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Creamy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Creamy Chocolate Chip Cookies are an icon of the snack world in America’s kitchens. Here’s a twist on our old favorite recipe.

These soft, moist, rich cookies full of chocolate chips, cream cheese and nuts are perfect for a special treat and family snack.  

Put these scrumptious Cookies out at your next party table for delicious finger food. After All Chocolate chip cookies are America’s favorite cookie.

And to think, peanut butter cookies would take the Number one cookie award if it weren’t for a happy accident long long ago. :).

I began making this recipe several years ago.

I was inspired by a chunk of cream cheese in my fridge. Partial packages of things in my fridge bug me. 🙂

So I added the 4 oz. package cream into my favorite cookie recipe with a few adjustments. WIN!!

This is a fun update and remake of our creamy chocolate chip cookie recipe with a recipe demonstration video. Enjoy!

Creamy Chocolate Cookies
Creamy Chocolate Cookies are a soft chocolate chip cookie with the added crunchiness delivered by the nuts. A bang up combination of sweet deliciousness.

Creamy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

This time, Kayti and Ellie teamed up in her new Blog kitchen to make this recipe.

We had fun making these with Ellie. We all agree The cream cheese is a very good idea for these cookies.

It makes these cookies Soft and chewy. YUM!

Three Year Old Ellie Adding Ingredients Into The Kitchen Aid Work Bowl
Three year old Ellie Adding ingredients into the kitchen aid work bowl

Chocolate chip cookies are a long time family favorite here. When I make these there is usually a child or two (or three) involved in the process.

We encourage our kids (or grandkids) to help out in the kitchen. Recipes like creamy chocolate chip cookies offer a big reward for their help and patience.

Over the years I have made chocolate chip cookies in a multitude of ways.

For pure soft, creamy yumminess that makes your mouth happy yet still holds up. This soft chocolate chip cookie with the added cream cheese works very, very well.

Ellie Watching The Cherry Red Kitchen Aid Mixer Work.
Ellie watching the cherry red Kitchen aid mixer work. She is proud she can help make the cookies. Kids learn so much in the kitchen.

This recipe makes about 50-2 inch cookies:

  1. The time noted in the recipe card is for only the first batch. We bake two cookie sheets at a time. So for us this recipe only takes about an hour.
  2. If you bake one cookie sheet at a time expect to spend a bit more time in the kitchen.

Don’t have time to complete all the batches? Freeze the dough:

How to Make the perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie:

These are tips I’ve picked up from my own successes and failures and the experiences of many other cookie bakers. The perfect chocolate chip cookie is not an accident.

It requires attention to detail and some respect for the science and math involved.

  1. Tightly wrap the excess dough in plastic wrap and store it in your freezer for up to a week.
  2. Then thaw to fridge temp or to room temp and complete the baking as directed.Creamy Chocolate Cookie Dough Being Dropped By Teaspoonfuls Onto The Cookie Sheet Covered In A Silicone Mat.

Your definition of the perfect chocolate chip cookie and mine are probably different. These tips will help you find your own perfect cookie result and stick to it. Best of luck and Happy Baking!

Chocolate Chip Cookie TIPS:

Oven Temp and time:

Your oven is not necessarily going to make these exactly the way Kaytis is making hers UNLESS you watch the first batch fairly close.

  1. If your oven is slightly hotter or cooler it will make a difference in your result.
  2. Be ready to adjust your oven temp or baking time if necessary to attain your perfectly baked cookie. For this recipe that means a soft cookie which is barely golden brown but completely baked through.

How accurately you measure your ingredients will also affect your cookies

  1. This might seem obvious but if your cookies turn out flat or really dry it may be from inaccurate measuring. The proportion of ingredients will impact your results.

Which ingredients you choose will also impact your results.

