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It’s official, this week was unintentionally summer comfort food week, and we’re ending with the best recipe ever…giant chocolate chip cookies.
Two things…
One: nothing will ever beat chocolate chip cookies…unless they are GIANT chocolate chip cookies.
Two: I’ve been in serious comfort food mode, which I find so odd considering the time of year, but sometimes life throws you a curve ball, and sometimes that means you just need to make all the comforting foods you can. You know?
In all honesty, the last week has been one of the harder ones. I have been keeping my face bright on the outside, but on the inside everything is all wacky. I’ve mentioned this before, but I have always struggled with anxiety, and with the death of my grandma + my general constant stress of work related stuff, I think it’s just been a lot…and is taking me back to my middle school days. I always find talking about it really helpful, so instead of sugar-coating things, I thought I’d just be real.
Everyone deals with their own battles and this is totally one of mine. I have found some things that really help though, one of them is just being to talk it out. I’m going to share more tips/tricks that I’ve learned over the years in Sunday’s Nine Favorite Things post, so if this topic is of interest you, stay tuned!
I’m headed back to Cleveland tomorrow for my grandma’s funeral, and while I am sad to be going back to my hometown to say a final goodbye to my Nonnie, I’m also excited to meet a new cousin, Seeley (my grandma’s maiden name), who was born yesterday. Seeley is the 17th grandchild for my grandparents. She was born exactly one week after my Nonnie passed, on the 17th day of August in the year 2017. I would say that 17 is Seeley’s number. I am excited to share a new life with my family.
In the meantime, I really want to talk about fun, happy things. Things that totally distract my mind from all of it’s craziness…
And for me, that is these cookies! Fun, happy, and so freaking good. Addictingly good, but then that’s obvious, right?
As mentioned above, there’s nothing quite like a homemade chocolate chip cookie. I had many of them growing up. My mom was a serious baker and I know I have said this a million times over, but for you newer readers, mom would have dessert on the table before dinner was even started…or decided on.
My friends always wanted to come over to my house for the cookies. I remember my best friend Stephanie and I and literally eating a whole batch one summer afternoon after lacrosse camp (which was a short-lived camp for me…cause I was not a camp goer). And all my guy friends?
They definitely came for the cookies. No one made cookies like my mom. No one.
Anyway, as you have probably gathered, cookies are a thing at my house and always will be.
Oddly, I have yet to share my mom’s perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe (should I? It’s kind of simple…), but today’s recipe is pretty similar, just a lot larger in size!
With back to school time here, I always think about chocolate chip cookies. I always loved when I would come home from school to a fresh batch of mom’s cookies, especially if it was a Friday.
Fun fact about me? Fridays as a kid were my all time favorite day of the week. I looked forward to Friday afternoon like no other kid. Come four o’clock on any given Friday I was the happiest child alive. I had two full days of no school and I was as excited as can be. Friday will forever be the best, and I promise, they’re made even better with fresh-baked cookies…
So today we are celebrating Friday with chocolate chip cookies!
But guys, these are not just any chocolate chip cookies.
Nope, these are giant chocolate chip cookies and they are just as glories as you’d expect.
Think of a chocolate chip cookie, but then double or even triple it in size. Ahhhh…enter all the heart emojis now. Why have a small cookie when you can have a GIANT cookie?!
Crisp on the outside and chewy in the center.
The edges of the cookies turn slightly crisp (only slightly, so it’s good!!) while the centers are doughy, chewy, and basically just all things perfection.
And you know what else? This cookie recipe requires zero chilling. Meaning you can get up from your desk, couch, bed, or wherever you’re reading this (wordy) post from, bake up some fresh cookies and have them ready in just about twenty-five minutes. My guess is that if you are a baker, or even just a lover of chocolate and butter, you’ll have all the ingredients on hand right now.
Okay, after all this chatting, have I convinced you that your Friday night plans should include making these giant chocolate chip cookies?
You know that mine do, alongside a cold glass of milk. Then maybe some dinner…because sometimes that’s just how we need to roll.
