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Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies are very similar to the famous Gideon's Cookies in Spring Hill, FL! They are super big, super soft, LOADED with chocolate chips and topped with sea salt.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6 cookies

Ingredients
  

For the cookie dough

  • ½ cup unsalted butter cold
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar `packed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips **divided
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips **divided
  • course sea salt for topping, if desired

Instructions
 

To make the cookie dough

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cube the butter into 1 cm pieces.
  • Use a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment to cream the butter and sugar. Cream on high for 1-2 minutes, or until the mixture is smooth.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, corn starch, salt, baking powder, baking soda).
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 2-3 portions. Mix until well combined, then scrape down the bowl once complete.
  • Mix together the semi-sweet chocolate chips and the milk chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
  • Add 1 cup of the chocolate chip mixture to the dough. Mix until combined.
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
  • Roll the dough into 2-2½ inch dough balls. Gently press additional chocolate chips throughout the balled dough (avoid placing additional chocolate chips on the bottom of the cookie).
  • Place the dough on the lined cookie sheet, leaving 1-2 inches between each cookie.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown.
  • Add more chocolate chips to the cookies immediately after taking them out of the oven, filling in any empty spaces that appeared when the cookies baked.
  • Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and allow them to cool on the cookie sheet or on a cooling rack.
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