Spiced Rum Chocolate Chip Cookies
Inspired by Joanna Gaines's chocolate chip cookie recipe -- and a lack of vanilla extract -- I got to experimenting...and wound up with a total crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 tbsp spiced rum
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until it forms a light paste, almost like the texture of a body scrub. Add rum and eggs, mixing until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar-butter mixture, stirring until a thick dough forms. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Place roughly 1-inch balls of dough onto a baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly golden. Let cool for a few minutes before devouring.