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proper nyc style cookies

Proper NYC Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Big, thick bakery-style cookies with a soft centre and loads of chocolate. This recipe uses walnuts like the real ones in New York, but feel free to leave them out.
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Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cookies, NYC
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Cooling time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 125 g melted butter
  • 100 g soft brown sugar
  • 75 g white granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 300 g plain flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 200 g milk chocolate roughly chopped into chunks
  • 120 g walnuts roughly chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.
  • Add the melted butter and sugars to a bowl and beat until creamy.
  • Add the egg and beat again until smooth.
  • Sift in the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, then mix until a cookie dough forms. If it’s too dry and crumbly then just add a tiny splash of water and continue to mix.
  • Add the chopped chocolate and walnuts, mix until evenly distributed.
  • Divide the dough into 8 equal balls, about 125g each.
  • Place 4 cookies per lined baking tray, leaving space between them.
  • Bake for 14 minutes until the edges are set but the centres are still soft. Don’t flatten them.
  • Leave to cool on the tray for at least 10 minutes, then transfer them onto a cooling rack, they’ll firm up as they cool.