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Gideon's Bakehouse Copycat Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Kerry Gold Salted Butter at room temperature, 226 grams
  • 3/4 cup dark Brown Sugar 165 grams
  • 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar 55 grams
  • 1 large egg and 1 egg yolk room temperature
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour 125 grams
  • 1 1/4 cup Bread Flour 165 grams
  • 2 tsp Cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups mini semi sweet chocolate chips divided
  • 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips divided
  • 4 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar chopped
  • 1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • Optional: Flakey Salt for topping

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, add the dry ingredients -all flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  • Place butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer. Cream together using the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy. This should take at least 5 minutes. Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl about half way through mixing so that everything mixes evenly.
  • Add in egg, egg yolk, and the vanilla bean paste. Mix again on medium speed for at least 2 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl again to make sure all of the ingredients are combined and there are no unmixed pockets of butter
  • Add the bowl of dry ingredients to the wet mixture in the standmixer. Mix again until dough forms. Add in the 1/2 cup of milk chocolate chips (save the other cup for later), the 1/2 cup of MINI semi-sweet chips, (save the other cup for later) and the chopped chocolate. Turn mixer on low and mix to combine
  • Place a clean sheet of parchment paper on a workspace
  • Using a VERY large cookie scoop or kitchen scale make dough balls about 6 oz each. This will yield 6 giant cookies. If you wish for them to be smaller, you can also make them about 4 oz but this will reduce the baking time.
  • In a small bowl add the extra chocolate chips - 1 cup of mini semi sweet, 1 cup of milk chocolate chips , and 1 cup of full sized semi sweet chips. Mix around so the chips are varying sizes throughout the bowl
  • Press each dough ball into the chips and coat each ball in the chip mixture. Make sure to press in a few if there are any areas without. Do not coat the bottom of the cookie- only the top and sides as the bottom would burn if covered in chocolate in the oven
  • Place dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and cover with cling wrap. Let dough rest for at least 24 hours (I know, it is a long time)
  • To bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place two or three cookies on a baking sheet at least 5 inches apart and bake for 16-20 minutes. Cookies will be done when the edges slightly browned but the inside is still gooey and underdone
  • When you remove the cookies from the oven make sure to bang the cookie sheet on the counter a few times to help flatten out the cookies
  • Use a circle cookie cutter or rubber spatula to push in any wonky or crazy cookies edges back into a circle shape
  • Let cool and press any extra chocolate chips on time. Top with flakey salt and enjoy!