Friday, January 27, 2017

Valentine Soft Batch Cookies

Well, in reality these are really soft batch chocolate chip cookies, but I thought with Valentine's Day coming up, I thought I would substitute Valentine colored M & M's instead of the chocolate chips.
I found this recipe on www.BakedbyRachel.com.  I have been looking for a good soft batch chocolate chip cookie forever!!  My husband is a chocolate chip cookie addict but always complains that my chocolate chips, while good (for a day), turn hard the next day and he has to nuke them to make them soft.

So I thought I would give Rachel's cookies a try.

Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies by Baked by Rachel

Ingredients:

10 T  unsalted butter, softened
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 c packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 c all purpose flour
1 1/2  semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1 bag of M & M's

Directions:

Using your mixer, cream butter with sugars.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

In another bowl, combine the baking powder, baking soda and flour. Add to the dough and mix well until all ingredients are fully incorporated.



Stir in chocolate chips/M & M's by hand. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Using a large soup spoon, roll the dough and place cookie balls at least 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.


Bake for 10-11 minutes. Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 2 minutes prior to transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
 
Store cookies in an airtight container.

Entire Recipe:
  
Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies by Baked by Rachel

Ingredients:

10 T  unsalted butter, softened
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 c packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 c all purpose flour
1 1/2  semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1 bag of M & M's


Directions:

Using your mixer, cream butter with sugars.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

In another bowl, combine the baking powder, baking soda and flour. Add to the dough and mix well until ingredients are fully incorporated.

Stir in chocolate chips/M & M's by hand. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Using a large soup spoon, roll the dough and place cookie balls at least 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.

Bake for 10-11 minutes. Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 2 minutes prior to transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Store cookies in an airtight container.

Verdict:

These were good AND they stayed soft several days after they were baked.  I did store them in an airtight container which I believed did help.  My husband didn't like them with the M & M's in them but thought the cookie dough was good.  My son loved them and I thought they were good - so we got 2 votes out of 3 - LOL!  Next time, I will use regular chocolate chips, so this one is a keeper! 

 

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