If you are from New York, you must have tried or have at least heard of Levain Bakery and know that they have one of the best chocolate chip cookies ever! If you are not from New York, you have to try Levain Bakery next time you visit. These cookies are huge, soft and the chocolate is all melted and gooey in the middle. Well, I have recreated the Levain cookie recipe for you and added what I believe to be is the best addition to any cookie, Pretzels! The additional crunch and saltiness a pretzel gives to chocolate chip cookies is perfect. The sweet and salty balance is like no other, I promise you will be going back for seconds of these chocolate chip pretzel cookies.
What is the difference between these cookies and regular ones?
These chocolate chip pretzel cookies come out huge and very round, like the ones from Levain Bakery. Their center is soft and chewy, almost like a dense cake consistency.
How do you make Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies?
As always, preheat your oven to 350F first.
Separate the wet and dry: In one bowl, combine your cold butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. In another, combine your cake flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
Mix your ingredients: Using a mixer, mix the wet ingredients first, then slowly add your dry ingredients. You will notice that the mixture becomes thick and forms a cookie dough consistency once everything is incorporated. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you may have to mix it by hand towards the end.
Fold in your pretzels and chocolate chips: Measure out your pretzels and slightly crush them as you add them to your mix. Add your chocolate morsels to the mix and fold. Don’t beat!
Scoop your cookies and bake: Using a LARGE cookie dough scooper, scoop out the cookies and place them on a cookie sheet with about two inches in between each cookie. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove and allow them to cool before eating!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter cold
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 2 cups of brown sugar
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 3 cups of cake flour
- 3 cups of all purpose flour
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- 2 tsp of baking soda
- 2 cups of pretzels
- 12 oz of chocolate morsels
Instructions
- In one bowl, combine your cold butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. In another, combine your cake flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Using a mixer, mix the wet ingredients first, then slowly add your dry ingredients. (You will notice that the mixture becomes thick and forms a cookie dough consistency once everything is incorporated. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you may have to mix it by hand towards the end.)
- Measure out your pretzels and slightly crush them as you add them to your mix. Add your chocolate morsels to the mix and fold. Don’t beat!
- Using a LARGE cookie dough scooper, scoop out the cookies and place them on a cookie sheet with about two inches in between each cookie. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove and allow them to cool before eating!
