What’s that one dessert recipe that you always reach for? It might be an old family standby, a favorite crowd pleaser, or just a flavor you’ve really been digging lately. For me, a chocolate chip cookie is always a win. There are very few treats that satisfy my cravings like the sweet and salty, barely-there caramel flavor of a really good chewy cookie, and I find myself coming back to them almost on a weekly basis. Today’s recipe, these muscovado chocolate chip cookies, are a level-up version of that trusty fave, and I can’t wait to tell you all about them.

Muscovado sugar is kind of illusive. For many, myself included, muscovado sugar is one of those exotic, new-to-you ingredients reserved for special occasions and elevated recipes. While it’s hardly a fancy ingredient, the rich and complex flavors of muscovado sugar has the ability to transform ordinary baked treats into something that is really spectacular. Case in point: these muscovado chocolate chip cookies.

These chewy treats have pools of chocolate throughout and a simple dough that allows the hints of molasses in the muscovado sugar to shine. It’s one of those baked goods that people are drawn to initially based on their familiar appearance but keep coming back to because of their intensely rich flavor. Nothing beats a classic chocolate chip cookie, but if you can land one that feels like home and still surprises your taste buds… now that’s something worth writing home about.

The dough for these muscovado chocolate chip cookies is really simple. Melted butter, muscovado sugar, and white sugar are stirred together with a couple of eggs and pure vanilla extract. Stir in the dry ingredients until a shaggy dough comes together and then toss in the chocolate. Here, it’s a pick your poison kind of thing. I prefer to use semisweet chocolate chunks to balance out the strong molasses flavors, but if you want extra flavor, a milk or bittersweet chocolate would work great too. Whatever floats your boat, okay? Briefly freeze rounds of dough until barely firm and then bake in the preheated oven until fluffy and barely golden around the edges.

If you give these muscovado chocolate chip cookies a try sometime this month, let me know what you think! Happy baking and tune in later this week for a second recipe!

If you like this muscovado chocolate chip cookies you should try:

Candied Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown Butter Muscovado Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars 

 

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