There is nothing better than chocolate chip cookies warm from the oven. This recipe is fool-proof and the results are always delicious. Make the dough now, freeze the dough into cookie size portions and when you are ready for warm chocolate chip cookies – all you have to do is bake them. You can decide if you want 1 or 20 cookies, perfect for entertaining or when you just want one warm cookie.
Make Now/Bake Later Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 1 12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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Mix flour, baking soda and salt together. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Mix well. Add flour mixture and mix until all of the dry ingredients are well incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop batter by 1/4 cup scoops on a parchment lined baking sheet (I use a cookie scoop), lightly flatten each cookie with the back of a spatula, freeze dough for 1 hour. Remove from freezer and place dough balls in a zip top freezer bag and return to the freezer.
When you are ready to bake the cookies. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place the amount of cookies you want to bake on a parchment lined baking sheet and let thaw on the baking sheet for 30 minutes prior to baking. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 3 minutes, Time to enjoy delicious warm chocolate chip cookies.