If you like small and crispy cookies, you'll love these copycat Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies! Perfectly tiny and perfectly crispy!—just as good as mini Chips Ahoy or Famous Amos cookies!
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Research shows that 65% of people prefer soft and chewy cookies, while only 35% prefer crispy cookies. These cookies are for my crispy cookie lovers. I'm not talking crispy on the edges and chewy in the center, I'm talking crispy cookies that SNAP perfectly in half. Research also shows that 54% of people prefer homemade cookies to store-bought. If you like Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies or mini Chips Ahoy, you'll LOVE these homemade mini chocolate chip cookies.
Famous Amos Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Are these an exact replica of Famous Amos crispy cookies? No. This is my copycat version for the 35% who like perfectly crispy cookies. I don't think they've ever shared the actual recipe from the 1970s, nor the recipe made and sold today. The zero-preservative recipe with chocolate chips and chopped pecans originally sold by Wally Amos has gone through a few versions over the years as the company changed hands. One thing has remained the same, however: these cookies are flavorful, teeny tiny, crispy, and loaded with chocolate chips. My homemade version is all of those things, but made with zero preservatives like the original. You can add chopped pecans if you really want to go old school.
This recipe makes 8 dozen tiny cookies that will stay crispy and fresh for days! They actually taste better on the second day. You can't say that for most cookie recipes.
Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 Tbsp. oil
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon molasses
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips (I used a combination of mini chocolate chips and regular chocolate chips)
How To Make Famous Amos Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Beat until light in color and fluffy. Mix in oil, egg, vanilla, and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Mix in chocolate chips.
Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Roll the cookie dough into TEASPOON-sized balls (not tablespoon).
Place on a cookie sheet.
Note: You can easily bake 24 cookies at a time on a half sheet pan.
Bake cookies for 11-12 minutes. Cookies will be golden.
Let cookies cool on the baking sheet. They will crisp as they cool.
Store cookies in an airtight container to keep them crispy and fresh.
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Copycat Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Famous Amos Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 Tbsp. oil
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon molasses
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Beat until light in color and fluffy.
- Mix in oil, egg, vanilla, and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll the cookie dough into TEASPOON-sized balls (not tablespoon).
- Place on a cookie sheet. Note: You can easily bake 24 cookies at a time on a half sheet pan.
- Bake cookies for 11-12 minutes. Cookies should be lightly golden.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheet. They will crisp as they cool.
Matt M says
Absolutely delicious. This is batch 4 that I am making right now and every previous batch has disappeared ridiculously fast. I do put chopped pecans in them and I’m only guessing how much to put in. I’m using a cup and a half on a double batch. Truly can’t say enough about how good these are!!!!
Brandy says
Love hearing this! They are so fun to make!
Michelle says
Absolutely perfect. Our entire families favorite "dunker".
Thank you!
Brandy says
Love to hear this, Michelle!
Brandy says
These are the perfect crispy cookies, and they stay fresh for days---perfectly bite-sized. One batch makes almost 100 cookies!