Malted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Posted: 12/04/2015
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Malted chocolate chip cookies are pretty darn irresistible. Grab a glass of milk and go to town!
My husband loves chocolate chip cookies. I think he actually gets a little annoyed when I make different types of cookies. Okay, but here’s the problem with this scenario… I’m a food blogger.
So here’s my solution: I keep a bag of frozen whole wheat chocolate chip cookie dough balls in the freezer so that he can pop a couple in the oven whenever he wants them. He can even make them in the toaster oven. Sometimes I sneak one and eat it raw. Don’t tell my mom.
So since the freezer is stocked for him (because I’m the best wife ever, naturally), I can experiment a little with new and fun flavor combinations. I love these lemon clementine crinkle cookies, or these coffee cookies with clove, but they’d be way too weird for my husband.
This time I must not have had dough stocked in the freezer because I didn’t stray too far from his favorite. That’s my other trick, beyond the frozen dough. Try to change things up just a leeeetle bit and hope that he won’t notice. It usually doesn’t work, but I give it my best shot nonetheless.
To try to pull a fast one on him this time, I went for a subtle malt flavor in these cookies. I just love drinking a chocolate malted milkshake so I wanted to bring that malted milk flavor into the classic chocolate chip cookies. Don’t you love the combination of the malt flavor and chocolate? It’s a match made in cookie heaven.
It’s a match made in milkshake heaven too, but that’s a different conversation for a different day. Unless you can have both the cookie and the milkshake. Then do that. Definitely do that.
I like a flatter, chewy cookie but if you like a thicker cookie, you can increase the flour content slightly – try 1/2 cup more flour or quick oats for a thicker cookie. If you’re looking to go a different route entirely, try these insanely easy Cool Whip cookies!
Grab a glass of milk and enjoy!
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Malted chocolate chip cookies are pretty darn irresistible. Grab a glass of milk and go to town!
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup malted milk powder
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus additional for garnishing, if desired
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together all dry ingredients except chocolate chips. Add dry ingredients to butter/sugar mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips by hand. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Using your hands, roll dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place on baking sheet lined with parchment or Silpat baking mat and top with 3-4 extra chocolate chips, if desired. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
- Let cool on baking sheet for about 2 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. Continue process until all dough is baked.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1g, Calories: 198kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 28mg, Sodium: 109mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 18g
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
denise says
sounds wonderful. malted chocolate powder is hard to find around here
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
I love adding malt to cookies! But it’s been far too long since I have done so. Thanks for the reminder.
Amy says
Malted is a new flavor for us, they look great.