Bake Now or Later Chocolate Chip Cookies

The dough for these cookies will keep for up to 3 days in the refrigerator or freeze it before baking so you can have it on hand whenever you need a warm chocolate chip cookie.

Servings
25, 3½-inch cookies
Prep Time
15 min
Plus refrigeration/freezing
Cook Time
18 min
Recipe by
Sandy, home baker
Ingredients

2 cups plus 2 tbsp. (255g) cake flour
2 cups (240g) bread flour
1½ tsp. (7g) baking powder
1¼ tsp (6g) baking soda
1½ tsp. (9g) coarse or kosher salt
1¼ cups (284g) Plugrá® Premium Butter, unsalted, room temperature
1¼ cups (245g) light brown sugar
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. (225g) granulated sugar
2 large (100g) eggs
2 tsp. (10g) vanilla extract
1¼ lbs. (568g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
sea salt
Steps
1
Combine cake flour, bread flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk or sift dry ingredients together to blend and aerate.
2
Place butter and sugars together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium for about 5 minutes or until very light.
3
Scrape bowl and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla.
4
Reduce speed to low, add flour mixture and blend until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and gently mix until incorporated.
5
Bake Now: Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough onto the prepared sheet using a 2-ounce ice cream scoop (#16, 2¼-inches in diameter). Place mounds at least 2-inches apart. Sprinkle each piece lightly with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes.
6
Bake Later: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough onto the prepared sheet using a 2-ounce ice cream scoop (#16, 2¼-inches in diameter); cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 to 72 hours.
7
Preheat the oven to 350°F degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Transfer the dough onto the baking sheet, placing the dough pieces 2-inches apart. Sprinkle each piece lightly with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes.
8
Finish: Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Note:
Don’t have cake flour or bread flour? Substitute all-purpose flour for all of the flour.
Tip:
Want to share with friends? Freeze the dough after portioning then you or your friends can bake them off whenever they’d like.