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Air fryer chocolate chip cookies ready to serve
Vagner Carvalho

Small-Batch Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

An air fryer is useful when you want a small batch of chocolate chip cookies without heating a full oven. Its strong fan can brown the tops quickly, so these cookies use a moderate temperature and small, evenly flattened dough portions.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling and cooling 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8 cookies
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Calories: 175
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tablespoons (57 g) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup (50 g) packed light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (25 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 95 g all-purpose flour (approximately 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon, spooned and leveled)
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon fine salt (0.75 g)
  • 1/3 cup (60 g) chocolate chips

Equipment

  • Air fryer with approved baking insert or liner
  • Kitchen scale
  • Mixing bowl

Method
 

  1. Beat the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar for 1–2 minutes until smooth and slightly lighter. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla.
  2. Whisk flour, baking soda and salt separately. Fold into the butter mixture just until combined, then fold in the chocolate chips. Do not eat raw dough.
  3. Divide into 8 equal portions, about 38 g each, and flatten to discs about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) thick. Chill for 20 minutes.
  4. Use a manufacturer-approved fitted baking insert or a securely weighted liner with the cookies placed on it. Do not preheat with loose parchment. Set to 320°F (160°C), using the bake setting if available. Arrange four cookies with at least 3 inches (7.5 cm) between centers, or fewer if necessary.
  5. Bake for 8–10 minutes, checking at 7 minutes. Edges should be set and golden and the centers no longer look wet. Leave on the insert for 5 minutes to set before transferring carefully to a rack. Repeat with the remaining dough, keeping it chilled until needed.

Notes

Planning times depend on batch size, thickness and appliance. Allow 20 minutes of chilling plus about 5 minutes of setting time; baking two rounds takes roughly 16–20 minutes. A very small basket may fit only two cookies per round. Nutrition is an ingredient-based estimate per serving (one cookie). Per one of 8 equal cookies, using all ingredients and semisweet chocolate chips. Portion size and chocolate brand change the values. Illustrative images are generated, not a record of a personal cooking test.