Best-Ever Cornstarch Chocolate Chip Cookies: Winner of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Battle Royal

Cornstarch is probably one of the most unusual ingredients I have seen in a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Surprisingly though it made some of the best cookies I have had to date. The cookies were dense and fluffy all at once. The best part was that they didn’t sink down like most chocolate chip cookies recipes I’ve tried. I looked up cornstarch’s general role in cooking, and it makes sense why the cookies turned out this way. It is used as a binder and thickener, similar to flour. However, it has twice the thickening ability as flour. This is what kept the cookies from flattening, resulting it soft and chewy delicious cookies!

When put to the test against other “Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe” it came out of top. Thanks Apple a Day for the winning recipe. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!

What You Need

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips

How You Make It
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and light in color.

3. Add egg and vanilla.
4. Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt.

5. Fold in chocolate chips.

6. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto cookie sheet.

7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are barely golden brown. (The tops will not brown, but do NOT cook longer than ten minutes.)


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