By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day makes any day an incredible celebration. Whether you are a dark chocolate, milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate chip, or white chocolate chip fan, make plenty of cookies and bars to share!
Invite your neighbors to a chocolate chip cookie baking party. It’s August and school is out, plan a special event for your kids or grandkids to join in the fun.
Sweeten the day!
- Deliver cookies to your local emergency first responder station.
- Contact a nursing home for permission to bring a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip treats.
- Present your neighbors with a plateful of incredible chocolate chip cookies.
- Surprise your church office staff with an “I appreciate you” batch of cookies.
- Brighten your coworkers’ day!
Enjoying chocolate chips isn’t limited to cookies.
- Laden a generous handful on top of ice cream.
- Add to an oatmeal cookie recipe.
- Sprinkle on hot oatmeal and watch the chocolate ooze through the bowl.
- Enjoy baking your own granola and add chocolate chips to the cooled mixture.
- Start the day with chocolate chip pancakes or waffles. Spread peanut butter on top!
- Yum best describes chocolate chip scones.
- Measure a cup into pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.
- Savor a cup in pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes.
- Stir a spoonful of chocolate chips into your coffee.
Here is more information about our mouthwatering celebration day with trivia and a bit of history.
I’ve worked several years to perfect my version of a chocolate chip cookie recipe. I want to share the recipe with you.
DiAnn’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
Servings: 18
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups (320g) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 tablespoons butter-flavored Crisco shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs at room temperature
16 ounces of dark chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries
Directions:
Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
Cream the butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, then add the butter-flavored Crisco until evenly mixed in. Add sugars and beat for 3 minutes on medium speed. Add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time and mix on medium-low speed just until incorporated. Add flour and mix just until incorporated. Mix in chocolate chips. Mix in dried cranberries.
Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or more. Overnight is good.
Heat oven to 375°F.
Scoop onto parchment paper. Bake 10- 12 minutes depending on the size of the cookie.
Allow the cookies to cool slightly on the pan and then remove to a cooling rack.
How do you plan to spend National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day?
Comments 27
Hello DAnn I wrote down your recipe did you use light brown or dark brown sugar the taste is different depending on which on. Thanking you for this/
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Hi Louise, light brown sugar. Enjoy!
I love most cookies, but chocolate chip is high on the list of favorites. A warm cookie, cold milk, and a good book. What could be better?
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Katherine, nothing could be better except to substitute the milk for coffee 🙂
Yummm!
I think I’ll skip the baking part and just go eat a chocolate chip or 10.
Instant gratification for being too lazy to bake today!
Love the recipe.
Thanks DiAnn
Blessings and go chocolate chips!! Yeah
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Hi Joyce, not a bad idea! But I love to bake – it lets my plot (bake).
I recently bought chocolate chai tea and it’s delicious! The cardamom and cinnamon spices compliment the taste.
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Adriane, I have a friend who loves chai tea. I will tell her about the flavor.
DiAnn thank you for sharing will make these when cooler weather comes big fan of dark chocolate enjoy yur day and GOD’S BLESSING
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Hi Louise, a warm chocolate chip cookie on a cool day sounds wonderful.
Traci! That’s the whole idea! Enjoy!
The gooeyer the better. The chewier the better. The bigger the better. But, dipping in cold milk is to die for🍪🍶
Dawn, that is hilarious! I think you’re ready to take on a promo job for chocolate chip cookies! Thanks!
I am thinking of stopping by Panera Bread for one of their chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
Linda, snag two! Save the other one for later!
I commented on the FB post, but like others, now I want Choc chip cookies. Boy, the power of suggestion! lol
Hi Barbara, I’m laughing! Oh, the power of suggestion!
What a “sweet” reminder! Will try this with my GF flour!
Thanks, Julie, let me know if they turn out yummy!
My MRI tech told me this morning that her favorite dessert is chocolate chip cookies. Your message reminds me to take her some chocolate chip cookies as a special “thank you”. 🙂 Have a blessed day! 🙂
Melissa, what a wonderful idea! I’m thinking I should make a batch when I catch up work today. 🙂
It’s raining here in Waleska, Georgia and flood warnings are out. Fortunately, my house sits on a high hill up from the lake, so I should be fine and will enjoy this day, with chocolate chip cookies – freshly made – a book and two little dogs who love to snuggle!
Linda, sorry about the rain, but you are spending a perfectly marvelous day!
Would love to be eating warm chocolate chip cookies. Too hot to turn on the oven.
Barbara, you could jump into an air conditioned car and head for the nearest bakery!
Now I want fresh and warm chocolate chip cookies!!! 🍪
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Traci, I responded earlier but the comment posted weird. But I hope you got your warm chocolate chip cookie