I fell in love with this microwave chocolate chip cookie recipe, and I hope you will, too. Some links are affiliate links that earn me a commission if you purchase through them.
Last night, I craved dessert. Honestly, I blame my son. “Mom, can I have a chocolate chip cookie?”
Unfortunately, I had no cookies in the house. Well…maybe fortunately.
Once he mentioned it, however, I couldn’t shake the desire for a chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven. The warm slightly gooey cookie with the melted chocolate? Oh yes please.
I didn’t want to make an entire batch and have all the cookies in my house, nor did I want to spend a half hour or more making and baking them. As I emptied the dishwasher and removed a ramekin I’d used for my homemade French onion soup, I paused.
A ramekin sized cookie would be perfect. Technically, I could have made just one and shared it with my son.
But hey, when you develop recipes, you need to try different things and figure out what works best and what doesn’t work. Needless to say, everyone in the family got a microwave chocolate chip cookie.
Things I learned? While I love oatmeal in my baked chocolate chip cookies, it doesn’t work as well in an individual chocolate chip cookie.
My big surprise? This recipe needs no baking soda.
A touch of milk helps if you use whole wheat flour, but the butter and egg provide sufficient liquid generally. Egg white doesn’t work as well as the yolk.
In fact, I ended up using a single egg yolk. The egg white I set aside for another use.
My son suggested I make some homemade pretzels. But I think I may make some marshmallow fluff instead. After all, strawberries are in season, and I need to make these s’mores stuffed strawberries again soon!
But first, the microwave chocolate chip cookie recipe. It takes just a few minutes to mix up – using a spoon! – and just another minute to bake. As soon as the top looks set, take it out and enjoy!
Because this has an egg yolk only, it looks a little more yellow than your traditional chocolate chip cookies, so don’t be surprised. It tastes fantastic, and that tiny touch of cinnamon adds the perfect extra flavor note.
Check out the video of how I really, truly make this as quickly as I promise. Go make this now!
How to Make a Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookie
Use a ramekin to mix the dough and bake your cookie. This helps ensure even baking. There’s no need to grease the dish. You will eat your microwave chocolate chip cookie from it.
Add butter to the ramekin and heat until it starts to melt. You don’t need it entirely liquid. Add the sugars and stir with a small spoon. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and stir again.
Once well mixed, add salt and cinnamon and stir to incorporate. Add your heaping tablespoons of flour. That means more than a flat tablespoon. It doesn’t mean flour falling off it. You want it to look like this.
Stir until you can only see just a little white from the flour, then add chocolate chips. Stir again to distribute and then flatten the top a bit. It doesn’t have to be perfect.
Place in your microwave for a minute. Check to make sure the top is set. If it looks a little wet still, pop it in for another fifteen seconds. Once it looks dry, add a scoop of ice cream or just dive right in!
Have you ever tried a microwave chocolate chip cookie? What’s your secret?
Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- splash of vanilla
- pinch of salt
- dash of cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add butter to ramekin and heat until it starts to melt. Add sugars and stir. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and stir again.1 tablespoon unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 egg yolk, splash of vanilla
- Once well mixed, add salt and cinnamon and stir to incorporate. Add heaping tablespoons of flour. Stir until only a little white remains, then add chocolate chips. Stir again to distribute and then smooth the top.pinch of salt, dash of cinnamon, 3 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
- Cook in microwave for one minute. If the top looks a little wet, cook in for another fifteen seconds. Once finished, add a scoop of ice cream or just dive right in!
Video
Notes
- You can make this with whole wheat flour of standard all purpose flour. If you use whole wheat flour, add a teaspoon of milk with the egg yolk. Note that the egg yolk will cause the cookie to be a slightly different color, but it tastes just like what you expect.
- For more tips and tricks, be sure to read the full article above.
Nutrition
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Honestly, ramekin cookies can never be the same as real cookies because they can’t crisp. However, this is one of the best cookie ramekin recipes I’ve made. It’s fast easy and tastes as close to a real cookie as you can get.
They can’t crisp, but shhh I’m a chewy cookie person. And this is my go to when I want a sweet treat for one – quickly. I’m glad it’s the one that you enjoy the most 🙂
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This looks so good. I think my daughter would love to make one! I might have to try it soon. 🙂
Do it! I know she’d love it as much as my kids do!