Big Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

In the event you love a chocolate chip cookie with crisp, buttery edges, a delicate and chewy heart, and people attractive bakery-style crinkles, these Big Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies are only for you.

This recipe makes use of the pan-banging technique to create dramatic ripples and texture whereas retaining the facilities completely tender. The cookies are massive (we’re speaking bakery-big), loaded with chopped semi-sweet chocolate, and completed with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt for that sweet-salty magic. They’re spectacular, a little bit dramatic (in one of the simplest ways), and surprisingly easy to make.

Why the Pan-Banging Technique Works

In the event you’ve by no means tried pan-banging earlier than, you’re in for a deal with. However for those who’ve been round for a bit you’ll keep in mind I used this system after I made my tremendous delish Chewy Walnut Cookies!

Partway by baking, you actually raise the baking sheet a couple of inches and firmly drop it onto the oven rack. This deflates the cookies simply sufficient to create these stunning crinkled edges and ripples. Repeating this a couple of occasions offers you:

• Crispy, caramelized edges
• A skinny, crackly outer layer
• Thick, delicate, gooey facilities
• That signature bakery-style look

Baking and the Pan-Banging Approach For Crinkled Cookies

1. Place 4 cookie dough balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving loads of room, these unfold rather a lot.
2. Bake for 10 minutes, then take away the pan from the oven and firmly bang it on the oven rack a couple of occasions to deflate the cookies. Return the pan to the oven for 3 minutes. Take away and bang once more.
3. Repeat this course of two extra occasions (bake 3 minutes, bang, repeat) till the perimeters are golden brown and the facilities are principally set however nonetheless barely delicate. This step creates the signature crinkled edges and rippled texture.

Ideas for Excellent Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Chilling issues. The quarter-hour helps management spreading. However don’t really feel tempted to relax them longer than quarter-hour. An excessive amount of chill time will forestall the even baking and spreadability of the cookie which is integral for the crinkled (banged) edges.
• Use chopped chocolate as a substitute of chips. It melts into swimming pools all through the cookie and works finest with the thinner texture of the cookie.
• Don’t over-bake. The facilities ought to look of so very barely underdone once you pull them out. They’ll end setting as they cool.
• Give them area. 4 per baking sheet is good for correct spreading. In the event you crowd the pan they’ll most positively bake collectively, which isn’t the worst factor, however that’s not the purpose right here.

Storage

Retailer hermetic at room temperature for as much as 3 days.
They’re additionally unbelievable reheated for 10–15 seconds within the microwave.