Small Batch NYC Chocolate Chip Cookies

A deliciously easy recipe of small batch New York style cookies, stuffed with chocolate chips, to serve two 

So the other day I posted a video onto social media, of me ‘therapy baking’. This is basically because I find baking, still, very therapeutic, but especially for when it’s for the perfect bake. This happened to be a small batch of NYC Cookies, and you guys went utterly mad for it.

This recipe is now the start of a new series, can’t promise how many will happen too quickly as recipes do take time, called Small Batch Bakes. 

NYC Cookies

My New York style cookies have always been ridiculously popular. Over the last two years it has swiftly become the most popular recipe on my blog, with the classic New York chocolate chip cookies being the most classic, and the most popular. I’m not going to argue with this popularity, but quite literally millions of views speaks for itself. 

The New York style cookie has become a bit of a phenomenon and I adore this – I wrote my first recipe based on going to New York myself, and I was addicted. They are huge, they are chunky, and I LOVE THEM. They are designed to be more than double a ‘regular’ cookie, thick, soft and chewy at the same time. 

Baking larger quantities 

My regular recipes such as my triple chocolate NYC Cookies, my red velvet NYC Cookies, or even my white chocolate fudge NYC Cookies all serve typically eight larger cookies. The batch itself is obviously larger, and uses more of every ingredient as you would expect. 

If you have freezer space, or you want to serve more, these recipes are the best ones to follow compared to making this recipe larger. Sometimes in baking, it’s best to follow a larger batch and then serve more people, because the ratios of raising agents, eggs, and all sorts can vary – baking is science after all. 

Small Batch baking

So even though my regular New York style cookie recipes usually serve 8 cookies, and this isn’t a problem in my eyes, I know sometimes people just do not want to make an entire batch. Yes, you a freeze the dough raw or baked, but not everyone has room in their freezer. People sometimes also just want a smaller batch. 

I wanted to start this small batch series because even though I have a huge freezer myself, often full to the brim with all of my baking experiments, I sometimes just like to actually bake something. Put a soundtrack on, the Wicked soundtrack being my choice at the moment, and then just bake a little treat. 

These recipes in my new Small Batch Bakes series may vary in servings, but typically it will be 4-6 or less. These cookies like I say serves two New York style cookies and they are perfection. 

Cookie Dough

So the cookie dough itself is similar to my classic other New York style recipes, but it has it’s differences to suit the smaller batch: 

• Butter – you can use baking spread or unsalted butter – both work well
• Sugar – I use light brown soft sugar on its own as I prefer the flavour, and as it’s smaller quantities its easier to use one type
• Egg – you still need a ‘wet’ ingredient, and one egg yolk is ideal for this batch
• Flavour – I still add a splash of vanilla, but this is optional
• Flour –  I like to use plain flour because it doesn’t have the added raising agent
• Raising agents – I only use baking powder, because trying to add such a small amount of bicarb is hard to not overmeasure
• Salt – I love adding a pinch of sea salt 
• Chocolate – I used a mix of white, milk and dark chocolate small chips so they looked and tasted fully loaded, but you can use chocolate chunks

Tips & Tricks 

• This recipe is designed to serve two cookies in the New York style 
• This recipe could make four regular cookies instead, split into four and bake for 9 minutes instead (they just won’t be NYC style)
• The chilling stage of the cookie dough helps create the texture you are after 
• You can use any combination of chocolate chips you want 
• If you want to make a larger batch, look at my New York chocolate chip cookie recipe 
• Let me know in the comments what other small batch recipes you would like to see

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Small Batch NYC Chocolate Chip Cookies!

A deliciously easy recipe of small batch New York style cookies, stuffed with chocolate chips, to serve two 

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Category: Small Batch

Type: Cookies

Keyword: chocolate chip

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 11 minutes minutes

Chilling/Cooling: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 6 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 cookies

Author: Jane's Patisserie

Ingredients

• 35 g unsalted butter/baking spread
• 45 g light brown soft sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 0.25 tsp vanilla extract
• 75 g plain flour
• 0.25 tsp baking powder
• pinch of sea salt
• 75 g chocolate chips

Grams - Ounces

Instructions

• Line a small baking tray with parchment paper
• Mix together the butter and sugar
• Add the egg yolk and vanilla and mix
• Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix again
• Mix through the chocolate chips
• Split the dough into two - about 125g each
• Place onto the tray and chill in the fridge for about an hour
• Preheat the oven to 200ºc/180ºc fan
• Bake for 12-14 minutes

Notes

• This recipe is designed to serve two cookies in the New York style 
• This recipe could make four regular cookies instead, split into four and bake for 9 minutes instead (they just won't be NYC style)
• The chilling stage of the cookie dough helps create the texture you are after 
• You can use any combination of chocolate chips you want 
• If you want to make a larger batch, look at my New York chocolate chip cookie recipe 
• Let me know in the comments what other small batch recipes you would like to see

ENJOY!

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