A few simple steps and ingredient adjustments take these CCCs to the next level.

King Arthur Baking Co. We know everyone has different tastes: chewy vs. crispy;double-chocolatevs.oatmeal-infused;barsvs.no-bake.

(2024 marks the brands 11th Recipe of the Year.)

King Arthur chocolate chip cookies

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Here are the 7 special steps that make this cookie recipe stand out.

Use bread flour instead of all-purpose flour.

Your finished product should come out fairly similar.

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Brown the butter.

The supersizedchocolate chip cookiesalso taste ultra-buttery.

Thats not because they call for a remarkable quantity of butter, thoughits all about the technique.

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Browning your butterin askilletgives a naturally deep, nutty, and caramel-like flavor.

Use all brown sugar.

A mix of brown and white sugars typically sweeten chocolate chip cookies.

two measuring cups of white and brown sugar

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But here, its all brownand the rationale behind that choice all boils down to morecookie science.

Brown sugar caramelizes at a lower temperature and tends to hold more water than already-absorbent white sugar.

Invert sugars also delay the sugars recrystallization as the cookies cool.

milk bread dough tutorial steps

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Make a tangzhong.

Also helpful to dial up the softness and flexibility: tangzhong.

Tangzhong is also the secret behindmilk bread’ssoft, wispy pull-apart texture.

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(The Recipe of the Year calls for five.)

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Use chopped chocolate instead of chocolate chips.

Instead of chocolate morsels, these supersized cookies are speckled with chopped semisweet wafers.

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Chill the cookies overnight.

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You only need a whisk to mix.

Andbaking sheets, of course.

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Nothing short of amazing.

So delicious; crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

Another added: Ive been making cookies for about 60 years, and this is my favorite recipe ever.

(We’re already thinking about the other cookies we could tangzhong-ify.)