Bakery Style Cookies are so soft, thick, and full of delicious cookie goodness. This base recipe will have you creating a huge variety of flavors so you can have amazing cookies in the comfort of your home in less time than it would take to drive to a bakery!
We have a bit of a love affair going on with bakery style cookies. Cookie Shops have popped up all around the midwest, and we can’t seem to keep away! These cookies are so large, indulgent, and incredibly sweet. Perhaps stopping in to pick up cookies every week is a bit excessive, but you won’t convince us of that. Well, until we see the cost. How are cookies this expensive? It’s just flour, butter, and sugar — right? Well, sort of. We are happy to report that we love homemade bakery style cookies just as much as the real thing! Go ahead and pocket that money you would have spent on a four dollar cookie, and enjoy this homemade version with us!
Is cake flour necessary in Bakery Style Cookies?
Be sure to use the combination of cake flour and all-purpose flour listed in the recipe. Cake flour is more finely milled and has cornstarch cut in which gives this cookie great texture.
Stand Mixer: Optional?
If you do not own a stand mixer, you will need to use a hand mixer for this recipe. Whichever you use, make sure to not over-mix the dough.
Lining the Cookie Sheet:
Bake these cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Lightly greasing a pan will give these cookies an unpleasant greasy bottom.
Can I make these into chocolate cookies:
You absolutely can! For a chocolate cookie base, reduce flour to 1 1/2 cups and add in 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder.
Chocolate Chip Cookies:
For a plain chocolate chip cookie, simply add in 3 cups of semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips for your add-in.
Extra Tall Cookies:
If you want these cookies to be extra thick and tall, refrigerate or freeze the dough immediately after shaping into balls. This will help slow the spreading that occurs when baking. Baking straight from the freezer will produce the tallest cookie.
Can I make these into smaller cookies?
If you do not want such large cookies, you can instead make them into 24 smaller cookies. Adjust the recipe by baking at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes.
Storage and Reheating Instructions:
Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Warm gooey cookies are a must. If you do not eat all these cookies in your first sitting, you can put them in the microwave in 15-second intervals until warm.
If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other delicious cookie recipes:
- Nutella Stuffed Churro Cookies
- Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
- Old Fashioned Orange Slice Oatmeal Cookies
- 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
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Delicious!! Keeper recipe for certain!
Last batch is cooling. Simply delicious!!!!
I love these cookies! They are so good and easy.
What a wonderful recipe for lots of cookie options! Thank you for sharing this!
These are absolutely the BEST cookies I have ever made. Made them a few days ago and was gonna jump on and say how good they were then, but had to slow myself down, because I had only tried one of the kinds I’d made. Figured I would leave a comment after trying all four of the different kinds that I made that day…hahaha. I made the two different batches, one plain and one chocolate. To each of those batches I had made two different types of cookies. One of which was oatmeal and raisins, and to the other plain batch I tried just the milk chocolate chips. The other chocolate batch I added peanut butter chocolate chips.
They were all great!! In fact, I already have a supply of chocolate chips, nuts and coconut. I’m anxious to make more cookies with other add-ins. Still haven’t finished all the cookies I made the first time (made 48, 12 of each kind).
I wasn’t sure if i could freeze them or not after baking. If I can, I would be making more right now, as I am wanting to bring these cookies to my sons on Christmas Eve, where we will all be meeting this year for our celebration. My grandchildren, as well as my children would love these!
Please let me know, at your earliest convenience, if I can freeze them AFTER I bake them and they’ve cooled. Thanks again .
I just made the chocolate chip as written and they are AMAZING!!! I did make them smaller and put them in the freezer after I rolled them into balls. They stayed nice and high. My family loved them and now I doing another batch with different add-ins. Thank you once again for an excellent recipe. I can’t wait to get my cookbook!!
This is my second year making these cookies for Christmas cookie tins. I’ve made so many, and if I continue next year , I’ve got to simplify a bit. I’ve not frozen dough before ,so really need best freezing ideas. I want to make and freeze the dough balls around September/ October. After the dough balls are frozen , what’s the best way to store them ? Baggies, air tight containers, do I wrap them ? Thanks in advance.
I also just do resealable plastic freezer bags, but containers can work too. I’ve never wrapped them, but if I were planning to store longer than 3 months, I’d either vacuum seal them or wrap them.
I made these as chocolate chip cookies and they were absolutely delicious. I think my fave choc chip cookie recipe yet. Thanks for sharing. I will have to try the other variations.
Wow! These are fabulous. I split the recipe into two variations. One with just dark chocolate chunks and Maldon salt sprinkled on top, and the other with white chocolate chips and toasted macadamia nuts. I did refrigerate the dough overnight but otherwise just as stated. I weighed my balls each to 60 grams which was still a good size but I did get more cookies that way.
I’d ask what the secret is but there really isn’t one! I’ll certainly use this recipe again – maybe it’s the cake flour?? Thanks!
These are very very very good!
I made these for my Daughter’s Birthday. They were fantastic! Thank you!