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The Boozy Ingredient That'll Take Your Chocolate Chip Cookies Up A Level
By Laura Zbinden
Adding Baileys Irish Cream to your chocolate chip cookie recipe is a great way to give your dessert a deeper, richer flavor with the aromatic benefits of the sweet liqueur.
It's been scientifically proven that our sense of smell is integral to tasting and enjoying foods, so adding sweet alcohol with a rich smell can enhance the flavor of your cookies.
According to the iconic culinary brand Betty Crocker, adding alcohol to baked goods helps the "fat and water bind together to improve the flavor perception."
Irish cream liqueur works well in chocolate chip cookies because it has a pleasantly sweet, creamy chocolate and vanilla flavor without the typical bitterness of many liquors.
You should start by adding a little bit to your cookies since adding too much can quickly overpower the subtleties of the dough and disrupt the balance of flavors you're going for.
Start with 3 tablespoons of Baileys for a batch of two dozen cookies. If you want to amp up the Irish cream flavor, you can add Baileys-flavored chocolate chips to the mix.