Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

We don't know about you, but one of our favorite pastimes as teenagers was hanging out at the mall. Walking around aimlessly, chatting with friends, hanging out at the food court... and buying a chocolate chip cookie from the cookie spot. You know the one - it has its own kiosk with huge cookie cakes in the display. The cookies were huge, with soft centers and crunchy edges. And after we made these malted chocolate chip cookies and took our first bite, we were instantly transported back to the mall, as the flavors and textures were nearly identical to those cookies from over a decade ago. We hope you enjoy these soft and chewy malted chocolate chip cookies, and it transports you to your happy place, as it did with us.

Before You Get Started Making Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookies

Measure/Weigh all of the ingredients

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F)

Grab a bowl and wooden spoon for mixing

Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients and Amounts (Yield ~28 cookies)

2 1/2 cups (350g) all-purpose flour

1/2 cup (78g) malted milk powder

1 tsp (4g) baking powder

1 1/4 tsp (8g) kosher salt

2 tsp (5g) cornstarch

1 cup (227g) butter, melted

1 1/2 cups (330g) light brown sugar

2 (100g) eggs

1 tbsp (13g) vanilla extract

2 cups (304g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

pinch of sea salt (optional)

Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookies Step-By-Step Directions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).

2) Combine flour, malted milk powder, baking powder, salt, and cornstarch in a bowl and set aside.

3) In a saucepan, melt the butter. When the butter is melted, combine the melted butter and brown sugar in a bowl and stir until combined.

4) Add eggs and vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture, making sure to stir everything together well.

5) Sift dry ingredients into the mixture, stirring just until the dry ingredients are combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

6) Using a cookie scoop (we like our OXO Medium Cookie Scoop), scoop dough onto cookie sheet, sprinkling a little sea salt on top if you like the salty/sweet combo like we do ;)

Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Dough

7) Place the cookie sheet in the fridge for at least an hour so the dough can chill (If you don't want to bake the dough on the same day, wrap up the dough and keep it up to 72 hours in the fridge).

8) Bake cookies for 11-13 minutes. The edges should be golden brown and the top will still look soft and light in color.

9) Let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack till completely cool.

10) Obviously, eat one while it's warm because you worked so hard and deserve it.

11) Store cookies in an airtight container for 3-4 days, or store baked cookies in the freezer for 3-4 weeks.

Malted Mall Chocolate Chip Cookie Sweet Notes

We made a sheet of cookies without chilling the dough first, because we couldn't wait. The cookies had great flavor but spread out while baking, therefore turning out really flat

You can use a hand mixer or stand mixer on low if that's what you prefer

If you want all the cookies to turn out the same size, we suggest weighing the dough with a scale. This ensures uniformity

Recipe adapted from Cookies and Cups