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Love those bite-size Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in the yellow bag? This is my copycat version and they’re even better: small, delicious bite size cookies that can be super crunchy or soft, your choice!
Copycat recipes are one of my specialties: I love creating my favorite store and restaurant desserts at home! Famous Amos was always my favorite cookie, especially in college. They had the little yellow bags in the vending machine and I’d get them every chance I got. Learning how to make these bite size cookies at home was a game changer and I always have a batch in my freezer, waiting for me.
How Famous Amos Copycat Cookies Taste Authentic
- They’re thick like the original cookie with that cake-like center that’s actually crunchy.
- They crunch up more as they cool, yielding that expected snap.
- The mini chocolate chips set these apart from regular chocolate chip cookies!
Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
- Crisco shortening helps cookies brown and get crunchy, while the butter gives a ton of flavor that you expect in a cookie. Both should be softened to room temperature.
- Brown Sugar helps with flavor and softness (the actual cookie ingredients include molasses, which comes in via the brown sugar) and granulated sugar helps with crunchiness and spread.
- Baking Soda helps with spread and rise (not baking powder, which makes a cakey cookie)
- Milk creates a thicker cookie with less chew, which is important for these crunchy cookies.
- Mini Chocolate Chips are important to keep them small. You could also chop up regular chocolate chips or chocolate bars.
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Dorothy’s Testing Notes
- The longer you bake these, the darker and crunchier they’ll get. Use less bake time for a lighter, softer cookie with crisp edges and a longer time for a dark, crunchy cookie.
- Because of the shortening, these don’t spread like regular chocolate chip cookies. You need to press them down a bit before baking.
- They’ll crisp up more as they cool.
- You can freeze them for up to 3 months in an airtight container.
Famous Amos Cookie Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups (248g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup (48g) vegetable shortening, (Crisco)
- ¼ cup (57g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100g) packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons (30mL) milk
- 1 cup (170g) mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpat baking mats.
- Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl and set aside.
- Cream butter, shortening, and sugars together in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
- Beat in egg, vanilla, and milk, then mix in flour mixture until cookie dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Scoop 1-tablespoon balls of dough and place onto cookie sheets. Press the dough lightly with the palm of your hand to flatten just a bit. Bake for about 11-15 minutes, until the cookies are slightly browned. (Shorter bake time for softer, longer for crunchier.)
- Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to rack to cool completely. They will get crunchier as they cool.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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How to make Copycat Famous Amos Cookies
- The creamed butter, shortening, and sugars will yield a light brown, fluffy mixture.
- The dough will be quite loose until you add the dry ingredients.
- Once mixed, the dough will be thick enough to bake without chilling. There should not be transfer to your fingers.
- You don’t need to space Famous Amos Copycat cookies a ton because they’re small and won’t spread much.
Sad that you only experienced his cookies from a vending machine because that’s after a company bought his name and produced cheaper cookies to be sold in stores and vending machines. Its like comparing hamburger to a steak. He sold his name and not his recipe. He later tried to to open another cookie company calling it something else but was sued because of legal agreements of him not being able fo use his name. Another corporation the Keebler company later bought out famous Amos cookies from the other company and hired Wally Amos to be representative for the cookies. This is why Famous Amos cookies tastes liks little Chips Ahoy. You could only buy original Famous Amos cookies from the famous amos cookie store in the early to mid 1980’s.
I am thinking of trying these with only butter today as I am too lazy to go to the store to buy Crisco. I hope I don’t regret it! lol!
I think they’ll work just fine, they just won’t be as crispy. I totally like butter only cookies better!
HI there, is it possible to replace the egg with milk in this recipe. And if so, how much milk should i use? Thanks
I have no idea, honestly. I’ve never baked these cookies without eggs. If you try it, let me know.
1/4 cup butter is a whole stick, not a half.
It depends on what size sticks you’re using. A traditional 8 tablespoon stick of butter is 1/2 cup.
Omigosh! Made these for my dad’s company since its their 5th year anniversary and it turned out to be a big hit! Since i like my cookies crunchier, i baked them for 18 mins on the first rack and another 3 mins on the top rack so that both sides were a golden brown. Totally gonna make these again!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!! Great tips about baking them crunchier!
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