  1. An example here is butter vs. margarine. DO NOT SUBSTITUTE. They bake differently.
  2. Substituting maple syrup, powdered zero calorie sugar replacers or honey will require other adjustments in this recipe so we don’t suggest them.
  3. Low sugar REAL Dark chocolate chips  will give you an entirely different flavor than milk chocolate chips. We have used both. They both work but taste different. you choose 🙂
Fresh Baked Creamy Chocolate Cookies On A Baking Sheet
Perfectly baked creamy chocolate chip cookies. Just the barest hint of golden brown to ensure that yummy soft texture.

Start with good Tools:

  • A spoon will work to drop these cookies like Kayti used. I prefer to drop the dough with a cookie scoop. I love my Jena Luca cookie scoops. you can use any scoop you have on hand. Jena Luca scoops come in a three set, are beautifully presented, very durable and make great gifts.
  • Silpat mats REALLY help the cookies bake evenly and come off the baking sheet like a dream every time. LOVE these. They do not have to be oiled either.
  • A stand mixer like Kaytis is NOT required to make these cookies properly, but it’s nice to have if you are a serious baker. A large bowl and a good strong wooden spoon (and a strong arm) will do a great job with these cookies.
Fresh Baked Creamy Chocolate Cookies On A Baking Sheet
Yield: 50 cookies

Creamy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
cooling time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

Delightfully soft, creamy chocolate chip cookies full of chocolatey, nutty crunch. A great twist on this All American Favorite treat.

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 eggs-slightly beaten
  • 4 oz. cream cheese-room temperature
  • 1 Cup brown sugar
  • 1 Cup granulated sugar
  • 4 oz. butter softened
  • 2 Cups dark chocolate chips
  • 1 Cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment:
  3. Cream the butter, sugars and cream cheese until smooth. Add in the beaten eggs and vanilla and whisk until smooth and creamy.
  4. SWITCH to your dough hook or paddle.
  5. Sift the baking soda and flour together.
  6. Slowly add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture in small bathes and mix on low setting scraping down sides of your bowl as necessary, until the dry mix is fully incorporated and the mixture is smooth and thick.
  7. Add in the chocolate chips and nuts, as desired, and barely mix (short pulses) until thoroughly blended
  8. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet and bake for 9 to 11 minutes until just slightly golden in color.
  9. Remove to a cooling rack

Nutrition Information

Yield

50

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 138Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 19mgSodium 113mgCarbohydrates 18gFiber 1gSugar 11gProtein 2g

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Carol

Friday 9th of March 2018

OVEN TEMP??????????

Diane

Friday 9th of March 2018

Hi Carol, Ack! I'm so sorry. I just made these yummers and I still didn't notice this. The correct baking temp is 350 degrees F. I hope you enjoy them. Please let me know how they turn out for you.

Wednesday Elf

Monday 24th of August 2015

Love the idea of cream cheese in chocolate chip cookies. And, BTW, nuts are NOT optional in MY cookies; they are a definite necessity. :-) Will have to give this recipe a try.

homemadefoodjunkie

Monday 24th of August 2015

You will Love these cookies!

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Wednesday 22nd of July 2015

[…] parts.  Baking food in my oven is off limits right now. I did manage to bake a double batch of Creamy Chocolate Chip Cookies at Kayti’s new house yesterday. Had to give her oven a test drive. It works beautifully, so […]

Erlene

Friday 24th of April 2015

We love chocolate chips cookies at our house too! I've played with a lot of recipes and there are only a few that I thought were great. I'll have to give your recipe a try the next time I make cookies.

homemadefoodjunkie

Friday 24th of April 2015

Excellent Erlene! I hope you let me know how your family likes them!

KC the Kitchen Chopper

Friday 24th of April 2015

Clearly for this scrumptious chocolate chip cookie, Cheese is the answer! YUM

homemadefoodjunkie

Friday 24th of April 2015

Hi KC, I was thoroughly surprised at how the cream cheese really added so much to the chocolate chip cookie experience. These came out so yummy!

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