Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies (2024)

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These are seriously, the most sublime, Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies! Hands down, the best chocolate chip cookie recipe for ‘perfect’ chocolate chip cookies, that are completely buttery, chewy, thick & chocked full of semi-sweet chocolate chips!!

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Say goodbye to burnt cookies and hello to the perfect chocolate chip cookies! If your recipe isn’t quite up to snuff, you could be missing out on the blissful taste of chocolaty goodness like you would expect in chocolate chip cookies!

Here, you’ll learn about essential ingredients and top baking tips for creating mouth-watering cookies every single time. Plus, you’ll get a tried and true recipe that guarantees gooey, sweet, and delicious cookies every time. Watch the video for more!

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Just a Few Pointers Before You Start Your Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Baking Journey!

  • Follow the directions to a ‘T’. I read the commentson Williams Sonoma Taste and some of the issues were flat cookies and too many chocolate chips, so I did decrease the chocolate chips 1/4 cup for this recipe, which are still chocked full of chocolate chips. LoveGhirardelli Chocolate Chips. 🙂
  • Toavoid ugly, flat cookies, be sure your butter is room temperature (not melted or even softened), and use a cooler dough vs. warm dough. Just pop it in the refrigerator a bit before baking if it feels warm. I like to scoop all the dough and place them all on a cookie sheet and put them in the fridge for 10-15 minutes for extra thick cookies! That’s called flash-freezing and I love using this method!
  • Measure flour correctly! Fluff up the flour in the bag or canister. In order to make sure you’re not scooping up packed flour, you should fluff it up with a spoon or fork before you measure it. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup.Gently pile it in until it forms a heap above the rim of the measuring cup. Then, scrape a knife across the top of the measuring cup to level the flour.This way, you’ll get rid of excess flour on top of the cup without packing down the flour inside. Perfect measuring!
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Tips: If you’re in chocoholic mode, go the full 2 1/4 cups of chocolate chips as the recipe calls out. If you want to tone down the chocolate chips, just use a lesser amount to your liking. 1 1/2 cups is good for those that want chocolate flavor, but not chocolate overload. 🙂
  • For more cookie tips go here.

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Ingredients You Need for Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

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How to Make the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets. with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray. (To get best results, use parchment paper to line baking sheets)
  2. In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt together or you can whisk together as well.
  3. In another largebowl, using anelectric mixer or bowl of a stand mixer using paddle attachment at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars until smooth and mixed together well.
  4. Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
  5. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not keep mixing – do not overmix.
  6. Add chocolate chips and stir with a wooden spoon, again no overmixing, just until incorporated.
  7. Chill dough if dough is warm. This will keep them from spreading.
  8. Using a small or largeice cream scooporcookie scoopor heaping tablespoon, drop the chocolate chip cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making. If you like rolling cookie dough balls, you can do that as well, just don’t overwork the dough.
  9. Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched,
  10. Small cookiesbake8-10 minutes. Large cookiesbake10-13 minutes. Feel free to addextra chocolate chipsto the tops, they’ll just melt into the cookies.
  11. Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire rack (s) to cool completely.
  12. Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.

More Variations

  • Add some walnuts, pecans, raisins, dried fruits like cherries or cranberries, flaky sea saltor some m&m’s for sometextureor crunch to your cookies!
  • Change out thechocolate chipsformilk chocolate chipsor whitechocolate chipsor your favoritechopped chocolatebar!

Storing Cookies

  • Store chewy chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.

Freezing Cookies

  • Freezebaked cookies in an airtight container or zip-top bag for up to 30 days in thefreezerand thaw atroom temperature.

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Look at all that gorgeous melty chocolate!!Aren’t you addicted to these gorgeous beauties?For a vegan version of this cookie try our ‘Perfect’ Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies @ Daily Vegan Meal.

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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kim Lange

These perfect cookies are buttery, chewy, thick and chocked full of rich, semi-sweet chocolate chips. Absolutely divine!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 18 large cookies

Calories 256 kcal

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.. (To get best results, use parchment paper)

  • In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt together or you can whisk together as well.

  • In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars until smooth and mixed together well.

  • Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.

  • Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not keep mixing - do not overmix.

  • Add chocolate chips and stir with a wooden spoon, again no overmixing, just until incorporated.

  • Chill dough if dough is warm.

  • Using a small or large ice cream scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making.

  • Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched,

  • Small cookies bake 8-10 minutes

  • Large cookies bake 10-13 minutes.

  • Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

  • Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.

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Notes

  • Butter Tips How toAvoid Flat Cookies: Be sure your butter is room temperature (not melted or even softened), and try using cold/chilled dough if dough is warm: Just put it in the refrigerator to chill before baking.
  • Flour Tips: Don't over-mix cookie batter especially after the flour is added and add it gradually.
  • Baking Soda Tip: Make sure your baking soda is not expired.
  • Chocolate Chip Tips: If you're in chocoholic mode, go the full 2 1/4 cups of chocolate chips as the recipe calls out. If you want to tone down the chocolate chips, just use a lesser amount to your liking.

Nutrition

Calories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 134mgPotassium: 152mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 182IUCalcium: 24mgIron: 2mg

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