Copycat Recipe! Giant Chocolate Chip Covered Cookies

May 24, 2021

If you have been to Disney Springs at all this year, then you know about the frenzy that is Gideon’s Bakehouse. People wait HOURS for their opportunity to go inside and purchase their oversized cookies and cold brew. Well, if you don’t want to wait or you’re not at Disney, you can make similar cookies at home! Delish put out a copycat recipe that we can’t wait to try! Here’s what they recently published!

From Delish.com

We’ve written tons of chocolate chip cookie recipes—chewy, crispy, fudgy, super-size, brown butter, you name it. But it’s safe to say these are the chippiest.

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Inspired by the new Gideon’s Bakehouse at Disney World, we pack ½ cup of chips on the outside of each cookie. (There are more chocolate chips inside the cookie, too!) But don’t worry—the semisweet morsels are more than just for show. The cookies themselves are incredibly delicious. Freeze the scooped dough to ensure the insides stay chewy and slightly gooey while the edges get browned and crispy.

We highly recommend you add these 6-ounce wonders to your cookie repertoire. Made them already? Let us know how they came out in the comments below!

INGREDIENTS
3/4 c. plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 c. plus 1 tablespoon cake flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 c. (1 stick) cold butter, cubed
1/3 c. granulated sugar
1/3 c. brown sugar
large egg, plus one large egg yolk
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 c. plus 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, separated
Flaky sea salt
DIRECTIONS
  1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and clear room for baking sheet in freezer. In a medium bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on low speed, cream cold butter until it begins to lose its shape, 30 to 40 seconds. Add sugar and brown sugar and continue to cream for 60 seconds more, until no large butter pieces remain.
  3. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated. Gradually add flour mixture and beat to combine. When a dough has formed, add in 1½ cups of chocolate chips and beat just long enough to distribute the chips.
  4. In a medium bowl, add the remaining 2 cups of chocolate chips. Portion large balls of dough, about 6 ounces (or ¾ cup) each. One by one, roll each ball in the bowl of chips, leaving the bottom bare. Lightly press chocolate chips into each dough ball and fill any large gaps with more chocolate chips.
  5. Place balls of dough on prepared baking sheet and freeze for 90 minutes. When nearing the end of the 90 minutes, preheat oven to 375ºF. Before baking, sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of flaky salt, then pile ½ tablespoon of chocolate chips on top of each ball of dough.
  6. Bake until cookies are golden around edges but still pale in center, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cookies cool completely  before serving.
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Michele Atwood Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Main Street Mouse
Michele Atwood is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Main Street Mouse, one of Florida's leading Disney and theme park news sources since 2010. A credentialed Disney Partner and media professional, Michele serves as a theme park contributor and insider for Fox 35 Orlando and WDBO radio covering Disney and Central Florida attractions. Michele has also contributed to the Orlando Sentinel, WESH 2, and Spectrum News 13. Michele is the published author of four books — "Moving to Main Street U.S.A.," "How Many Sleeps Till Disney?," "How Many Sleeps Till Disneyland?" and "Daydream Believing: Confessions of a Grown Up Princess" and is co-owner of the House of Mouse Expo and Lost Princess Apparel. With over a decade of hands-on coverage of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and Central Florida theme parks, Michele brings firsthand expertise and media access to every story she covers.



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