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Here’s the story behind these famous cookies:
In the early ’80’s, many hotels gave treats (like fresh baked cookies) to their VIP guests. But DoubleTree (Hilton) Hotel decided they wanted to make each one of their guests feel like a VIP by offering every single one of them a freshly baked, monstrous chocolate chip cookie.
Every DoubleTree by Hilton hotel follows this exact recipe and bakes fresh cookies for their guests every single day, all over the world! Apparently, they also spread good cheer by donating these cookies to community members like fire fighters, homeless shelters, doctors and nurses, and orphanages. Isn’t that sweet?
The first word I would use to describe these cookies is behemoth. Because these cookies are nothing if not gigantic and full of hefty, hearty ingredients like oatmeal and walnuts.
Like last week’s batch, I wasn’t sure I was going to be in love with these cookies. I like oatmeal cookies just fine, and I don’t particularly mind walnuts in cookies… just not in my chocolate chip cookies. When I bite into a chocolate chip cookie, all I want to taste is butter, brown sugar, and chocolate. And more butter. I don’t need oatmeal getting in my way, thankyouverymuch.
But these pleasantly surprised me. Since the oats are pulsed into a flour and the walnuts are finely chopped, they simply lend a lot of girth to the cookies without getting in the way of the classic taste and texture you enjoy in a chocolate chip cookie.
We loved these warm and gooey fresh from the oven, but I think they’re just as delicious completely cooled too. Even at room temp several hours after baking, the outside was crispy and the inside was slightly underbaked and gooey.
Oh! And I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to mention this…. the chocolate chips you guys! There are THREE CUPS of chocolate chips in these cookies. By far, that’s the highest chips to dough ratio of any recipes I’ve tried so far. I was even concerned that I wouldn’t be able to get the dough to form a ball with all those chips in the way, but the universe has a way of working out this sort of a thing, and they formed dough balls just fine.
Seriously. Just look at all those chocolate chips.
This cookie means business. Well done, Doubletree!
DoubleTree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: approximately 20 large cookies
The DoubleTree (Hilton) Hotel gives one of these delicious cookies to each of their guests to make them feel special. One bite and you'll know why!
Ingredients
1/2 cup rolled oats
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
2 eggs
3 cups miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts*
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
Grind oats in a food processor or blender until fine. Combine the ground oats with the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
Cream together the butter, sugars, vanilla, and lemon juice in another medium bowl with an electric mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix until smooth.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until dough forms. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
Chill the dough overnight in the refrigerator before baking the cookies.**
Spoon rounded 1/4 cup portions onto prepared cookie sheet., 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 minutes, until edges are golden brown. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
*I used my food processor to "chop" the walnuts. I like this method, because it chops them so fine and so quickly!
**Easy tip for chilling the dough: scoop the dough before chilling overnight. I scoop my dough onto paper plates, stack the plates, and cover the stack with cling wrap to save space in my small refrigerator. You could also scoop and chill them on a baking sheet or into a tupperware container. Scooping before chilling is so much easier than trying to scoop hard, chilled dough the next day!
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Some preferred more cinnamon, others more walnuts than chocolate chips. Struggling to find consistency, DoubleTree, a Hilton Company, wanted its chefs to stick to a certain recipe, Kyriopoulos said, so the company canvased the nation's top bakers through a bidding process. Christie Cookie Co. came out on top.
If you ever do, you may run into a bellman named Adam, who is telling everyone about The DoubleTree Cookie. Don't ignore him, they are the real deal. The cookies are given out complimentary to guests who stay, but they can also be purchased in a tin of six cookies for $13 and change.
The warm chocolate chip cookie welcome is synonymous with DoubleTree hotels worldwide, and travelers look forward to receiving one, fresh from the oven, upon their arrival. Our cookies have a passionate fan following and a long history.
The simple gesture of offering a warm DoubleTree chocolate chip cookie at check-in has become synonymous with the brand's commitment to providing guests with a warm welcome and comfortable stay.
In December 1999, Hilton Hotels Corporation acquired Promus Hotel Corporation, which brought Doubletree Hotels and other Promus hotel brands under the umbrella of the newly renamed Hilton Worldwide.
Today, out of a 20,000-square-foot facility, Christie Cookie Co. produces around 30 million DoubleTree cookies every year, shipping frozen dough to every DoubleTree in North America as well as some in Latin America.
The simple gesture of offering a warm DoubleTree Cookie at check-in has become synonymous with the brand's commitment to providing guests with a warm welcome and unforgettable stay.
Microwave Method:Place a damp paper towel in the microwave with the cookies.Microwave in short bursts (10 seconds) until the cookies become slightly soft. Be cautious not to overheat, as this can make them too soft or cause the chocolate to melt.
The DoubleTree has long welcomed guests with its warm chocolate chip cookies. But these cookies include walnuts. By adding Homefree cookies, DoubleTree will allow guests with nut allergies to enjoy a delicious welcome treat, too.
Bakery or homemade cookies can be stored at room temperature two to three weeks or two months in the refrigerator. Cookies retain their quality when stored in the freezer for eight to 12 months.
For more than 25 years, we've welcomed guests at more than 370 global hotels and have given out more than 300 million warm chocolate chip cookies at check-in. This gesture has become a powerful symbol of the little, bright moments in life.
Wakefield's confection was known originally as the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie, after the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant that she ran with her husband in eastern Massachusetts.
DoubleTree by Hilton welcomes you with comfortable accommodations, unique food and beverage experiences, modern fitness and events spaces, and a warm cookie upon arrival.
The original recipe was created in the late 1930s by Ruth Wakefield who famously ran the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The delicious mix of crispy cookie and melted chocolate chunks first appeared in her 1938 cookbook “Tried and True,” and was intended to accompany ice cream.
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