Make the ultimate homemade chocolate chip cookies using this easy recipe! Golden and crispy at the edges with a soft, chewy center, these classic cookies are chock-full of chocolatey loveliness. These cookies are a must-bake delight for any cookie enthusiast!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Description
Make the ultimate homemade chocolate chip cookies using this easy recipe! Golden and crispy at the edges with a soft, chewy center, these classic cookies are chock-full of chocolatey loveliness. These cookies are a must-bake delight for any cookie enthusiast!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugars until combined.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until light (about 1 minute).
- Mix in the dry ingredients until combined.
- Add chocolate chips and mix well.
- Roll 2-3 tablespoons (depending on how large you like your cookies) of dough at a time into balls and place them evenly spaced on your prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake in a preheated oven for approximately 8-10 minutes. Take them out when they are just starting to turn brown.
- Let them sit on the baking pan for 5 minutes before removing to the cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 36
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 183kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 8g13%
- Saturated Fat 5g25%
- Cholesterol 27mg9%
- Sodium 153mg7%
- Potassium 31mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 26g9%
- Dietary Fiber 1g4%
- Sugars 18g
- Protein 2g4%
- Vitamin A 197 IU
- Vitamin C 1 mg
- Calcium 24 mg
- Iron 1 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Recipe information calculated based on this recipe making 36 cookies—2 tablespoons of dough a piece. Metric measurements have been updated to be exact.
Do not overbake. When you remove the cookies from the oven, they will still look doughy. This technique is the secret that makes these cookies so absolutely amazing! Please, I beg you, do not overbake!
Convection ovenIncrease baking temperature by 25 degrees if using a convection oven.
Ingredient Substitutions
- Butter. Unsalted butter, coconut oil, and vegan butter are all excellent substitutes. Or, use browned butter.
- Eggs. No eggs, no problem—see my eggless chocolate chip cookies for many possible egg substitutions.
- Granulated Sugar. Organic cane sugar works well too.
- Light brown sugar. Dark brown sugar works well but imparts a stronger molasses taste.
- Flour. I recommend using an unbleached, all-purpose flour to make these chocolate chip cookies. All-purpose gluten-free flour works very well too.
- Sea Salt. I exclusively bake and cook with pure, fine sea salt. Sea salt is different than table salt (that is iodized), so if you use something other than sea salt, I recommend testing the recipe first with ½ tsp and then adjusting to your taste.
- Chocolate Chips. As you can see from the photos, sometimes I use chocolate chunks, chopped chocolate, or chocolate chips. It doesn’t matter what you use, as long as you use 2 cups (0.47 l). Choose your favorite variety: milk, semisweet, dark, etc.
How to freeze dough for chocolate chip cookies
- Portion dough, roll into balls, and freeze in a single layer in an airtight container for up to 2 months. StoreStore these chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months. To make a chocolate chip cookie cake, use this recipe: homemade chocolate chip cookie cake. To bake frozen dough, follow these steps
There are two ways to bake frozen dough:
- Thaw it first: Remove the dough balls from the freezer, set them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and cover with a light cloth towel or plastic wrap to thaw. Then, once they reach room temperature (about 1 hour), bake as directed in the recipe (at 375 degrees F).
- Bake from frozen: Place the dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Then, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (ca. 177 °C) (ONLY if you are baking the frozen dough) and put the cookies in the oven at the beginning of the preheating time. As you preheat the oven, place the cookies inside. Set the timer for 15 minutes and remove the cookies after 15 minutes.
