Doubletree Cookies

There are times when I love creating new recipes, especially fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, like Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chunky Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies.

But then there are those other times when copycat recipes are informative and fun to play around with. This is what the DoubleTree Cookie recipe is all about. Follow along and learn how you can make these famous cookies right at home.

Ingredients

My favorite thing about the DoubleTree Hotel chocolate chip cookies is that there are no complicated ingredients. It’s basically like your classic chocolate chip cookie recipe with a few fun additions. For home bakers and the like, we will need:

• All-purpose flour: All-purpose flour is the base of the official recipe, and it wouldn’t be a classic chocolate chip cookie without it.
• Oat flour: Oat flour gives the Double Tree chocolate chip cookie its tender crumb. You can buy oat flour at the store or make ground oats at home. All you have to do is to process rolled oats in your food processor (or a spice grinder) until you reach a fine powder. However, make sure to use rolled oats, as other types of oats will not work in this recipe. And if you are new to the world of oats, here is a helpful article about the difference between Rolled Oats and Quick Oats.
• Baking soda: Baking soda gives the cookies a slight lift and golden brown color.
• Kosher salt: Kosher salt or sea salt can be used to enhance those oat, walnut, and chocolate flavors.
• Ground cinnamon: Cinnamon is part of the original recipe that adds a subtle background warmth.
• Unsalted butter: Use unsalted butter, since there is salt in the recipe, and bring it to room temperature.
• Cane sugar: While you can use granulated white sugar, I like the less processed cane sugar.
• Coconut sugar: Coconut sugar replaces the light brown sugar. It creams just as well as the brown sugar. With that being said, if all you have is dark brown sugar, that would work as well.
• Vanilla extract: Vanilla extract gives it that classic cookie sweetness.
• Lemon juice: While untraditional, lemon juice is part of the top-secret recipe that gives it the brightness it needs to cut through some of the sweetness. Make sure not to skip it!
• Eggs: Two large eggs bind and lift the cookies to just the right texture.
• Semi-sweet chocolate chips: The original recipe calls for Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips, but we use Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate chips (affiliate link.) You can use any chocolate chip you prefer; just stick to semi-sweet for the most authentic flavor.
• Walnuts: Walnuts add buttery crunch, but you can swap these out for almonds or pecans, or omit them altogether.

How to Make DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whether you want to create fond memories or be the host with the most welcoming guests with the perfect cookies, these Double Tree cookies will get you there. Here’s how I like to make them:

1. Mix the dry ingredients: In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flours, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
2. Cream butter and sugars: In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter, cane sugar, and coconut sugar with a hand mixer at medium speed for 5-6 minutes.
3. Add flavorings: Add the vanilla extract and lemon juice and mix for 30 seconds.
4. Add eggs: Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix on medium-speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.

5. Make cookie dough: Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture in 3 batches while simultaneously mixing on low speed. Make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl before adding each batch of flour.
6. Add mix-ins: Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts with a rubber spatula.
7. Scoop cookies: Using a large ice cream scoop (3 tbsp), portion dough onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. You should end up with about 20 cookies.
8. Rest overnight (optional): Loosely cover the balls of dough with plastic wrap. Place it in the fridge to rest overnight.
9. Preheat oven: When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

10. Prepare baking sheets: Line another cookie sheet with parchment paper. Divide the cookies using two baking sheets, making sure that they are 2 inches apart from one another.
11. Bake: Bake the cookies, rotating halfway through, for 20-23 minutes, until they are golden brown.
12. Cool: Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

How to Make Ahead, Store, and Freeze?

Hilton cookies are a delectable treat to have on hand at a moment’s notice. I can assure you, these gooey cookies are the real deal. Here are my storage tips:

• Make Ahead: The dough for DoubleTree Hotel cookies can be made in advance and tightly wrapped in plastic wrap. Store in the refrigerator for 1-2 days.
• Storage: Hilton chocolate chip cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days.
• Freeze unbaked cookies: Flash freeze the unbaked balls of dough. To do so, place the dough balls on the sheet pan in the freezer for 8 hours and then transfer them to a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Bake right from frozen.
• Freeze baked cookies: Make sure that the cookies come to room temperature and then flash-freeze them on a baking sheet for 1 hour, then transfer them to a freezer bag. Frozen cookies will keep for up to 3 months. Thaw to room temperature before enjoying!