# Ina Garten's Crinkle Cut Chocolate Chip Cookies

- Servings: 12 cookies
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Difficulty: medium
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup softened butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup regular sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup milk chocolate chip
- to taste coarse sea salt (optional)

## Instructions

1. Cream softened butter in a stand mixer for 3 minutes.
2. Add brown sugar and regular sugar and beat for 3 minutes.
3. Add the egg, vanilla, and hot water to the mixer and beat.
4. Add flour, salt, and baking soda and mix.
5. Roughly chop chocolate chips and add them to the dough, then give it a final mix.
6. Scoop large dough balls onto a baking sheet, then chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
7. Place 4 dough balls on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven, bang the pan on the counter, and place back in the oven for 3 minutes. Repeat this process for a total of 3 times.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven, sprinkle with coarse sea salt if desired, and let cool on the pan before transferring to a cooling rack.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- cutting board
- knife
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- cookie scoop
- cooling rack
- oven mitts

## Tips

- If you don't have a stand mixer, a regular hand mixer or a whisk can be used, although whisking is harder.
- The chocolate chip chopping step is optional.
- A cookie scoop or a large spoon can be used to form the dough balls.
- If you have flaky sea salt, you can use that instead of coarse sea salt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDTtEDcv/
- Creator: paisleystokes
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c84df417-8a2b-4aaf-8aad-f3da35efc756
- Extracted: 2026-08-30

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