Sally Jackson’s Famous Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies
In honor of the Percy Jackson Season 2 finale on Disney+ this Wednesday, it’s only fitting to whip out Sally Jackson’s iconic blue chocolate chip cookies. I hope you all have enjoyed this season as much as I have. I swear, if we don’t make it till Battle of the Labyrinth, I will riot.
Notes on the cookies
This recipe can also double as a go-to soft and chewy chocolate-chip cookie recipe if you take out the blue food coloring. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the reference 🙁
When you take the cookies out of the oven, they will not look done completely – this is exactly what you want. Taking the cookies out at this point will allow them to cool and set while remaining very pretty and very chewy. If you prefer your cookies on the crunchier side, by all means, let them cook for a minute or two longer.
Additionally, as the cookies cool, place individual chocolate chips on top, poking them into place on the cookie. This is a trick I learned from my older sister, and it makes sure you always have a good amount of chocolate chips and that the cookies look a little bit prettier. Lastly, if you’re feeling fancy, sprinkle a little sea salt on top of the finished cookies for the dazzling son of the sea god himself.
Sally Jackson’s Famous Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 350℉ and prepare and line a baking sheet (to reduce my waste usage, instead of parchment paper, I prefer to use a silicon baking mat, which you can find cheap on Amazon)
- Beat butter and sugars together in a bowl
- Add and beat in vanilla, apple-cider vinegar, and egg to the mixture one at a time
- At this point, add in blue food coloring dropwise until the dough reaches the desired color
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt
- Beat together the dry ingredients with the blue dough, adding the dry ingredients slowly, in thirds (this helps avoid the dramatic poof of flour)
- Once combined, fold in the chocolate chips, leaving a handful off to the side for later
- Using two spoons, scoop the dough into small clumps and bake for 8-10 minutes (Note: The cookies will not look completely done, appearing very soft and fragile. They will set more firmly as they cool)
- While the cookies cool, place individual chocolate chips on top of each cookie as desired and sprinkle cookies with additional sea salt to taste
- Allow cookies to further cool for at least 10 minutes before transferring
