Description
This Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Crush Cookies recipe yields extra-large, thick, and decadent chocolate chip cookies packed with walnuts. Known for their rich, buttery texture and crispy outside with a soft, gooey center, these cookies bring bakery-level indulgence right to your home oven in just about 20 minutes of active time.
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup Cold Butter (cut into small cubes)
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Cake Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Flour (all-purpose)
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups Chocolate Chips
- 2 cups Walnuts (roughly chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 410 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure it reaches the ideal temperature for baking thick, gooey cookies.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a large mixing bowl, cream together the cold cubed butter, brown sugar, and sugar for about 4 minutes until the mixture is smooth and creamy. This process aerates the dough for a better texture.
- Add Eggs: Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition to incorporate fully and create an even dough.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Stir in cake flour, all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Mix gently until just combined, taking care not to overmix, which may toughen the cookies.
- Incorporate Chocolate and Walnuts: Fold in chocolate chips and roughly chopped walnuts evenly through the dough.
- Shape Dough Balls: Separate dough into large balls, recognizing that they will spread during baking but remain hefty. Place them on a lightly colored cookie sheet, spacing well as the dough makes eight extra-large cookies—four per cookie sheet.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 9 to 12 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown but the insides remain soft.
- Rest: Let the cookies rest on the cookie sheet for at least 10 minutes after baking to set and finalize their thick, gooey texture.
Notes
- Use cold butter cut into small cubes instead of softened butter to achieve a unique texture with a crisp outside and soft inside.
- Do not overmix the dough once the flour is added to keep cookies tender.
- The cookies spread less than typical chocolate chip cookies, so size your dough balls generously.
- Allow cookies to cool properly before removing from the sheet; this prevents breaking.
- Lightly colored cookie sheets reflect heat better and avoid over-browning the bottoms.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
