By Martha Rose Shulman
- Total Time
- About 45 minutes
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When I make chocolate-chip cookies, I always use a recipe from the pastry chef Sherry Yard, with whom I wrote two cookbooks, as my touchstone. It doesn’t matter whether or not I’m adding ingredients like nuts and seeds, or using different types of flours. I always use a quality dark chocolate (70 percent or higher), and I cut it into chunks the way she does. I don’t skimp on quantity when it comes to the chocolate, but in this adaptation I’ve reduced the sugar by 25 percent and thrown in a good measure of rolled oats, sunflower seeds, chia seeds and pumpkin seeds. I’ve made these cookies using half whole-wheat flour and using all unbleached all-purpose flour, and I prefer the whole-wheat version — and not just because it’s healthier. I love the nutty flavor of the flour, which complements the nutty flavor of the seeds.
You would think that adding wholesome ingredients like oats and seeds to a classic chocolate-chip cookie would result in something weighty, vintage 1970s, but on the contrary, the oats and seeds stretch the dough and make the cookies lighter than all-flour cookies. Bake them until they’re nice and dark on the bottom, and when you rotate the trays halfway through, tap them on the oven racks to get the cookies to flatten a bit. The end result is a crisp cookie with no shortage of melting chocolate chunks.
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Ingredients
Yield:About 4 dozen cookies
- ½cup/60 grams whole-wheat flour
- ½cup/65 grams all-purpose flour
- ½teaspoon/2 grams baking soda
- 4ounces (1 stick)/ 115 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¼cup/50 grams organic granulated sugar (regular will work also)
- ½cup/80 grams packed light brown sugar
- ¼teaspoon/2 grams fine sea salt
- 1egg
- 1teaspoon vanilla/5 milliliters
- ¼cup plus 2 teaspoons/50 grams sunflower seeds
- 2heaped tablespoons/25 grams pumpkin seeds
- 1tablespoon/12 grams chia seeds
- ½cup (scant)/50 grams rolled oats
- 8ounces/225 grams bittersweet chocolate (or more if desired), cut in 1-inch pieces
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Nutritional analysis per serving (48 servings)
75 calories; 5 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 1 gram monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 8 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 5 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 30 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Sift together flours and baking soda and set aside. In bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until lemony yellow, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of the bowl and paddle. Add organic sugar, brown sugar and salt. Continue creaming mixture on medium speed until it is lump free, about 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape down sides of the bowl and the paddle.
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2
Add egg and vanilla and beat on low speed for 15 seconds, or until they are fully incorporated. Do not overbeat. Scrape down sides of the bowl and paddle.
Step
3
On low speed, add sifted flour mixture. Beat slowly until all of the flour is incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add seeds, oats and chocolate chunks and mix in.
Step
4
Heat oven to 350 degrees with racks adjusted to the lower third and middle of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Spoon dough by heaped teaspoons (or use a 1-inch scoop) 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
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Bake 14 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned, rotating baking sheets from top to bottom and from front to back halfway through the baking. Remove from oven and slide parchment off the baking sheet and onto a work surface. Allow cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving, or for at least 20 minutes before storing in an airtight container. Cookies will keep for three days at room temperature.
Tips
- If you want your cookies to be flat and crispy, when you go to turn the baking sheets back to front halfway through the baking, tap them down on the back of the oven door before sliding them back in. This will cause the rising cookies to fall.
- Measurements for dry ingredients are given by weight for greater accuracy. The equivalent measurements by volume are approximate.
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Tarun
Fantastic recipe! On my second time of making the cookies, I made the following changes. I used 1/2 stick of butter and 2 tbsp organic coconut oil. Instead of chocolate I used 4tbsp organic cocao powder. I used a chia-seed egg instead of a regular egg (1 tbsp ground chia seeds+ 3 tbsp water equals 1 egg) and used 75% of the recommended sugar. I also used 1 tbsp of bittersweet chocolate chips. The cookies turned out great.
Sarah
Tasty cookies and healthy. Parchment paper as suggested is much better than Silpat. I also under baked the first batch and they are much gooey-ier. I like the 2nd batch that was done on parchment and a bit browner. I'd also cut the chocolate up a bit smaller. 1-inch pieces were a bit big for my taste.
Martha Rose Shulman
Yes, that would work. You might want to shape the dough you freeze into a 2-inch wide log, thaw in refrigerator and slice off cookies when ready to bake.
