Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups a la Mode Recipe

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups a la Mode
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 9 or 10, depending on size
Ingredients: ¾ cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2/3 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark); 2/3 cup white sugar; 1 Tbsp white vinegar; 2 large eggs; 1 Tbsp vanilla; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp baking soda; 2¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (regular or mini); Ice Cream (I used Perry's Dark Chocolate, for topping cookie cups; Strawberry Syrup, for drizzling on top

Ingredients

¾ cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark)
2/3 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp white vinegar
2 large eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (regular or mini)
Ice Cream (I used Perry's Dark Chocolate, for topping cookie cups
Strawberry Syrup, for drizzling on top

	PREP TIME 10m	COOK TIME 20m	TOTAL TIME 30m
YIELD 9 or 10, depending on size

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Mix in vinegar, eggs and vanilla until well blended.
In a medium bowl, stir together the salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour until combined.
Add the flour mixture gradually into the butter mixture, beating to combine.
Mix in chocolate chips.
Portion dough into balls and place in lightly greased jumbo muffin tin, filling each cavity about ? full of dough.
Bake about 20-22 minutes (check at 18 if your oven cooks hot) or until middle is mostly cooked (I had to put mine in a few more times to make sure they were done but they were perfect right at 20 minutes - a little gooey is still fine because they will cook in the pan a little bit more as they cool).
As soon as you take them out of the oven, use something with a circular bottom (I use the bottom of an ice cream scoop or a tablespoon) to press into the middle of the cups and make craters. Whatever you use should be slightly less than the width of the cookie. If after making indentation, you realize the cookies are too gooey, stick them in the oven for a couple more minutes.
Let cool in the pan until they pop out easily.
Run a butter knife around the edges of the cookies to loosen and gently lift out. I didn't need to do this, I just pulled them out with my fingers. These are best served slightly WARM because of the ice cream.
Transfer cookies to working surface and top with one scoop of ice cream each. Drizzle strawberry ice cream topping over each and serve immediately.