Description
Delightful Easter chocolate chip cookies bring springtime cheer to classic dessert lovers. Sweet morsels and pastel sprinkles create a festive treat you’ll eagerly share with family and friends.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (225 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ¼ cups (280 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (175 g) chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate)
- 1 cup (150 g) pastel-colored chocolate candies (such as M&Ms)
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (165 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup (50 g) white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate (optional)
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Ignite the oven to 350F (175C) and strategically line baking sheets with parchment paper to ensure effortless cookie removal.
- Sugar Fusion: Whip softened butter with granulated and brown sugars until the mixture achieves a cloud-like consistency, creating a luxurious base for the cookies.
- Liquid Integration: Blend eggs methodically, introducing them one at a time, then elevate the flavor profile with a splash of vanilla extract for aromatic depth.
- Dry Ingredient Harmony: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together, then gently incorporate into the wet mixture, stirring until just combined to maintain a tender crumb.
- Festive Embellishment: Generously fold chocolate chips, pastel candies, and white chocolate pieces throughout the dough, ensuring a vibrant and colorful distribution.
- Cookie Formation: Sculpt uniform portions of dough onto prepared sheets, positioning them with strategic spacing to accommodate natural spreading during baking.
- Baking Transformation: Nestle trays into the preheated oven, allowing cookies to metamorphose for 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden and centers remain delicately soft.
- Final Flourish: Adorn the warm cookies with additional pastel candies, creating a whimsical Easter-inspired decoration that celebrates the seasonal spirit.
- Cooling Refinement: Transfer cookies to a cooling rack, allowing them to set and develop a perfect texture that captures the essence of freshly baked delight.
Notes
- Manage Butter Temperature: Ensure butter is softened but not melted for optimal cookie texture, creating a creamy base that helps cookies spread evenly and develop rich flavor.
- Prevent Overmixing: Gently fold ingredients just until combined, stopping when dry ingredients disappear to maintain a tender, soft cookie without developing tough gluten strands.
- Customize Candy Choices: Select pastel-colored candies or chocolates that complement the Easter theme, mixing different sizes and shapes for visual appeal and varied texture.
- Control Baking Time: Watch cookies closely during the final minutes, removing them when edges turn golden but centers remain slightly underbaked for that perfect chewy consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg