The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

by Heather
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THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! Like so many others, we spent a lot of our time during the pandemic coming up with ways to keep our daughter entertained, engaged, and as happy as possible during a pandemic lockdown. What that meant was we spent a love of time in the kitchen playing with recipes, baking, and enjoying family game night after family game night.

At the start of the lockdown, after I had a slight freakout that we couldn’t go anywhere, as a family, we set out to perfect at least ONE recipe. Truth be told, we came up with some fun recipes that we can’t wait to share with you in the coming days, weeks, months, and *fingers crossed* years! The first on the list was CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! Friends, we succeeded. Get ready to print, pin, make notes, and spill some butter on the printout of this recipe. This is going to become a family favorite. Trust me!

I like cookies. A lot. I can’t say I have never met a cookie I didn’t like, because I have, but it’s been pretty rare. Chocolate Chip Cookies are at the top of my list. I have made a lot of varieties of chocolate chip cookie, but there is only one that I have made so much that I can make it from memory, and that is my BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. So without further ado, the best chocolate chip cookie. If you like them soft and chewy, feel free to underbake them for a minute or so.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE 

WHAT YOU NEED 

  • flour
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • brown sugar
  • white sugar
  • butter
  • egg
  • egg yolk
  • vanilla extract
  • semi-sweet chocolate chips

Yields 18 cookies

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup melted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl
  4. Combine brown sugar, white sugar and melted butter in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat on medium until combined and smooth
  5. Add in egg, egg yolk and vanilla, beat until light and creamy
  6. Slowly add in flour mixture on low until combined
  7. Add in chocolate chips
  8. Using ice cream scoop, drop cookie balls onto lined cookie sheet with 2-3 inches of space between
  9. Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or just until the edges are brown.
  10. Leave on cookie sheet for a few minutes then transfer to wire rack

Notes

Pro-Tip: Keep an eye on the bake time. If you want softer cookies you can shave a couple minutes off and you will have soft chewy cookies

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12 comments

Melissa Cushing March 20, 2023 - 11:28 am
Looks so good heather! I am gonna try your recipe! Thank you for sharing it and I pinned it to make this week!
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Kara Marks May 15, 2023 - 1:20 am
These sound great.
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Denise Low December 29, 2023 - 10:24 am
My grandkids would love for me to make these cookies. That's their favorite.
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Kathy June 5, 2024 - 7:19 pm
I love making chocolate chip cookies. I'm always up for trying out new recipes for them too. I'll have to give yours a try as well.
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laura June 5, 2024 - 8:04 pm
I know that my younger son would love these. They look so yummy; I will have to try this recipe.
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Amber Myers June 5, 2024 - 8:24 pm
Yum, I just love chocolate chip cookies. I will have to try out this recipe and see how it differs from the one I use.
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Melissa Cushing June 6, 2024 - 7:30 am
There is nothign better than homemade chocolate chip cookies and your recipe is incredible! I am pinning it next to make sometime soon! Delish!
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Melissa Dixon June 6, 2024 - 10:24 am
These look really good. I love the idea of serving these to my family tonight as a surprise. Thanks for sharing!
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LisaLisa June 6, 2024 - 12:33 pm
These homemade chocolate chip cookies look so good and fresh, it's been a while since I've made some homemade cookies. Girl, you are killing it will all these delicious desserts you've been posting lately.
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Lavanda Michelle June 6, 2024 - 1:12 pm
What a lovely way to spend time together! Perfecting chocolate chip cookies during the lockdown sounds like a delicious adventure.
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Marysa June 6, 2024 - 7:39 pm
I am guilty of not making chocolate chip cookies from scratch. I'll have to save your recipe and make this with the kids.
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Jen June 7, 2024 - 12:56 am
Chocolate chip cookies are my fave. I'll have to try out this recipe!
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