Best chocolate chip cookie with a secret ingredient
Ok here is the secret, cream cheese. The Kitchen Bucket List loves sharing with you these perfect chewy and crispy chocolate chip cookies.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Hand mixer
- Danish dough whisk
- Larger cookie scoop (3 tablespoons)
- Cookie sheet
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- ½ cup 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℉.
- 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 ⅓ of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until all flour is incorporated. Repeat 2 more times. Do not over mix.
- With the large cookie scoop, scoop the dough into balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes or until the edges are golden.
- Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 - 3 minutes, before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Serve and enjoy!
