Chocolate Chipless Cookies

These thin and chewy chocolate chipless cookies have rich and fudgy centers, perfectly golden slightly crisp edges, and topped with flaky sea salt. If you're always picking out the chocolate chips in your cookies, this recipe is for you! And hey, you can add in chocolate chips too if you want!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 11

Resting time 15

Total Time 36

Servings cookies

Calories 187kcal

Author Tawnie Graham of Kroll's Korner

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. kosher salt
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed (light brown will be OK too)
1/4 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled for ~10 minutes
1 large egg, room temperature
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
flaky sea salt (such as Maldon) for finishing

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt together. Set flour mixture aside.
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. cornstarch, 1 tsp. kosher salt
Combine the brown sugar and white sugar together, breaking up any lumps of brown sugar with your fingertips.
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed (light brown will be OK too), 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
Whisk the cooled melted butter into the sugars for ~ 1-2 minutes, it should look like a paste.
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled for ~10 minutes
Add in one egg, whisk until smooth. Then add the egg yolk and vanilla and whisk again until smooth, ~ 1 minute.
1 large egg, room temperature, 1 large egg yolk, room temperature, 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
Fold in dry ingredients just until incorporated, do not over mix.
Scoop using a 2 Tbsp. scoop (these cookies spread a bit so dont overcrowd the cookie sheet, I bake 6 cookies per cookie sheet) you should get ~14-16 cookies.
Bake for ~11-13 minutes. The cookies will look puffed and slightly underbaked in the middle and the edges will be golden brown. They cook more on the sheet once removed from the oven. While the cookies are still warm, I like to place a circular cookie cutter or a circular drinking glass around the cookies (it should be larger than the cookie so you don’t cut off any edges) and give the cookies a spin to give them a perfect circular shape.
Cool on the cookie sheet 10-15 minutes, remove to cooling rack to cool completely. They will flatten as they cool and get perfectly soft as they cool. Add flaky sea salt on top and ENJOY!
flaky sea salt (such as Maldon) for finishing

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Notes

- Store these chipless chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

- To freeze the chocolate chip less cookie dough, scoop the dough into 2 Tbsp. balls and freeze in a single layer in an airtight container for up to 3 months. You can bake the frozen cookie dough from frozen, just add an extra minute or so to your bake time. Ovens vary.

- Make Ahead: You can make the cookie dough and chill it in the refrigerator for up to 2–3 days. Allow to come to room temperature then continue to bake as directed.
- Fan of chocolate? Add chocolate chips or even some chocolate chunks! ~1-1 1/2 cups is plenty.

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