Watch the How To Video:
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories Per Serving: 362 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2-3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- flakey sea salt for topping (optional)
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar and sugar until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla, beat until combined and creamy. Add the flour, and baking soda, beat until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.2. Using an ice cream scoop (this makes things really easy) or 1/4 cup measure, roll the dough into balls and place 3 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet (about 5 per pan). Gently push down to flatten the balls just slightly.4. Transfer to the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookies just beginning to set on the edges, but still doughy in the center. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet. They will continue to cook slightly as they sit on the baking sheet. Eat warm (highly recommended) or let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Notes
*If your cookies are puffy when the come out of the oven, tap the baking sheet on the counter 2 times to flatten them down.
Friday + cookies = a very happy, smiling Tieghan. Have a great weekend everyone!
This post was originally published on August 18, 2017
My cookies came out tall and fluffy too ?I swear I followed the recipe to a the T.
HI Trisha! I have found that over baking turns the cookies puffy. I like to remove my cookies just as they are beginning to set around the edges, but are still a little doughy in the center. They continue to cook on the pan. You can also gently push down on the cookies before baking to help them flatten better. Hope this helps!
These cookies look wonderful!! I know how you’re feeling… I also deal with anxiety (for my entire life actually), and I understand grief. Hang in there… I think channeling your energy into your passion (cooking) is one of the best ways to cope… that’s what I do, anyway!
Thanks so much Natasha!
How much flour did you use?
SORRY! I hadn’t refreshed my screen. ..had opened this recipe earlier and didn’t see the updates. My cookies don’t seem to have the lovely ripples of dough at the edges as yours after cooking. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
No Worries!
I like to remove my cookies just as they are beginning to set around the edges, but are still a little doughy in the center. They continue to cook on the pan. You can also gently push down on the cookies before baking to help them flatten better. Hope this helps!
Perfect way to celebrate a Friday Tieghan! I’m so sorry about your grandmother. I’m sure it’s comforting for your entire family that she’s no longer in pain and in a better place…where one day you’ll all be together again…eating cookies. Sending hugs your way.
Thank you MAry Ann, it means so much to me that you said that! I am glad she is not suffering anymore as well!
Hi Tieghan, I’m so sorry to hear about your grandmother. I feel your pain because I’m the same way and I got through the same struggles. Keep mind busy with things that you love to do.
I recommend to experience and value what you are experiencing right now thoroughly. It will help you to go through this difficult moment without feeling that you missed something. Love from your friends at Spoonabilities – Carlos & Geoffrey
It helps to put my mind into cooking and I am sure that helps you as well. Thank you so much Carlos!
I am gonna make these tomorrow…yum yum?????….the flour is 2 1/2cups people…cut her some slack instead of asking over and over….take care of yourself ???
Awh thank you so much! Had a lot going on forgot it somehow! Hope you loved them Tracey (:
so sorry for your loss. i hope that you and your family share loads of memories this weekend and that you can feel that your mom is supported and loved
It was an amazing weekend thank you Meghan (:
So sorry for you loss. I made these cookies and they turned out really fluffy? Don’t know what I did wrong..
Thank you, Maya. I have found that over baking turns the cookies puffy. I like to remove my cookies just as they are beginning to set around the edges, but are still a little doughy in the center. They continue to cook on the pan. You can also gently push down on the cookies before baking to help them flatten better. Hope this helps!
i didn’t refresh the page -it had been open since the first day so i’m sorry to have asked again about the flour in previous comment. i figured it was approx 2-1/2 cups so i went ahead and made them and they are AWESOME. thanks. warmest thoughts to you and your family?❤️
h wow just answered your comment!! Sounds like you know your cookies, so happy you liked them!! Thanks Karen!
HOW MUCH FLOUR????!!!!??????
Hi I fixed this theres is 2 and 1/2 cups four. sorry about that.
I’m so sorry to hear about your grandma, Tieghan. I hope your visit back home to celebrate her life gives you some solace, even makes you smile in her memory. Thank you for this recipe. Thinking of you, Ardith
Thank you Ardith, my time back there was amazing with family! (:
How much flour??
Made them asap. But they turned out really tall and fluffy. What did I do wrong?!?
Hi Alison! I have found that over baking turns the cookies puffy. I like to remove my cookies just as they are beginning to set around the edges, but are still a little doughy in the center. They continue to cook on the pan. Hope this helps!
Okay so I need five of these in my belly NOW! Your creativity always amazes me, Tieghan.
Thank you so much Leanne (:
Only thing is…how much flour?