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    Home » Baking

    Best Chocolate Chip Cookies with a secret ingredient

    Published: Dec 10, 2020 · Modified: Nov 2, 2021 by Karina

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    Imagine making the best chocolate chip cookies with a secret ingredient? It’s possible and now you can too. These are the absolute best chocolate chip cookies I ever made. It even has a secret ingredient. By adding cream cheese to the recipe the result is amazing. It is the perfect mix of chewy and crispy cookies. Fresh out of the oven or served as a treat with a glass of cold milk, this cookie will be the star for your family and guests.

    Have you ever made chocolate chip cookies with cream cheese? It’s a must-do. The cream cheese brings a soft, chewy texture to your cookie. Don’t run away! Let’s take a look at how easy they are to make.

    Round cookie about glass of milk

    Chocolate chip cookies are comfort food from the cookie family. However, it depends on which recipe we are making. We love them all, but deep down half of my tribe likes chewy and soft and the other half crunchy. So, I was on a mission to find a recipe where everyone will be happy. 

    Great news! I got 100% on both sides. What makes this cookie even better is it does not matter how we eat it, it’s always a treat. Fresh out of the oven! Later on, in the evening! Or with a cold glass of milk! 

    Let’s take a look at how we make them.

    Round Chocolate Chip Cookie resting on side of cooling rack with 6 cookies in the background out of focus

    First, let’s gather our ingredients:

    • ½ cup butter
    • ¼ cup cream cheese
    • ½ cup packed brown sugar
    • ½ cup of raw sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 2 cups cake flour 
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup chocolate chips

    Now that we have all our ingredients out, let’s make those cookies

    Step one: 

    •     Preheat your oven to 350-degree F.

    •     Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat if you have one.

    Step two: Wet ingredients

    • In a large mixing bowl, with a hand mixer cream together butter, cream cheese, and    sugar for about 2 minutes. 
    • Add the egg and the vanilla extract. Mix until the ingredients are all incorporated. 
    • Set aside
    Clear bowl with hand mixer whisk on left side. Yellow mixture in bowl with eggs not mix yet

    Step 3: Dry Ingredients

    • In a medium bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking soda, and salt
    • Add the chocolate chip cookies and mix until they are all coated with flour.
    Clear bowl with flour and chocolate chip cookies. Danish whisk on left side of the picture

    Step 4: Time to put it all together

    • Slowly, (approximately 1/3 of the flour mixture) add the dry ingredients into the wet. Mixing in between each but be careful not to overmix. Once all the flour is incorporated, you are good.
    Clear bowl with light brown wet mixture and dry, flour mixture on top. Hand mixer on left side with whisk inside the bowl

    Step 5: Let’s shape those cookies

    • With a large cookie spoon, scoop the dough into balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.
    • Cook in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edge are golden.
    Five baked cookies in a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

    Baker’s notes:

    SKILLS: 

    • I cream the butter with sugar for 2 minutes as it gives a fluffier cookie as a result, which we prefer. 

    CHEF’S TOOLS:

    • Mixing bowls: I used Anchor and Hockings Glassware
    • Baking Sheet: USA pan
    • Scoop: Piazza Ice Cream scoop           
    • Danish Whisk: Tobepico Danish Dough Whisk
    Five baked cookies stacked on top of each other to form a tower
    Round cookie about glass of milk

    Best chocolate chip cookie with a secret ingredient

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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Dessert

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup salted butter, softened
    • ¼ cup cream cheese, room temperature
    • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
    • ½ cup raw sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 2 cups cake flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat your oven to 350-degree F
    • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat if you have one
    • In a large mixing bowl, with a hand mixer, cream together butter, cream cheese, and both sugars for about 2 minutes
    • Add the egg and the vanilla extract. Mix until the ingredients are all incorporated. Set aside.
    • In a medium bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking soda, and salt
    • Add the chocolate chips and mix until they are all coated with flour mixture
    • Slowly add, approximately 1/3 of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mixing until all flour is incorporated. Repeat 2 more times. Do not over mix,
    • With a large cookie spoon, scoop the dough into balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet
    • Cook in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edge are golden.

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