White chocolate chips are severally under rated. These cookies are sweet and simple to trow together. The blue colour is completely optional but a fun way to spruce up a typical cookie.
These white chocolate chip cookies are inspired by the blue chocolate chip cookies that Percys mother makes for him in Percy Jackson and the lightning thief by Rick Riordan. All of the treats that she makes for him are blue just like the ocean.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp salted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- blue food colouring
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 bag of white chocolate chips
Tips & Tricks:
- Food Colouring: Gel food colouring works best for make these their vibrant colour.
- Add Ins: Make these more like a cookie monster cookies by adding chopped up oreo cookies or other chocolate chip cookies. You can also swap your white chocolate chips for regular chocolate chips.
- Chill Your Dough: Keep the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes before cooking to get a chewier texture.
- Baking: Before baking your cookies push them down a little the cookies do not spread out very much.
- Storage: Store the cookies in an airtight container for 3-5 days.