These amazing Blue Dory Cookies from the classic Block Island bed and breakfast are chocolate chunk cookies made with only four ingredients! How much better could a cookie recipe get?
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Why we love this recipe
There are so many reasons to love this completely unique chocolate chip cookie recipe. First and most importantly, they have a secret ingredient (more on that later!) that makes them addictively delicious.
Second, you only need four – four! – ingredients to bake up a batch of these scrumptious cookies.
And for anyone who has ever visited the lovely Blue Dory Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island. they are a reminder of delicious summer days.
The Blue Dory is a little bit of heaven right in the center of the tiny town. Rocking chairs on the porch, antique furniture in the rooms, walking distance to the beautiful New England beach…and Blue Dory Cookies.
Every afternoon we would come back from wherever we had been that day and there would be a plate of these warm, wonderful cookies on the kitchen table. They are chocolate chunk cookies, but they are lighter and not as sweet as your traditional chocolate chip cookie, and totally addictive.
Finally one day I asked the owner what the secret was, and she told me the only sweetener was maple syrup. Which you can’t really taste in the cookie, but it is the perfect ingredient. And then she wrote out the recipe on a piece of the inn stationary, and I have treasured it ever since.
Now, I know that piece of paper says chopped walnuts, and you are perfectly free to put those in if you like — I’m sure they would be lovely. But the Blue Dory cookies we had back in the day only had chocolate chunks, and so that is the only way I have ever made ’em.
Ingredients you need
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Self-Rising Flour: Make sure you use this variety, not all-purpose flour.
- Butter: Salted or unsalted is fine, and if you have it at room temperature it will beat up more quickly.
- Chocolate Chunks: You can usually find these in the baking aisle.
- Maple Syrup: Use the real stuff, not imitation syrup, for the very best flavor.
How to make this recipe
STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 350 and line a couple of cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
STEP 2: Cream a pound of room temperature butter in your mixer until it is nice and fluffy. Stir in four and a half cups of self-rising flour at low speed.
STEP 3: Add a cup and a half of maple syrup in a slow, steady stream.
STEP 4: Stir in 2 cups of chocolate chunks.
STEP 5: Drop them by large spoonfuls (a tablespoon or two) onto cookie sheets. A cookie scoop is great for this if you have one.
STEP 6: Bake them up for fifteen long minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then cool on wire cooling racks.
STEP 7: (the most important step!) Give the first one to your sweetheart with a kiss and a hug. Make vacation plans.
Recipe FAQs
Self-rising flour has a little salt and a little baking powder mixed in with a soft version of all-purpose flour, so the leavening agent (the thing that makes your cookies rise and gives them that soft and fluffy texture) is all in there. You can find self-rising flour in the baking aisle right near the regular all-purpose flour.
Technically yes, but one of the magical parts of this cookie is the big pockets of chocolate that you get from the chunks. They can sometimes be found in the baking aisle of your supermarket, and Target is pretty reliable about stocking them. When I can’t find them, I buy about six Hershey bars and break them into chunks.
I promise that between the maple syrup and the chocolate, these cookies are going to be just the right amount of sweet! And it’s fun having folks try and guess what the secret ingredient is!
Pop your question in the comments section below and I will answer pronto!
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Melting moments cookies are a delightful little sugar cookie guaranteed to melt the heart of the lucky person you bake them for! |
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So if you are looking for the perfect, peaceful, romantic bed and breakfast getaway, the Southern husband and I highly recommend the Blue Dory.
And in the meantime, make their wonderful cookies for someone you love.
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Blue Dory Cookies
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These amazing Blue Dory Cookies from the classic Block Island bed and breakfast are chocolate chunk cookies made with only four ingredients! How much better could a cookie recipe get?
- Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 40 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 pound butter
- 4 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
- 2 cups chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 and line a couple of cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Cream butter in mixer until fluffy. Stir in flour at low speed.
- Add maple syrup in a slow, steady stream.
- Stir in chocolate chunks.
- Drop large spoonfuls (about one to two tablespoons each) onto greased cookie sheets 2 inches apart and bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then cool on wire cooling racks.
- Give the first one to your sweetheart with a kiss and a hug. Make vacation plans.
Notes
Self-Rising Flour: Make sure you use this variety of flour and not regular all-purpose flour. It’s easy to find in the baking aisle.
Butter: Either salted or unsalted will work fine – I tend to use salted for this recipe.
Maple Syrup: Use the real stuff! No imitation maple syrup for this recipe…look for it in the breakfast aisle of your supermarket.
Martha in KS says
When I saw Blue Dory, all I could think of was “Just keep swimming…” lol
Kate Morgan Jackson says
Ha! That’s right! :)
Judy says
We make maple syrup from our land here in Wisconsin and I just had to try this recipe. I don’t use sugar and I will definitely be making these cookies again, my husband just loved them.
Kate Morgan Jackson says
Judy! I’m so glad – and how wonderful that you make your own maple syrup! :)
Cassandra Klesch says
This recipe looks unique. Theinimal ingredients are om the same vein as a Russian tea cake or Mexican wedding cookie. I am definitely making these.
Kate Morgan Jackson says
I hope you love them as much as we do!