Get ready to indulge in the ultimate chocolate chip cookies, with perfectly chewy centers and crispy edges! These soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies are packed with gooey chocolate chips, making them the perfect treat for any cookie lover.
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Chocolate chip cookies are a classic treat that everyone loves! With a perfect balance of chewy centers and crispy edges, these cookies are the ultimate comfort food, satisfying both your sweet tooth and craving for texture.
Made with simple ingredients like butter, sugar, and plenty of chocolate chips, this easy recipe comes together quickly. The dough is simple to mix, and you’ll have fresh, warm cookies in no time!
This chocolate chip cookie recipe is perfect for any occasion, whether you’re craving a snack or baking for a family gathering. It’s a crowd-pleaser that never fails to impress!
Ingredients Notes
You need these ingredients to make the best chocolate chip cookies recipe:
- Flour: All-purpose flour makes soft, slightly chewy cookies.
- Butter: Always use unsalted butter to control the salt level and balance flavors.
- Egg: Use medium or large eggs at room temperature for the best texture.
- Sugar: A mix of white sugar and brown sugar (light or dark) adds depth and chewiness.
- Leavening: A mix of baking soda and baking powder gives cookies the perfect rise and texture.
- Salt & Vanilla: Use pure vanilla extract and flaky sea salt (fleur de sel) for extra flavor.
- Chocolate chips: Use semi-sweet chocolate chips or chunks from a chocolate bar for the best taste or milk chocolate chip.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here are some quick visual instructions. Don't forget that full recipe instructions with exact ingredients can be found in the recipe card below!
Place softened unsalted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer or a large mixing bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat at medium speed until creamy and smooth.
Add room temperature egg and vanilla extract and mix again with electric mixer for 1 minute to incorporate.
Finally add dry ingredients, all-purpose flour baking soda or baking powder and sea salt. And mix again but gently with a wooden spoon or a spatula until you get a well-blended dough.
Finish by adding the semisweet chocolate chips (or chocolate chunks) to the cookie dough and gently mix them in with the wooden spoon or with your hands.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
Shape your cookie dough into balls with an ice cream scoop, also called a cookie scoop or with your hands. Place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, making sure to space them out by about 2 inches apart as they will rise during baking to prevent them from sticking together.
Sprinkle salt on top of the chocolate chip cookies dough balls.
Bake cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F./ 180°C and bake cookies at half height for about 15 to 17 minutes depending on the diameter until golden brown.
Enjoy! Let them cool for a few minutes in the baking sheet before putting them on a cooling rack to cool completely where they also will firm up a bit.
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Recipe Questions
Why add sea salt to chocolate chip cookies?
Flaky sea salt enhances the sweetness and rich flavor of the chocolate, creating the perfect salty-sweet balance in each bite.
How do I make the cookies thicker?
To get thicker cookies, chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This helps prevent them from spreading too much in the oven.
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Chocolate chip cookies
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12 cookies
Description
Recipe for chocolate chip cookies , soft and chewy texture with chocolate chip (for about 12 cookies)
Ingredients
- 120 g (½ cup or 1 stick + 1tsp) Butter unsalted and softened or melted and cooled
- 100 g (½ cup) Sugar granulated
- 50 g (¼ cup) Brown sugar or light brown sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extra
- 200 g (1 ⅓ cup) Flour - all-purpose
- 1 tbsp baking soda - (6 g)
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 3 pinches Sea salt
- 150 g (¾ cup) Chocolate chips - semi-sweet or chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Place softened and unsalted butter white granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large container and beat with a hand whisk or a hand mixer for about 2-3 minutes.
- Then add the egg and vanilla extract and continue beating for another 1 minute.
- Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder and sea salt and mix with a wooden spoon.
- Finish by adding the chocolate chips and mix gently, just enough for the chocolate to cling to the dough.
- Leave the dough chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F / 180°C and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Take the cookie dough out of the fridge and using a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop, form balls of dough and place them on the baking tray at about 2 inch / 5 cm intervals.
- Sprinkle sea salt on top of the cookie dough balls.
- Bake for about 15-17 min depending on the diameter of your cookies until golden on top but still soft in the center.
- Let your chocolate chip cookies cool down a bit before moving them from the baking sheet then let them cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
Storage: Approximately 1 week at room temperature in a covered storage box or up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Replace white sugar with light brown sugar or use only brown sugar in the recipe.
- If you don't have time to let them sit in the fridge, then immediately form them into balls and place them in the freezer for 15 minutes before baking.
- You can use salted butter directly, in this case remove the sea salt from the ingredients to avoid having too salty chocolate chip cookies.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Cookies,
- Cuisine: americain
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 188
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 93
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Carbohydrates: 33
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 15
Oh, your cookies are beautiful! Good evening!