No matter how many kinds of cookies I bake, nothing makes my boys grin (like Cheshire cats) the way chocolate chip cookies do. They have been after me to bake a big batch of chocolate cookies forever. And to be honest, who doesn’t love choc chip cookies. I sweetened the deal further by mixing up the chips with a lot of chunky chunks. They do say, there’s no such thing as too much chocolate, right! 😛
This is an egg free chocolate chunk and chip cookie. Soft, slightly chewy and with a choco hit in every bit- just the way my kiddos like it.
1 ½ cups /200 grams plain flour/Maida
½ cup /110 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature ( Skip salt if using salted butter like Amul)
1 cup brown sugar/220 grams, closely packed ( May use white sugar if brown is not available)
½ cup curd at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract or essence
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt (skip if using salted butter)
½ cup chocolate chips (dark/milk/milk chocolate or a mixture of all three)
200 grams or 1+ 1/3 cup chocolate chunks ( I chopped chunks out of a slab of Morde dark chocolate)
In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, beat butter till creamy. Add the sugar and beat till soft and fluffy.
Add the yogurt and vanilla and beat till all is homogenous.
Add the flour mix to the wet ingredients and fold in gently.
Add the chocolate chips and chunks and mix till they are evenly distributed into the dough.
Cover the dough with cling film or slightly greased aluminium foil and refrigerate for an hour.
Preheat the oven to 180C and line or grease a baking tray.
Taking 1 tbsp of dough at a time (you may use an ice cream scoop) make small balls and flatten them to discs.
Lay them on the baking tray 2 inches apart.
If you like to mix things up a bit, sprinkle the tops of the cookies with a pinch of salt. I tried on some. It was awesome!
Bake for 11-14 minutes till the chocolate melts. Watch for the bottoms of the cookies changing colour. As soon as the bottoms just begin to brown, remove and cool on the tray for 5 minutes. Serve warm for the gooey melty fun.
Gently move them to a wire rack and let cool completely. They stay good for a week in an airtight box.
Oven and baking specifications
I have a 45 Litre Oven (with a fan) and baked these at 180C . I placed the baking tray on the middle shelf, with both the upper and lower elements on. However, each oven behaves differently, so please adjust the temperature and baking time accordingly. Basically, as soon as the bottoms of the biscuits begin to change colour, the baking tray needs to be pulled out. It may take more/less than the 14 odd minutes it took me. So watch those bottoms! And do not Over Bake!! That will totally kill the biscuits.
Want to bake them in the microwave? Here is some wonderful explanation on how to go about it at ‘Cakes and More’.
Recipe adapted from Hot Chocolate Hits’ Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
I replaced the egg with curd. You may use an egg and skip the curd.
CafeGarima 
Thanks for the recipe, Garima! I have been looking for a perfect recipe for chocolate chip cookies and was yet to find one. Coming from you, I know it has to be perfect. Can you tell me how many cookies this makes?
Thanks again 😊
Thanks Chhavi
It made 10 monster cookies
And I guess will make about 20 regular ones 🙂
Super like these 🙂 will try it for sure!
Thanks dear ❤️
Mouthwatering delicious
Thanks Ritu 😃
Was looking for an eggless cookie for Navratris – dough in the fridge now. Can’t wait to bake them!
Hope they turned out good Sonia! 🙂
Hey Garimadi,
Cookies love lovely 🙂 I wanted to know how do you turn on both heating elements in an oven. In my oven, in the bake mode lower heating element gets turned on and when its on broil upper one gets turned on. Is there anything that I am doing wrong? Thanks!
Thanks Nupur 🙂
I have three modes in my Bajaj OTG
Bake- only lower
Grill- only upper
Toast- both
I used to have a small Morphy Richards and that had the same.
Thanks for the quick reply. Will check the manual of mine once again.
Please do! I’m sure it will have three options 🙂
Thanks for motivating me to read the manual. Also made you famous Karachi biscuits. They were yum.. I wish I could attach a photo here 😊
Aha!!!!
That is awesome 😃😃
Please message it to me on my Facebook page na
Same name – cafegarima
Thanks for motivating me to read the manual. Also made you famous Karachi biscuits. They were super yumm.. I wish I could attach a photo here 😊
Lovely! no egg? hmmm! They still look great!
Thanks a bunch! I didn’t really miss the egg 🙂
I tried these cookies today and they were very very soft even after cooling then for 30 min or so.. Didn’t get that brown texture like urs.. Can u tell me what went wrong.. Awaiting for ur reply.
Hi Tanu
Try baking them slightly longer. Oven temperatures vary and results might differ.
I bake these often and have never had a problem. Having said that, these are not very crisp. They are slightly soft 🙂
Thanks garima for ur response… Can I put them in oven again ?
Why not!
Try a few and see 🙂
didn’t work 😞…still soft.. However taste is gud.
I’m afraid I don’t know what might have happened.
Hope the curd was thick and you chilled the dough in the fridge
Ohhh… Curd was little watery…so was by dough. Dough rested well in refrigerator for 11/2 hr.
Hmm
Try with thick curd next time. And as I said they aren’t very crsip 🙂
Now my cookies tastes like soft cake..😊
Awww
Anther try maybe!
Hi can I use egg instead of curd
Hi Mariya
I haven’t really tried but it should work 🙂
I have been craving chocolate chip cookies all weekend, and perhaps your recipe will tempt me to make some at home, thanks for sharing seems simple enough 🙂
Thanks 😃😃
I made them again today with cashews and cherries and cranberries. Mmmmm….
I have just put the dough in the refrigerator. I don’t think my oven will be able to bake 10 monster at a time.. can I keep the remaining dough in the fridge & use as 2nd batch. Also, do I need to let the oven cool down and preheat for the 2nd batch?
Ha ha
Sure you can keep the dough in the fridge for up to two days actually.
You can bake one batch after the other. No need to cool and re heat 🙂
I’m baking some too!
They turned out awesome! You are a queen of fool proof recipe!! 🙂
Aha!! I am so so glad 😃😃
I have just put the dough in the refrigerator. I don’t think my oven will be wable to bake 10 monster at a time.. can I keep the remaining dough in the fridge & use as 2nd batch. Also, do I need to let the oven cool down and preheat for the 2nd batch?
Hiii…
going to try chocochip cookies…1 ques does brown sugar needs yo b ground
Yeah Tripti
You can grind it
Tried this recipe.. Cookies came out to be super awesome!!! thanks a lot for sharing such wonderful recipe.
Thanks dear 🙂
Hi ur recipe has motivated me to make some . but i dnt have otg. Can i bake them in microwave convection mode. And at wat temp
Hi Kalpa
I am afraid I have never baked in a microwave.
You could google for options 🙂