{"id":1436,"date":"2026-01-31T21:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:19:39","slug":"gooey-white-chocolate-center-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/gooey-white-chocolate-center-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gooey White Chocolate Center Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gooey White Chocolate Center Cookies<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2\u00be cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wet<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar (packed)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Filling &amp; Mix-ins<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>150\u2013200 g white chocolate bar, cut into cubes (for the gooey center)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup white chocolate chips or chunks (optional, for the dough)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Prep<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Line baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mix dry ingredients<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cream butter &amp; sugars<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In another bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until light and fluffy (2\u20133 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add eggs &amp; vanilla<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Gradually mix in dry ingredients until just combined.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in white chocolate chips if using.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fill the cookies<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Scoop about <strong>2 tablespoons<\/strong> of dough.<\/li>\n<li>Flatten slightly, place <strong>one cube of white chocolate in the center<\/strong>, wrap dough around it, and seal well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Place cookies 5 cm apart.<\/li>\n<li>Bake <strong>10\u201312 minutes<\/strong> until edges are set but centers look soft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cool<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Let rest on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips for Extra Gooey Centers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chill filled dough balls <strong>15 minutes<\/strong> before baking<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t overbake\u2014cookies should look slightly underdone<\/li>\n<li>Use a <em>white chocolate bar<\/em>, not chips, for the best melt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gooey White Chocolate Center Cookies Ingredients Dry 2\u00be cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda \u00bd tsp baking powder \u00bd&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}