We loved the flavour and chewiness of these cookies! Fermentation will continue as the dough rests and we preferred the deeper and fermented flavours after resting for 24 hours. Since we're adding 100% hydrated sourdough discard, we remove water content from the recipe by browning the butter and omitting egg whites. We used milk chocolate in this recipe but you can also substitute with semi-sweet or dark chocolate.
Milk Chocolate Sourdough Cookies
~ Adapted from The Boy Who Bakes
1 cup (227g) butter, cubed
2 3/4 cup (390 g) Flourist Whole Grain Spelt Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup (210 g) sugar
1 1/4 cup (215 g) brown sugar
3 egg yolks
240g sourdough starter discard (100% hydration)
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups (450 g) milk chocolate, roughly chopped
Flaky sea salt for garnish (optional)
Brown the butter by placing cubed butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until butter melts. It will start to bubble and then foam, keep an eye on the butter as it can burn easily from this point. Continue until the milk solids have browned and the water has evapourated off, this can take up to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool, approximately 30 minutes. You should have about 185 g butter remaining.
Mix together Flourist Whole Grain Spelt Flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
Place butter and sugars together in a mixing bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment. Whisk for a few minutes. Add egg yolks one by one, ensuring each one is fully incorporated before adding the next. Add sourdough starter discard and vanilla and continue whisking until batter becomes smooth and thick.
Add in flour mixture and mix until dough just comes together. Switch to a paddle attachment and add chopped chocolate, combine together. Cover cookie dough and refrigerate for at least 4 or up to 24 hours (we played around with the resting period and liked the flavour that developed over a longer rest).
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop and roll dough into balls and arrange on a prepared baking sheet leaving at least 2" space in between each cookie. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt if desired.
Bake for 15-18 minutes or until cookies are golden brown, rotating pans halfway through. Allow to cool slightly before transferring them to finish cooling on a wire cooling rack.
Comments
These looks delicious. I love baking with spelt flour.. curious as to the sugar amounts.. thoughts on severely cutting this to lets say a total of 1/2 cup for the whole recipe? and using coconut sugar? :)
I’ve made these cookies several times now. They are without a doubt the best cookies I have ever had. However, I just calculated the nutritional value per cookie. The batch I made following the directions and the precise amount for each ingredient yielded 32 cookies at about 47 grams per cookie. I weighed them before baking. So each cookie is about 240 calories apiece. Yeow! I’ll need to spend more time on the treadmill……
I just prepared a batch, it’s in my fridge overnight, will bake them tomorrow.
Do you have an oatmeal/raisin version of this recipe?
@Pauline: I’d love to get your recipe or portions for the oatmeal raisin variation on these cookies. The original recipe is delicious! Thanks.
Hi-
So excited just got my first order of your flours- (Einkorn & Rye) wondering if Einkorn would work with this receipt and if there would be any changes to this recipe.
Thanks in advance!
This has become my go-to base. Flexible and forgiving for everything from chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin to peanut butter, seeds, etc. I’ve experimented with variations of flour, mix-ins and the amount of starter, even to the point of using almost entirely starter wth just a touch of flour. All with excellent results, and I’m even baking at altitude! Tip: I brown the butter in the same metal bowl I will later use to mix the dough by placing in the oven set to baking temperature for 15-20 minutes – no fuss, no extra saucepan to clean.
Hi Katherine! This is wonderful news ~ thank you for letting us know!
Honestly the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve ever used. I had SO many compliments on these. They are amazing. The brown butter flavour, the spelt, the milk chocolate, all work so beautifully together. I will be making these forever!
Hi John! Thank you for your note! We don’t intentionally leave out yields, it’s just a detail that gets missed when we are developing recipes :). On cookies and such we normally do but missed it this time. We’ll make a note to include yields going forward. Thanks for the question!
Hi Kelsey! I might try any of the sifted flours, but maybe not the rye. Mostly because we haven’t tested it and the fermentation time might vary. I hope that helps! Sorry for the delay :)