Homemade Sausalito Cookies - Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe! (2024)

This recipe for Sausalito Cookies is a homemade spin on the Pepperidge Farms classic. My version makes soft chocolate chip cookies with crispy raw sugar bits, loaded with salty macadamia nuts!

My husband and I don’t go food shopping together very often at all. I guess I am the primary shopper in the house, although he does stop in from time to time to pick up the essential box of Ring Dings or canned cheese he insists is delicious (ack). But just last week we were grocery shopping together, so romantic, I know, but I’ve found you can sometimes learn a new thing or two about your husband in the food store.

Apparently my husband LOVES Pepperidge Farms Sausalito cookies. Who knew?

Let me just say that we’ve been married for (almost) 14 years and I have never heard him mention this. The only supermarket cookies he has undying affinity for are Oreos and Nutter Butters. I am 100% sure I have never bought Sausalitos before, but I took a quick look at the bag and I had to admit they were fairly tempting. So, in the cart they went.
When we got home I ripped the bag open, took a bite and while the cookies were probably something you would love if they’re nostalgic to you in some way, me as a newbie, wasn’t impressed. They could definitely be better. So I made a cookie totally inspired by the Pepperidge Farms classic. And it was everything I wanted it to be.

The original is crispy, but I wanted something softer…so what I did was make a thicker cookie, but used Turbinado Sugar (or Sugar in the Raw) which is a coarser grain to add a crunchy bite throughout. I LOVED the effect that it had on the cookie…soft, yet a little crunchy! The best of both worlds.

And of course the star of this cookie is Macadamia Nuts. I used Salted Macadamias to get that sweet/salty combo I love so much.

And also I ADORE Guittard Milk Chocolate chips. If you ever see them in a store, grab a bag (or 3) and try them in a cookie. Your mind will be blown, they’re so creamy!

The dough comes together in just minutes which is nice.

When I scoop out my dough onto the baking sheet I like to place a few extra chips and nuts on top so they look perfect when they bake!

I mean gorgeous, thick cookies loaded with creamy milk chocolate, salted macadamias and crunchy turbinado sugar bits throughout! You guys are going to LOVE these!

I hope you make these and love them as much as I do!

*This post is not affiliated with Pepperridge Farms in anyway.

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