Subway Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Updated: Sep 13th 2023 • Published: Aug 4th 2022 • 29 Comments

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These Subway Style Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best choc chip cookie recipe ever! They are crisp around the edges, soft and slightly chewy in the center, and full of choc chips. They are seriously the best choc chip cookies!

These cookies have it all! But most importantly, you don’t need to chill the dough, meaning you can have these cookies in your mouth in under 30 minutes! Plus, the dough freezes perfectly and can be baked from frozen, so you can have a batch ready to go whenever the need for a cookie hits you!

Serve the cookies as an after-school treat, take them to work to wow your colleagues, or bake up a batch and eat them all while watching TV on a Friday night (sharing is optional).

close up on a subway style cookie on a wooden board

The perfect cookie should be easy to make, buttery, crispy yet soft, chewy, tender, and have the perfect balance of sweetness.

These Subway Style Choc Chip Cookies have it all! You probably have everything you need in your fridge or pantry right now.

round cookies stacked on a rustic wooden board

Ingredients

Butter: Use salted butter to give you a great-tasting cookie.
Sugar: The recipe calls for two types of sugar. White granulated Sugar and Light Brown. This is what gives you the chew.
Egg: One large room temperature egg.
AP Flour: You will need plain all-purpose flour for this recipe. I always use unbleached flour, but any plain all-purpose flour will be fine.
Salt: The measurements given in the recipe are for fine salt. If you are using kosher salt, add a pinch extra.
Baking Soda: This gives the cookies a bit of rise, which helps with the tender center. It is also called Bi-carb, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Bicarbonate of Soda. Don’t get confused with baking powder.
Chocolate Chips: I use Semi Sweet Choc chips as Semi Sweet gives you the closest results to Subway. (See substitutions for alternatives)

Substitutions

When it comes to baking ingredients, I have found that you can make very few substitutions without affecting the final cookie. But these have all given great results:

Butter: You can substitute for vegan butter or use canola oil. If you use oil, chill the dough for 30 minutes.
AP Flour: Although I haven’t tried it, my sister makes these with GF flour. She uses one that says it measures cup for cup with regular flour.
Choc Chips: You can substitute the semi-sweet choc chips for Milk Chocolate Chips, Dark Chocolate Chips, White Chocolate Chips, Caramel Chips, or Peanut butter chips.

Recipe Additions

To add additional ingredients, reduce the choc chips to 1 cup and add ½ a cup of your chosen ingredient.

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Nuts (almonds, cashew, peanuts, macadamia, walnuts, hazelnuts)
Dried berries (must be dried as fresh changes the wetness of the dough)
Candy like M&M’s or Reece’s Pieces.

close up of a stack of chocolate chip cookies with cup of tea

I like to roll the cookie dough into balls and flash-freeze them. This way, you can remove just the right number from the freezer.

To do this, roll the dough into balls and place them on a lined baking sheet. Place the sheet in the freezer for 30-45 minutes until they have hardened. You can then pop them into an airtight container. If you want to put them into a Ziplock bag, then allow them to freeze on the baking sheet for 2 hours until fully solid. Once frozen, they will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months.

How to bake frozen cookies

2-hour Method: This is for when you have time to plan! Defrost the cookies on a lined baking sheet and then bake as directed in the recipe card.

Instant Method: Preheat the oven. Once it is at temperature, remove the cookies from the freezer and place them on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 1 minute longer than the recipe suggests.

a subway style choc chip cookie leaning against a cup

Recipe Tips

The butter wants to be very soft. Your finger should push through it easily. If you have cold butter, cut it into chunks, microwave it for 5-7 seconds, and then stir it together.
Take time to really cream the butter and sugar together. It will take at least 3-4 minutes. This will ensure your cookies spread out during baking, giving you a chewy center.
Although the butter and sugar need to mix well, when adding the flour, only mix it until just combined. Overmixing it at this stage will give you a less tender cookie.
Spread the cookies out on the lined baking sheet, so they have space to spread.
Don’t overbake the cookie. When it comes from the oven, they will not look fully cooked. Please don’t put them back in, or you’ll get crispy cookies. As the cookies cool, they firm up.
When you remove the cookies from the oven, bang the sheet down on the countertop a couple of times to flatten the cookies. You can then use a spoon to flatten them further. This ensures you get a thin, soft.
Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. This stops them from breaking.

How to store Subway Style Choc Chip Cookies.

These are best the day you bake them, but they will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. But trust me, they won’t last that long!

choc chip cookies on a wooden board with a teapot behind

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