Jenna
I made this according to the recipe the first time, and it was much too dry. The second time, I reduced the flour by 1/4 and added a mashed banana with much better results.
tangich
I always add btw 1/4 to 1/2 cup of raisins
Dal
Lovely cookies. I browned the butter (adding one ice cube at the end to make up for lost water), substituted walnuts for sunflower seeds and flax for pumpkin. Still turned out great.
Ellen
This will be our new go-to cookie recipe. Absolutely delicious. I used coconut sugar instead of brown sugar, and a 10 oz bag of chocolate. Didn't change anything else. Really fabulous.
Barb in MN
I reduced the brown sugar to 1/3 cup (what I had) and they were still great
Diane K.
Good texture. My husband even liked them and appreciated the oats and seeds instead of nuts that usually go into our CC cookies.
AC
Sadly, disappointing. Given rave reviews and my love of other recipes by Ms. Shulman, made these EXACTLY as written (only got 36-ish, so presumably hers were slightly smaller). Consistency was almost chalky; the reader who said they taste better v. crispy/crunchy is correct (vs. most other crispy -chewy CCC which should be cooked to slightly underdone/soft in middle to avoid over-cooking). Would do the "tip" to flatten; they rise too much. Make if you like pepperidge farms-type crunchy CCC.
thatsnotmyname
These are my favorite cookies! If you mill your own wheat flour, this is the recipe for you.
niL
Agree that these are great, “different” and that the crispy ones are better than chewy, to my taste anyway. The chia adds fun crunch. I made with 1/4c less sugar, used bittersweet wafers and didn’t chop the wafers smaller. I added 2 T flax. Baked on parchment. No problems sticking. Will make again.
Sheila
The dog ate half my butter so I had to improvise and use 1/4 cup tahini in place of the missing butter. This was a great replacement and I will make it a permanent change. I also use only 1/2 cup sugar, and half whole wheat flour, half almond flour.
Jill
Love these! I omitted the chia seeds and added sesame seeds instead, and also added about a 1/4 tsp or so of freshly ground cardamom, and 1/8 tsp of fresh nutmeg. The cardamom with the seeds and chocolate is incredible! Next time I might try a few drops of orange blossom water or some orange zest.
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I made these twice. They were very dry.
heather
My husband and I think this is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe so far. We’re also big fans of the Laura Bush Cowboy Cookie; this one, however, is somehow more satisfying and interesting. I used pecans, sunflower seeds, flax seeds and oatmeal. I also subbed in coarsely chopped Hershey’s Special Dark minis (because our neighbor’s mother doesn’t like them and picks them out of the mini candy bar mix). Necessity is the mother of YUM! They just shine in this cookie—almost virtuous!
Jeff
These were *very* delicious. I swapped the pumpkin seed/sunflower seed amounts because of a miscalculation with no ill effects from what I could tell. I take umbrage with the 48 cookie yield. I used my normal 1oz scoop and ended up with 20. The recipe/calorie app I use rated them at 175 calories each. A perfectly acceptable amount for what I consider a reasonably sized cookie.
Ashley S.
I followed the recipe exactly except I used all purpose flour only since that’s all I had on hand. They could have been removed from the over at 13-14 minutes but at 15 they were nice and crispy! I doubled the recipe and froze half. Next time I’ll add some flaky sea salt on top of each scoop before baking. Delicious!
Tracey
Made as directed with the exception of semi sweet chocolate chips in place of chocolate chunks. Absolutely fabulous!
laird
Use this recipe all the time with the following alterations. only 1/4 c of sugar with the butter (or just skip all together)all whole wheat flourwith the amount of chocolate, you hardly need any sugar in the actual dough. then add, flax seeds, chia, and throw in whatever we have on hand (candied nuts, raisins, etc). have also successfully used our kids' chocolate halloween candy for the bittersweet chocolate.
Toni
Too sweet for me, honestly. I would just do the quarter cup of brown sugar and nix the white. It would be a suburb breakfast cookie.
Linda
Great flavor. Interesting texture. Perfect size. I made 42 cookies
Sami
Added 1tsp mesquite powder - mineral rich and contains healthy prebiotic fiber, potassium, calcium, protein and amino acids. Ran out of Chia seeds- used 1Tbl of flaxseeds, 2Tbl of Pepita seeds and 1/4 cup of Hemp seeds.
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