Description
Delightful heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies bring romantic sweetness to dessert tables. Homemade love notes crafted with melted chocolate and classic cookie dough will make hearts melt at first bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 cups (360 ml) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2.25 cups (270 g) all-purpose flour
- 0.75 cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 0.75 cup (165 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 heart-shaped cookie cutter
Instructions
- Preheat Preparation: Ignite the oven to 350F (175C) and shield baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats for optimal non-stick performance.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Harmonize flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl, creating a uniform dry foundation that will bind the cookie’s structure.
- Butter Transformation: Whip butter and sugars into a voluminous, pale cream using an electric mixer, aerating the mixture for approximately 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Liquid Integration: Incorporate eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla extract, ensuring complete blending and a smooth, consistent texture.
- Dough Assembly: Delicately merge dry ingredients with the wet mixture, minimally stirring to preserve the dough’s tenderness. Gently fold chocolate chips throughout the batter, distributing them evenly.
- Chill and Rest: Envelop the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and dough to firm up for easier handling.
- Shaping and Cutting: Roll the chilled dough to a uniform 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Utilize a heart-shaped cutter to craft romantic cookie shapes, transferring them onto prepared baking sheets.
- Baking Precision: Slide sheets into the preheated oven, baking for 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden-brown. Remove when centers appear slightly underdone, recognizing they’ll continue setting during cooling.
- Cooling and Decoration: Let cookies rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling. Optionally embellish with chocolate drizzle, sprinkles, or intricate icing designs.
Notes
- Chill Dough Strategically: Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes to prevent spreading, enhance flavor complexity, and create a more manageable texture for heart-shaped cutting.
- Control Moisture Carefully: Avoid overmixing ingredients to maintain a tender cookie structure, which prevents tough, dense results and preserves the delicate heart shape.
- Master Cutting Technique: Roll dough to consistent 1/4-inch thickness and use a clean, sharp heart-shaped cutter, dipping the cutter in flour between cuts to ensure clean, crisp cookie edges.
- Bake with Precision: Remove cookies when edges are golden but centers look slightly underbaked, allowing residual heat to complete cooking and ensuring a soft, chewy texture that doesn’t become dry or crisp.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes (+30 minutes chilling)
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg