Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies Recipe
If you love salty-and-sweet treats, these are for you. Soft chocolate chip cookies with crunchy pretzels baked in. There are so many different flavor and texture elements, making the cookies totally irresistible. I adapted the dough base I used in Trail Mix Protein Bar Cookies and Cream Cheese Cookies. I’ve been enjoying this base lately because the cookies turn out soft, slightly chewy, buttery with rich brown sugar flavor, and the batch size is under 1 dozen, perfect for my small family. You can always double it if you need more. The pretzels stay crunchy, snappy, and are a great contrast to the soft dough. My family raved about the flavor combination in the cookies. They really love salty-and-sweet things and since they’re pretzel fanatics, the cookies were right up their alley. Chocolate seems to taste even better when there’s a little saltiness present. Even my seven-year-old daughter said the chocolate tasted better in these cookies, yet it’s the same chocolate chips I usually use, Trader Joe’s semi-sweet. She said the kids at her school were all clamoring to try a bite of the cookies after spying them in her lunchbox. She said she normally shares things freely with her friends since I pack plenty of (extra) goodies, but said she kept these all to herself. They’d make great holiday gift exchange cookies because they’re fun, unique, and different from all those sprinkles and cut-out cookies.
What’s in Pretzel Cookies?
To make these sweet and salty cookies, you’ll need:
Unsalted butter Brown sugar Granulated sugar Egg Vanilla extract All-purpose flour Cornstarch Baking soda Salt Mini pretzel twists Semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Pretzel Cookies
Cream together the butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla. Then, add in the dry ingredients. Gently fold in the chocolate chips and pretzels last. Form 10 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly. The cookie dough needs to then chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Once the dough has had time to chill, bake until the edges have set and the tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t over bake.
How to Store Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies
These sweet and salty cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.
Can I Double This Recipe?
Very easily! Simply double the ingredients and bake using multiple cookie sheets. If baking two or more cookie sheets at a time, you may need to rotate the sheets in the oven halfway through baking.
Tips for Making Pretzel Cookies
I recommend using mini pretzel twists since they’re bite-sized and are easier to stuff into cookie dough. If using larger pretzels, you may want to break them up with your hands first. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips in this recipe, but you can use another variety if desired. I bet peanut butter or butterscotch chips would also be divine. When forming the cookie dough balls, shield large pretzel pieces on the undersides of dough mounds so the pretzels aren’t resting directly on the baking sheet. They’re prone to burning, so you have to be careful.
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