Better Than Toll House Cookie Recipe (2024)

The original Toll House Cookie Recipe is an American favorite made with crunchy walnuts and decadent semi-sweet chocolate chips. It's a classic dessert recipe the whole family will love!

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Rebecca’s Recipe Review

Taste: Dark brown sugar, malted milk powder, and sea salt add dimension to an otherwise basic cookie. Ripples and puddles of chocolate throughout. Deep flavor develops while chilling.

Texture: Crisp edges, slightly underdone centers that start soft and cool to chewy.

Ease: 5/10 – Not hard but does require more work than the original.

Pros: Better flavor than the standard recipe. No waiting for butter to soften. Clearer instructions with more consistent results.

Cons: No one likes waiting for cookie dough to chill… but it’s worth it. This recipe also requires about $10 worth of chocolate.

Would I Make This Again? Yes! If I’m craving a slightly crisp and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie, this is the recipe I’d go for!

Elevated Toll House Cookie Ingredients

If you’re worried that a recipe that’s better than Toll House Cookies is filled with ingredients that you won’t have on hand, think again. To build a scrumptious cookie that can easily be made in all kitchens, it was important to me to keep the majority of the ingredients simple.

Therefore, this cookie recipe begins with pantry staple ingredients such as all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs. The flavor then builds to perfection with the addition of malted milk powder and high-quality butter such as Kerrygold salted butter.

While malted milk powder isn’t necessary for the structure of the cookie it does add an unforgettable depth of flavor that really pushes them to be better than Toll House Cookies! If you don’t have malted milk powder you can swap it out for powdered milk or coffee creamer.

Another specific ingredient that’s used in this recipe is Kerrygold butter, since we need a full cup, we want to use a high-quality option to give them the best buttery flavor possible.

To finish off these cookies we then loaded them up with semi-sweet chocolate chips, finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate, and if you’d like, add in some chopped walnuts too!

• Chilling The Dough – One of the things usually left out of themodern-day version of the recipe is the chilling time. But chilling the dough is absolutely crucial to getting soft and chewy cookies; if you don’t chill them, you’ll end up with flat cookies that spread.
• Stacking Cookie Dough – Double stack the scoops of dough! This makes for thicker cookies that are perfectly soft and chewy in the middle.
• Measurements – This recipe works best when ingredients are measured in grams using a kitchen scale. It’s easy to accidentally add too little or too much of an ingredient, especially too much flour, which then can significantly impact the final result.
• Butter – Make sure your butter is cold and use Irish or European for best results.
• Parchment Paper – Even if you’re using a non-stick pan, I still highly recommend using parchment paper for a better bake on your cookies.
• Walnuts – Feel free to leave the walnuts out if you prefer, but they really do make the cookies!

How To Serve

Every ooey-gooey, fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookie pairs best with a tall, ice-cold glass of milk! These Better Than Toll House Cookies are also excellent with ice cream between two to make an ice cream cookie sandwich!

Sometimes I even make ice cream sandwiches to keep in the freezer for when I’m in the mood for a frozen treat! You can also just pop a cookie in the microwave to warm it up and then enjoy it with a scoop of ice cream on top.

How To Store Toll House Cookies

Better Than Toll House Cookies are kept best in an airtight container for up to 4 days. You can also stack them in a gallon Ziploc baggie with the excess air squeezed out of it.

You can also store these cookies in the freezer for longer storage by wrapping them individually in plastic wrap and again in aluminum foil. The double-wrapped cookies can then be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Learn How To Freeze Cookie Dough so then you can bake these Toll House Cookies straight from the freezer for a warm, homemade treat anytime without the kitchen mess!