Deep Dish Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie

Dustin and I love chocolate chip cookies.  I try to keep some in the freezer to bake whenever the desire for chocolate chip cookies strikes, but I had recently run out of dough.  Oh no!

I decided to make a deep dish chocolate chip cookie, and because I had just made caramels I decided to put caramel in the chocolate chip cookie too.  The caramel was a very very good choice.  The cookie is chocolaty and doughy and the caramel is chewy and rich.

The deep dish caramel chocolate chip cookie is a great dessert.  The flavors are complex and familiar, and everything comes together into a delicious bowl of cookie and caramel!

Deep Dish Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes about 24 cookies
Author: Happy Food Happy Home

adapted from Dash and Bella at Food52

2 1/8 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup room temperature unsalted butter

1 cup light brown sugar, tightly packed

½ cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips (preferably large flat ones)

1. Sift or whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
3. Add the eggs one at a time.  Fully incorporate the first egg before adding the next one. Completely mix in the second egg and the vanilla.  Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
4. Add half of the dry ingredients and mix to combine.  Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
5. Add the second half of the dry ingredients and the chocolate chips.  Mix until the flour just disappears. 
6. If just making cookies form two ounce cookies and bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees until edges are golden, but the centers are still doughy and delicious.  

Chocolate Chip Caramel Deep Dish Cookie

makes 1 deep dish cookie-16 servings 
Author: Happy Food Happy Home

1 recipe chocolate chip cookie dough

16-20  ½ inch caramels (either unwrapped store bought caramels or homemade)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Grease a 8 by 8 inch baking dish with cooking spray or butter.  Make sure to grease up the sides.
3. Use your hands to place a half inch layer of cookie dough on the bottom of the dish. 
4. Evenly space the caramels over the top of the cookie dough. 
5. Put another layer of cookie dough around the caramels.  Allow some caramel to poke through the top to show of the deliciousness inside!
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until the edges are golden brown.  The middle of the cookie will still be slightly doughy.  You can bake it for a little longer to set the middle, but watch the edges closely to keep them from getting too brown. 
7. Allow the cookie to sit for approximately 10 minutes to allow the caramel to firm up a little before spooning the cookie onto a plate, topping with ice cream, and devouring. 

Caramel Cookie Idea from Pinch of Yum

The deep dish caramel chocolate chip cookie was delicious and caramel-y.  I couldn't stop eating it!  With a big glass of milk to wash it down, this caramel chocolate chip cookie was the perfect dessert!