I love chocolate chip cookies, but generally don’t want to be tempted by dozens of cookies. So, I compromise with the following recipe. It makes 16 miniature chocolate chip cookies.
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Small batch miniature chocolate chip cookies
Delicious miniature chocolate chip cookies to meet your craving without breaking your budget or diet!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cups + 1-2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons SOFTENED butter (1/2 stick)
- 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons of packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk (from a large egg)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet is our favorite)
Directions
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Use 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon of flour in the initial mixture. Add additional tablespoon of flour (if needed) when you add the flour to the butter and egg mixture.
- Beat butter in a mixing bowl
- Add granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract to butter and mix together.
- Add egg yolk to butter mixture and beat.
- Gradually add flour mixture and beat after each addition.
- The mixture will be relatively dry. Add chocolate chips and mix together with your hands.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit and chill dough for 20 minutes.
- Use your hands to roll cookie dough into small balls (about 1 heaping tablespoon worth of dough) Note: The dough will be dry. Use your hands to squeeze the dough into balls.
- Place balls of cookie dough on a cookie sheet (spaced out as cookies will spread a bit)
- Bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Cool on baking sheet for a few minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Enjoy!
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