Secret Ingredient Cookies
Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy and delicious cinnamon chocolate chip cookie recipe! Perfect for any occasion, these cookies are guaranteed to delight everyone who tries them. Plus, you won’t believe the secret ingredient that makes them truly special!
Servings: 24 cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar
- 3/4 Cup White Granulated Sugar
- 1 Cup Butter or shortening or a combination
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 ¼ Cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon Sweet Thins crushed, *see note
- 1/2 Bag Chocolate Chips (I prefer semi-sweet)
Instructions
- In a stand mixer add both sugars, butter, (or Crisco), and cream together for 5 minutes.3/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar, 3/4 Cup White Granulated Sugar, 1 Cup Butter
- Add eggs, one at a time, until completely combined. Add the vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure all ingredients are combined.2 Large Eggs, 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cracker crumbs) in a separate large bowl and once the wet ingredients are all creamed together, add the flour mixture in two batches on low speed. Be careful not to overmix, just mix in the flour until combined, then turn off your mixer.2 ¼ Cup All-Purpose Flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, 3/4 teaspoon Salt, 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon Sweet Thins
- Add chocolate chips to the dough and fold in by hand.1/2 Bag Chocolate Chips
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. While the oven is preheating, cover the bowl with cookie dough with clingfilm and stick it in the fridge to rest.
- For each cookie, form two tablespoons of cookie dough into a ball and place it on your baking tray. Bake for 8-10 minutes, depending on how soft you like your cookies
- Once baked, remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
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Notes
You can use graham crackers, cinnamon graham crackers but I personally love the Simple Mills Sweet Thins!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 256IU | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg