I feel like all I want to eat is sweets ever since my surgery. Maybe while they were poking around my insides, they took out the need to eat regular food and substituted it with tons of sugar. That would explain it.
Also, ever since I came back from New York, I can’t stop thinking of that darned cookie from Levain Bakery. It was seriously the best cookie I’ve ever had and the best part of it is that they served it warm! I can’t recall one bakery that serves any of their baked goods warm. It was also probably the biggest cookie that anyone’s ever served me and I dream of it every night. Don’t judge me.
So the moment I came across this recipe on My Baking Addiction, I HAD to give it a shot. If there was any chance this recipe was anything like Levain’s, I’d be in heaven. Sure enough, this is one good cookie. Even better when you make them extra large, as I did. I adapted it just a bit, and here’s what I did:
Ingredients
- 2 sticks cold and cubed unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon table or fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 1/4 cups good quality semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
- just unter 1 cup chopped walnuts
- In bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle, cream together butter and sugars until well blended and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mix in vanilla and beat until well incorporated.
- Add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix until just combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips/chunks and nuts.
- Refrigerate dough for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll cookie dough into individual balls. Make them HUGE! I got 12 cookies from this batch.
- Place each on sheet pan and bake in the preheated oven 15-20 minutes depending on how gooey and rawish you like the interior, until very lightly browned, taking care not to overbake. Mine took 16 minutes.
- Let cool on rack and store what you don’t immediately eat in an airtight container.
For all of you near the LA area, I’m glad to say that I’ll be participating in this year’s Eat my Blog charity bake sale! Do drop by and say hello if you can, there will be plenty of great desserts and great bloggers supporting a great cause!
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wow that’s one big cookie! Looks yum!
they look delicious! I have been in NY a few months now and I haven’t made it to Levain yet – now I have nothing else on my mind!
i love levain bakery!! their dark chocolate peanut butter chip one is soooo good. my friend said it’s the best cookie he’s ever had too, and i agree.
We’re plannning a trip to NYC in the Fall, and Levain is *so* on the list to visit — these cookies might have to tide us over until then! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Those cookies from Levain are heavenly. Yours look great, too! I’ll have to give them a try!
Oh man just looking at those cookies has now upped my craving for chocolate chip cookies.. stares and drools lol
I just tried that cookie, too! It WAS the best choc chip cookie ever! I will have to try this recipe.
omg, i have the same plates that you posted on: https://www.lovintheoven.com/2010/04/tres-leches-cake.html
my family’s been using it for eons like seriously for more than 10 years. crazy. haha.
I’ve heard these cookies are chronic good! I need to bake these this weekend I think.
these look delicious… I’m kindda getting the feel you like cookies O.o and when you started talking about getting them served warm I just had to comment and let you know that if you ever find yourself in paris you have to go to a bakery in marais(rue de sicily) called les malineaux.. I swear.. they warm your cookies.. gigantic chewy cookies.. anyways.. just a tip ^.~
Hi, I’m new to your blog and have had a great time browsing. I just want to say that I love your honest prose and fantastic baking.
While jewellery is now my career, baking is my hobby. I bake at home whenever I can. It’s my favourite thing to do for stress relief. In fact, baking is like an itch that I have to scratch. I get to satisfy my obsession with baking reading blogs like yours.
I can tell that you really love to bake. I’m a Marketing Graduate myself but I left my corporate banking job and became a jewellery designer. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that sometimes life takes us on certain paths that are totally different from what we expected. Go for the ride and enjoy yourself.
Hope that you get that wish for a bakery. Have you heard of The Scootabaker? She has a blog and bakes and delivers her cakes/ cupcakes via a scooter. Cute with great branding.
BTW, your Choc Chip cookies look fantastic and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that they are H-U-G-E!!!!! I plan to make them as soon as I get the chance.
Lovin Kim, as I was looking at your baking blog the thought was, “I wunder if she knows about Eat My Blog? You do! Hope to see you there & taste your goodies!
OOo I’ve heard about the Levain cookies but never tried one!! I love how gigantic they are haha. I’ll definitely be trying this recipe out.
Dang girl that’s one big cookie! And looks so yummy delish! Can’t wait to make them! =]
I just tried this recipe and the cookies didn’t flatten out like yours did. They stayed kinda puffy. What do you think could’ve happened?
Sooooo I’M MAKING THESE FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROW. THEY ARE SO GOOD!
Those are great looking cookies. It doesn’t seem like enough flour with 2 sticks of butter. Seems there should be more flour maybe? It isn’t tall and puffy like other Levain’s or even other copycats. But it looks delicious!
I just made this cookie today…and it is the BEST COOKIE EVER!! And I have baked a lot of cookies in my day. Thank you so much for the recipe!
that’s quite a statement! so glad you enjoyed them!