Ultimate Customizable Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Ultimate Customizable Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, flavorful, and sure to be a hit! I use this recipe to make all sorts of drop cookies! This is a spin on the original Nestle chocolate chip cookie recipe and I'm sure you can do so many more flavors as well, so I've added a few ideas below the recipe! If you're into cupcakes, try this Perfect Fluffy Chocolate Cupcakes recipe as well!

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Course: Treats

Servings: cookies- 4 dozen (depending on size)

Calories: 169kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder (Optional)
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter cool, not room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup golden brown sugar (lightly packed) light will work as well
1 1/2 teaspoons Watkins Baking Vanilla (If you're using other flavor extracts you may want to use a bit less- start with 1 teaspoon)
2 large eggs
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (I still use 2 cups when I'm substituting crushed cookies or other add-ins)
1 cup chopped nuts (Optional)

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375F. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Combine your flour, baking power, and cornstarch in a bowl and set aside. **If using cocoa powder, it can be added to your dry ingredients as pictured**
Place your cool unsalted butter, both sugars, and salt into your stand mixer. With the paddle attachment, mix everything together on low until it's incorporated. We are NOT creaming everything together! If you've ever made any of my sugar cookies, we're starting these the same as those.
Once it's all incorporated, add your eggs and your vanilla or other chosen extract. Mix until incorporated.
This is what it will look like before you add your dry ingredients.
Scrape down the bottom and sides of your mixer. Add your flour and baking soda mixture. Mix on low until the flour is almost incorporated. **I have cocoa powder in mine, but it's optional**
This is what it will look like before you add your chocolate chips.
Add your chocolate chips, crushed cookies, nuts, or crushed candies now and mix on low just until all the add-ins are mixed in.
Scrape down the bottom and sides of your bowl just to make sure everything is incorporated.
Using a small cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons), scoop dough onto your cookie sheets and bake in your preheated oven for 6-8 minutes. If you like a crunchy edge with a soft middle, 8 minutes is just about perfect. If you want softness all the way around and no browning then stick with 6-7 minutes.
Leave them on the pan for a few minutes (no more than 5) after removing from the oven and they will continue to bake a bit more.
After a few minutes on the pan, move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Enjoy!

Notes

Other add-in ideas-

Small or crushed candies
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder for Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Other chips (white chocolate, toffee bits, milk chocolate, etc)
Other crushed cookies (you could easily use any of the other flavors of Oreos, or other packaged cookies out there) More tips about using cookies below.
You can use a mixture of things as well (i.e. chocolate chips, crushed cookies, and/or nuts) just don't let the combination be more than 3 cups in total.
You can use other extracts that compliment your chosen candy or crushed cookie add-ins!
The possibilities are endless!

**If you're using cookies, place them into a food processor and pulse a few times. You don't want to grind them all the way down. Some chunks of cookies left is fine and adds to the flavor and texture! You can also place your cookies into a plastic food bag and roll over it a few times with the rolling pin. I DO leave the filling in the Oreos when I use them.**

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Ultimate Customizable Chocolate Chip Cookies