Twix Candy Bar Cookies

I felt like experimenting this weekend and this is what I came up with.

I decided to try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe, so I picked the King Arthur Flour's Essential Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. This recipe uses vinegar and corn syrup, which are both slightly odd ingredients not normally found in chocolate chip cookies. The corn syrup adds a nice chewiness to the cookies and the vinegar actually works as a leavener to give the cookie a little lift. The resulting cookies had a nice chewiness and were not too sweet, but they were a little on the sticky side due to the caramel in the Twix bar.

Twix Candy Bar Cookie
(Source: The King Arthur Flour's Cookie Companion, adapted from The Essential Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie)

3/4 c softened unsalted butter

2/3 c dark brown sugar (I actually used light brown sugar since that's what I had on hand)

2/3 c granulated sugar

2 tbsp light corn syrup

1 tbsp cider vinegar or white vinegar (I used white vinegar)

2 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 1/4 c unbleached all-purpose flour

2 c Twix candy bars, chopped

1 c milk chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, corn syrup, and vinegar, then beat in the eggs. Beat in the vanilla, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir in the flour and Twix bars/chocolate chips.

3. Drop by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, until they're just set; the centers may still look underdone. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a baking rack.