Description
These delicious chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter (cold & cut into small cubes)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all purpose flour (or gluten free 1 to 1 flour for gluten free cookies)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips of choice
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, beat cubes of cold butter with sugars for 2 to 3 minutes until butter is mixed in well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract. Continue mixing to combine.
- Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Dough should be thick and mixed together with no flour streaks.
- Mix in chocolate chips.
- Using ice cream or large cookie scoop, (¼ cup or 4 tablespoons worth) scoop dough and place at least 2 inches apart on lined pan.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookie edges are lightly golden and the middles are set. Do not over bake these cookies. Cookies will firm up slightly while cooking.
- Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Can make cookies smaller, just adjust time for less baking time.
Notes
- Consider using different types of chocolate chips for varied flavors.
- For softer cookies, underbake slightly.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg