These subway style chocolate chip cookies are super chocolaty, super rich, super delicious and just super wonderful. They are beautifully soft, with a slight crisp edge, gooey in the middle and total worth every calorie!!!
Have you had those amazing cookies from Subway? I am sure you have!!! They are beautifully soft, with a slight crisp edge, gooey in the middle and total worth every calorie!!! I love all of them, but the boys favourites (and so the ones I thought I should perfect first) are the double choc chip ones.
How to make subway cookies at home
It has taken me a few attempts to get a cookie that I was proud to call a Subway Copycat Recipe. I made plenty of delicious cookies, but they didn't quite have that special something that Subway has. If you give them a go let me know what you think!
But it is completely possibly to make the soft centred subway cookies at home. You just need to follow a few simple tips.
- Start with soft room temperature butter. Don't be tempted to microwave your butter. If the butter is too soft your cookies will spread and end up very flat! You want to be able to push your finger into it easily and without resistance, but it should still hold it's shape. (see below for tips on softening butter)
- The eggs need to be at room temperature too! This is how you get that lovely soft inside.
How to soften butter quickly for cookies
- Chop the butter into small cubes and place in a bowl. Make sure the bowl is large enough for the butter to be nice and spread out. This ensure it will soften quickly and evenly.
- Half fill a microwave-safe jug/bowl with water. (about 2-3 cups of water)
- Microwave the water for 3 minutes until boiling.
- Carefully remove the water from microwave and immediately place the bowl of butter inside.
- Close the door, to trap in the hot air, and leave for 10 minutes.
- Your butter will be soft but not melted.
Edit: you don't switch the microwave on once the butter is in there. It is just shut inside with the hot air created by the water.
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Why are subway cookies so soft?
The key to that soft tender cookie is the butter. This is why I have given the tips above! The room temperature butter makes all the difference!
Why is room temperature butter so important when making cookies?
When butter is at room temperature the sugar can mix together with the butter. As you mix them the sugar crystals cut the butter into tiny pieces with air pockets between them. This is why when you cream butter and sugar your mixture gets paler.
These little pockets of air expand during cooking and give you a soft inside.
If the butter is melted the sugar just dissolves so no air can be incorporated.
If the butter is fridge cold then it is impossible to whip the sugar into the butter, so you get less air incorporated.
I couldn't resist a bite!!!!
Enjoy xx
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Subway style Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick softened butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour (plain flour)
- ¼ cup coco powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF.
- Put the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar into the bowl of your stand mixer. Beat them together until the mixture is ighter and everything is well combined. (about 3 minutes)
- Add the vanilla extract and the egg, then beat once more until everything is creamy and even lighter in colour. (This takes about 3-4 minutes)
- Add in the flour, coco powder, salt and baking soda, then mix until the flour is just combined.
- Tip in the the white and milk chocolate chips into the mixture.
- Then mix until everything is combined.
- Roll golf ball sized balls of dough and place them onto a baking sheet lined with cooking paper. Ensure they are 5cm (2 inches) apart
- Bake for 10 minutes until lightly golden. (They will be soft when you take them from the oven!)
- Carefully transfer the cookies still on the cooking paper to a cooling rack, then use a spoon to gently flatten the still soft cookies.
- Leave the cookies to cool.
Nutrition
Nutrition is per serving
Rosalie says
I’ve made these cookies a few times now and they are a big hit with my family and grandkids. I let the butter get to room temp along with the egg, like you said, but I used spelt flour and only coconut sugar and dark chocolate chips. What I do differently is, I put some olive oil on my hands and scoop out a wooden spoons worth of batter on the palm of my hand and flatten the cookie out in my hand and then put on the parchment paper. Every six cookies I have to clear off my hands of the batter and put a little more olive oil on my hands, so the batter doesn’t stick to my hands. It works well for me. I bake 10 minutes, then take them out of the oven and let them sit on the cookie sheet for five more minutes, then scoop up with the spatula and put on the cookie rack. They come out perfect and they’re already spread out. Thank you for the utterly delectable mouth watering cookie treat! Delicious!!
Claire McEwen says
The olive oil on your hands is a great tip 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment.
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Kylie says
I tried it! It came out just like yours 🙌🏼 (& Subways!)
Boys loved them 🤎
Kristen says
These are super easy to make! Great tip and explanation on why to use room temperature butter and eggs… I’ve never really bothered about those finer details before but glad to know why it’s so important. The cookies turned out great I’ve eaten too many. I felt like I could taste the baking soda throughout a tiny bit so next time I make these I might try 1/2 tsp instead.
Mr F says
Omg I never knew I could make cookies better than Subway. I’m going to save a fortune. Thanks for perfecting this recipe it’s awesome 👍
Mr F says
Omg I never knew I could make cookies better than Subway. I’m going to save a fortune. Thanks for perfecting this recipe it’s awesome 👍
nina says
hi does the cookies need to be chilled before we bake ?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Nina,
you can do, but they don't need to be 🙂
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Alicia says
These came out amazing!! I knew to flatten them before baking so I did and they came out perfect!! This will definitely be my go to double chocolate cookie recipe from now on!!
Claire McEwen says
YEAH 🙂
So pleased you loved them!
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