Panera Kitchen Sink Cookie Recipe

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If you're looking for the Panera Kitchen Sink Cookie recipe, you've found it! Full of chocolate, coconut, and walnuts with toffee bits and salt sprinkled on top, they are the most delectable cookie you'll ever have!

Panera Bread copycat Kitchen Sink Cookies.

Last year, I did a review on Panera Bread and their new clean menu (no artificial colors, preservatives, sweeteners, etc.). I was given some gift cards so my family and I could try all the menu items we liked. And we liked them all!

But the thing I liked the most was their Kitchen Sink Cookie. If you've never heard of a Kitchen Sink Cookie before, it's basically a giant cookie you throw everything into, except the kitchen sink 🙂

Panera Bread Kitchen Sink Cookies have chocolate chips, caramel, and pretzels. I decided to make my own variation with some different add-ins.

First, I started out with my fantastic classic College Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe. Then I add shredded coconut and chopped walnuts, and sprinkled toffee bits and kosher salt on top. The result was a thick, chewy cookie with the perfect combination of texture and amazing flavors.

You can of course use caramel and pretzels as well (or in place of the add-ins I used). Keep reading for my suggestion on the type of caramel to use in this delicious copycat recipe.

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Ingredients for Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies

butter
granulated sugar
brown sugar
eggs
pure vanilla extract
baking soda
salt
flour
chocolate chips
shredded coconut
walnuts
toffee bits

Other add-ins for Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies

Feel free to substitute or add in as many of these ingredients as you like!

Small crunchy pretzels or pretzel sticks (broken in pieces)
Semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk or dark chocolate chips)
Chocolate chunks
White chocolate chips
Mint chocolate chips
Pecans
Potato chips (broken)
Macadamia nuts
Raisins
Craisins
Oatmeal

Equipment and Supplies for Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies

cookie sheets
silicone baking mats or parchment paper
large cookie scoop
stand mixer or large bowl
wire rack

Tips for Making Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies

Don't add the toffee bits to the cookie dough. Save them and sprinkle them on top of the cookies right after they come out of the oven. If you mix them in the dough, they will melt and lose their delectable crunch! Also, save some kosher or flake salt for sprinkling on the top as soon as they come out of the oven.

Kitchen Sink Cookies 2. If you want to make giant cookies, use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure the dough for each cookie, and then roll the dough between your hands to make them into balls. Then put just two of the balls of dough in a row on your baking sheet. Bake them at 325 degrees F. for 15 minutes until the edges are golden brown. The lower temperature and longer cooking time will help the dough cook more evenly.

3. If you decide to go with the traditional pretzel and caramel for add-ins, I suggest using Kraft Caramel Bits. It's so much easier to use these than to try to cut those soft caramels squares into pieces.

4. Store in an airtight container for up to a week. Ha ha! Who am I kidding? They'll never last that long!

Alternately, you can put the cookies in an airtight freezer bag and thaw them on the counter for a few hours before eating.

These are seriously some of the most gorgeous, mouthwatering, best cookies I have ever made. If you want a knock-out, home run cookie (not sure where all the sports references are coming from right now, but okay….) then you must make these Panera Kitchen Sink Cookies. You can thank me later 🙂

Kitchen Sink Cookies from Ice Cream and Inspiration.

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Ingredients

4 cubes butter (2 cups), softened (use real butter!)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5-6 cups flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cups shredded coconut
1/2 cup toffee bits
sea salt or kosher salt, to taste (optional)

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugars together.
Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
Add two cups of the flour, along with the salt and baking soda. Mix well.
Add the remaining three to four cups of flour and mix well. (You might want to start out with less flour and bake a couple "test" cookies to see if you need more flour).
Add the chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, and shredded coconut, and blend.
Using a cookie scoop, place balls of dough two inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. (I prefer to use stoneware , baking mats, or parchment paper).
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. You want the edges to just barely be browned, but the centers will still be soft. Note that it will take cookies longer to bake if you use stoneware--especially the first batch.
As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven, sprinkle with toffee bits. You can press them gently into the tops of the cookies to help them stick. Then sprinkle with sea salt or kosher salt if desired.
Let rest on the baking sheets for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 60
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 188 Total Fat: 9.8g Saturated Fat: 5.6g Cholesterol: 26mg Sodium: 94mg Carbohydrates: 23.1g Fiber: .8g Sugar: 12.8g Protein: 2.6g

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