Bailey's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie? Well, these Bailey’s Chocolate Chip Cookies will give you even more reasons to love them. This fun and slightly boozy twist on the classic cookie is a chocolatey chewy cookie, with a touch of cocoa powder and Bailey’s Irish Cream mixed in.
Servings: 5 dozen
Calories: 51kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 shots of Baileys Irish Cream 9 Tablespoons
- 1 12-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips, (2 cups)
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together: flour, baking soda, cocoa, and salt. Set aside.
- Using your mixer, cream together the butter and the sugars.
- Mix the vanilla and eggs into the butter mixture. Combine well before adding in the Bailey’s. Mix once again.
- Add the dry ingredients in a little at a time, mixing into the wet mixture as you go.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Chill the dough in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours before baking.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a cookie dough scoop and place the dough balls onto the baking sheet. Placing them about 1 ½ – 2 inches apart. Press additional chocolate chips into the tops if you want a glossy look to them after they bake.
- Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes, taking them out as soon as they start turning brown around the edges. DO NOT overbake them.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Notes
These cookies will keep on the counter in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freeze them for up to 3 months.
Want to have some in the freezer to bake at a moment’s notice? Freeze some of the cookie dough balls and bake them when you have a craving!
Reserve a handful if you want to add some to the tops of your cookies.
I used a 1 Tablespoon-sized cookie scoop.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 51kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 39mg | Sugar: 6g