Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 10, 2026 at 7:33 pm | Posted in BWD, cookies & bars, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies

We’ve made lots of Dorie’s chocolate chip cookies over the years. Some have oats, some have peanut butter, some have spices and seeds, some have a shortbread base, some are baked in a skillet. But these are her Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies, ones she describes as jazzed-up Toll House Cookies. Sounds like something I want in my cookie tin.

As classic as these cookies are, in her headnote, she encourages us to play around with them a bit. I know how I like my CCCs, so I subbed about 25% of the AP flour in the dough with whole wheat pastry flour and added a sprinkle of flaky salt just before baking. They did spread quite a lot in the oven, so I also gave them the “cookie scoot” while still hot. I love this trick and I use it a lot. Not only does it round-out misshapen cookies, but it kind of compress them a bit, making for a thicker edge and chewier texture. I did choose to use the optional toasted walnuts in these, but the focus here is on a lot of chopped chocolate. Everyone I shared them with liked them, so maybe I’ve found my own personal classic.

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Love those big chunks of chocolate! And, of course, you can’t go wrong with flaky salt.

Comment by Judy— March 11, 2026 #

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I didn’t have anything available here to do the scoot but that is a great tip here! These were SOOOO thin! Good but too thin for me!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— March 11, 2026 #

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Your cookies look amazing- I could devour them all. Mine were not so great but them’s the breaks.

Comment by Cakelaw— March 15, 2026 #

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Oh how I love the look of your chocolate in these cookies haha!. I would certainly want to try yours :). You will have to share more about your cookie scoot!

Comment by isthisakeeper— March 25, 2026 #

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a whisk and a spoon