Joanne Chang's Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have heard and read a lot of Joanne Chang and her famous chocolate chip cookies. Here are a few bloggers that had tried baking her recipe and they all had good reviews with this CCC recipe.

Baking And Boys

Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice

Cookie Madness

Marcus Samuelsson

Sweet As Sugar Cookies

Being a big fan of CCC, I wouldn't want to miss out baking this great recipe. Indeed, these cookies are very yummy and they were gone very quickly. However, my husband and son said that they can't tell any much difference in these cookies from the others that I have baked previously. All they did was happily munching these cookies...

 

Here's the recipe from an article about Joanne Chang and her bakery
(with my minor modification in blue)

Makes about 2 dozen cookies

1 cup (224g) unsalted butter
3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
3/4 cup (175g) light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup (175g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (160g) bread flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups (250 grams) chopped semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup (70 grams) finely chopped milk chocolate

If you're baking the cookies on the same day you prepare the batter, heat the oven to 350°F and position a rack in the center of the oven.

Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or mixing by hand with a wooden spoon), beat the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy, about five minutes. Stop the mixer and use a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and the paddle itself a few times; the sugar and butter love to collect here and stay unmixed. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract on medium speed until thoroughly combined, two to three minutes. Again scrape the bowl and the paddle to make sure the eggs are thoroughly incorporated.

Mix together the all-purpose flour, bread flour, baking soda and salt. Add both chocolates to the flour mix and toss to combine. Turn the mixer to low speed (or continue to use a wooden spoon if mixing by hand) and slowly blend the flour-chocolate mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. Mix until the flour and chocolate are totally incorporated and the dough is completely mixed.

For best results, scrape dough into a container and let rest in the refrigerator for a day before baking. The next day, heat the oven to 350°F and position a rack in the center of the oven. Drop the dough in 1/4 cup balls onto a baking sheet about two inches apart. Press dough balls down slightly with the palm of your hand. If the batter does not fit all on one tray drop cookies on a second baking sheet and bake when the first tray is finished. If you have only one sheet tray, bake one batch and then cool the tray by running it under cold water before baking a second batch. Bake until cookies are golden brown on the edges and slightly soft in the center, 15 to 18 min. Remove from oven and let cool. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days. The unbaked dough can be stored for up to a week in an airtight container in the fridge.

Note: With 1/2 amount of the recipe plus a total amount of 3/4 cup of dark chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of walnuts, I've baked 26 cookies with each cookie being 1 tbsp of dough and bake the cookies at 170°C fan forced for 15 min.

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