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My “Perfect” Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Prep Time 6 hours
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 8 minutes
Servings 36

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (280g) plain flour
  • 1/2 cup (70g) bread flour
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 1/2 cups (262g) chocolate chunks/chips; I prefer chunks of chocolate I chop myself as they ooze more
  • 1 3/4 sticks (200g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
  • 3/4 cup (150g) light brown sugar (or dark brown, but I prefer the taste of light brown)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Don't preheat the oven yet, this dough needs to chill.
  • Place the flours, bicarb and chips into a medium bowl and stir together until combined, leave to one side.
  • Place the butter and sugars into a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes on med-high speed.
  • Add in the eggs and vanilla extract, scraping down the sides as required and mix until well incorporated and smooth, about 1 minute on med-high speed.
  • Scrape down the sides again and add in the flour mix. Mix on low until a soft dough forms.
  • Tip the dough into a medium sized bowl (the one you measured the flour in is fine), cover in cling film and place in the fridge for at least 6 hours, overnight if possible (I always leave mine overnight).
  • Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/350F and line 2-3 baking trays.
  • Using a 1.5tbsp cookie scoop place balls of dough 2 inches apart on your baking trays. Flatten the balls very slightly so they don't roll off on the way to the oven.
  • Place cookies in the oven for 8-9 minutes until very lightly golden around the edges and still underdone and soft in the middle - this is another key to cookies which stay soft, under baking them :)
  • Leave cookies to cool on the trays for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Once cooled, cookies will keep in an airtight container, at room temp, for up to a week.

Notes

Recipe by Annie