hulk. The other half needed to be separated, too, but with less difficulty. Only three of the cookies came out as passably presentable, but their flavor will greatly detract from their “rustic” appeal. I don’t want to serve these to anyone. Food Network Kitchens recipes will be met with skepticism from now on.

David Phillips
So tasty, I couldn’t get enough of these. I added walnuts which added a pleasant crunch. They were a bit crunch on the outside and chewy on the inside, just right. Instead of using all purpose flour only I used about 1/4 whole wheat flour. The cookie was still yummy.
Debra Olson
SIMPLY DELICIOUS. I love it, it tasted great, so much better than those mixes they sell. I will definitely make these again and again and again. I do wish they used less butter though.
Daniel Hancock MD
I love chocolate chip cookies and these are the best. I’ve made them regularly for years. People always ask for the recipe. I usually add pecans too.
Marissa Harris
I love this cookie! I like making them into little bite-sized cookies. I usually use a food processor to chop up the chocolate.

 

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