I also think it would be perfectly fine to use only one of the Trader Joe’s bars.ģ. The TJ brand melts nicely and also has a rich dark chocolate flavor that is perfect for this cookie. Make sure to go to Trader Joe’s to purchase, the Amazon price is quite a bit more than if you are purchasing in store. If you purchase two bars, you will use all of one plus one row of chocolate from the second bar. I found the Trader Joe’s “Pound Plus” Dark Chocolate bar Imported from Belgium, 1 lb 1.6 oz, worked well in this recipe. Were they worth it? I don’t think the average consumer will appreciate the difference in chocolate that sells for $5-7 per lb as opposed to double the price (or more). On my first try, I used a high quality chocolate, similar to the discs found online. Since the recipe calls for 1.25 lbs, this is a pretty steep price to pay for chocolate in chocolate chip cookies. You can purchase the discs onlinefor approx $30/2 lbs.

Bittersweet chocolate discs or “faves”, at least 60 percent cacao content. Not chocolate chips (the typical chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for one bag approx 11-12 oz of chocolate chips). Especially when we are talking chocolate chip cookies!īig deal #2. To me, that’s a long time to wait for a finished product. Readers have recommended 48 hours, the recipe suggests 36 hours resting time in the refrigerator. The cookie dough is refrigerated for (suggested) 12-48 hours. Today, if you google “New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe” you will be presented with 979,000 links referencing the famed recipe! This recipe sets itself apart from other recipes for chocolate chip cookies for a few reasons:ġ. The writer of the original article is David Leite. Why is this recipe such a big deal? As far as my research shows, Jacques Torres shared his original recipe with the NY Times and they printed it around 2008. Here are answers to anticipated questions: Get comfy, because this post is going to answer all of your answers to life’s most important questions…about chocolate chip cookie making, or at least about making the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe! I could go on for days about the comparisons of the Tried and True to the NYT Cookies! I’ll answer a few questions and hopefully you’ll leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts… The New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie is reported to have a perfect crunchy exterior with a gooey middle. Or different AND better than the Tried and True…the wheels started turning and I launched into experimenting with the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe my friend Barbara first told me about years ago… It’s a 20 minute start to finish success every single time! But I started to think. For those of you who haven’t tried it, my Tried and True recipe is a thick chewy cookie with a slight bit of crunch on the outside, and a soft center. I think the reason why it took me so long to try this recipe was I felt ABK’s Tried and True Chocolate Chip Cookie was so good, why would I need to ever try another recipe? Several years have passed, 6 to be exact, since I first posted my Tried and True recipe. I’m long overdue in making the NYT Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and seeing for myself if it is indeed the best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever! A little salt tends to make everything taste better, even sweets - especially when chocolate is involved.Are you a chocolate chip cookie fan? Then you’ve probably heard of The New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, (touted to be the best chocolate chip cookie recipe in the world) adapted from Jacques Torres, crazy famous pastry chef and chocolatier. The final flourish is a pinch of sea salt flakes to balance the cookie’s inherent sweetness. Be sure to sweep all those little bits into the batter along with the chunks to infuse it with more chocolate. Not only that, but when you chop a bar, you will be left with a pile of chocolate shards and dust. Many chocolate chips read “sweet” more than “chocolate.” By chopping up a quality bar of dark chocolate, the overkill of sweetness is avoided, while the flavor of the chocolate shines through. Meanwhile, chunks of dark chocolate stud the cookie, replacing the go-to chocolate chip. Almond butter is stealthier it adds a mellow, toasty, golden-buttery backdrop to the dough. It’s not as pronounced in flavor as peanut butter, which (in my opinion) easily overwhelms the flavor of a cookie.

While it has all the luscious aspects of a traditional chewy Toll House-style cookie, this cookie notches it up to another level with roasted almond butter, chunky dark chocolate and a sprinkle of sea salt.Īlmond butter does wondrous things to the cookie. This is no ordinary chocolate chip cookie.

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