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Tangzhong Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups light brown sugar packed
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 16 tablespoons salted butter cut into 1" pieces
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 2 ¾ cups 330g King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour, divided
  • 2 large eggs cold
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups 340g chocolate, I used milk chocolate that I chopped and some dark chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, combine the brown sugar and salt. Set aside.
  • Brown the butter in a skillet and pour it over the sugar mixture.
  • Let the skillet cool.
  • To make the tangzhong use the same skillet and combine the milk with 3 tablespoons (23g) of the bread flour.
  • Whisk until smooth with no lumps.
  • Place the skillet on low heat and cook while stirring. Start with a whisk then switch to a rubber spatula. You want it thickened, like paste. It will form one clump in 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and add it to the bowl, whisking smooth.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla and continue whisking until smooth.
  • Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon (307g) bread flour and the baking powder and baking soda.
  • Use a spatula to stir until well combined.
  • Chill bowl 15 mins before adding chocolate so it doesn't melt.
  • Chop the milk chocolate into coarse pieces.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge and add chocolate.
  • Chill 1 hour then scoop into 50 gram mounds.
  • Chill covered in fridge 24-48 hours.
  • Bake 14-15 mins at 350.