Chocolate Chip Cookies is an easy cookie recipe with the classic ingredients of chocolate chip cookies and one extra ingredient to guarantee that these cookies are chewy and soft, yet crisp on the edges! This easy recipe only takes 15 minutes to prepare.
Who doesn’t love a freshly baked, chewy chocolate chip cookie? Soft, yet chewy, this is a very tasty and addicting cookie recipe! This easy cookie recipe is super simple, there is one bowl to mix everything in, no chilling required, no melting the butter, and no special cookie scoops. Just mix, drop by spoonful onto a cookie sheet, bake, then voila! You have the best chocolate chip cookies!
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After trying many different recipes for tasty chocolate chip cookies, we have found this easy recipe. This cookie recipe is our go-to, never fail, trusty, tasty, favorite easy cookie recipe!
Most of the time when I ask one of my children to bake some cookies, this simple recipe is used. These cookies are definitely the most-loved cookie in our house!
History
The invention of chocolate chip cookies was another great accidental discovery! Ruth Wakefield inadvertently invented these popular cookies in 1937. Read more about this fascinating discovery and how it came to be here!
We often mix up a large batch of these yummy cookies! We will then freeze half of the dough balls to bake later. You can bake these cookies from frozen whenever you need some freshly baked scrumptious treats! You can also freeze the already baked cookies.
The trick to tasty chocolate chip cookies is using butter, brown and white sugars and some golden syrup along with the other standard ingredients. The blend of sugars gives the caramel flavor and keeps these cookies from drying out. The syrup is the secret ingredient that makes these delicious cookies become slightly chewy! The other secret to the best chocolate chip cookies is to not overbake!!! They will actually look under cooked when you take them out of the oven, but will harden more once they cool down.
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Butter, I use salted for this recipe, make sure the butter is room temperature.
- Brown sugar, this will help the cookies stay moist and adds great flavor.
- White sugar
- Golden syrup, or honey or corn syrup.
- Vanilla extract, this recipe calls for lots…another trick to the best chocolate chip cookies.
- Eggs, to provide structure and richness.
- All purpose flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Chocolate chips, I usually use semi-sweet but you can use whichever kind you prefer whether it’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or a blend of the 3.
How to make Chocolate Chip Cookies
1.Preheat the oven to 350°F convection setting and line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
2.In a large bowl, beat the butter and both sugars until creamy.
3.Add the syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Mix well.
4.Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
5.Scoop out small spoonfulls of dough onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet, leaving room to expand.
These are too close for baking, leave about 2 inches between. This pic is of dough balls ready to be frozen:)
6.Bake at 350°F for 7-8 minutes. Remember the centers will look under cooked, this is fine.
7.Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a cooling rack.
Why you will love this recipe!
- Classic recipe!
- Chewy, soft, yet crisp.
- Buttery goodness
- Dough can be frozen and baked when needed.
- Absolutely delicious!
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
The trick to great chocolate chip cookies is using butter, brown and white sugars and some golden syrup along with the other standard ingredients. The blend of sugars gives the caramel flavor and keeps these tasty chocolate chip cookies from drying out. The syrup is the secret ingredient that makes these delicious cookies become slightly chewy! The other secret to the best chocolate chip cookies is to not overbake!!! They will actually look under cooked when you take them out of the oven, but will harden more once they cool down.
Ingredients
Instructions
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line your baking sheet with parchment paper. (I use convection setting)
In a large bowl, beat the butter and both sugars until creamy.
Add the syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Mix well.
Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
Scoop out small spoonfulls of dough onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet, leaving room to expand.
Bake at 350°F for 7-8 minutes. Remember the centers wil look under cooked, this is fine.
Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a cooling rack.
Serving Size small cookie
Servings 60
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 101kcal
- Calories from Fat 40kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 4.6g8%
- Sodium 78mg4%
- Potassium 19mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 14g5%
- Dietary Fiber 0.5g2%
- Sugars 8.7g
- Protein 1g2%
- Vitamin A 5 IU
- Thiamin 5 mg
- Folate 5 mcg
* 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
- Do NOT overbake these cookies.
- Use parchment paper on the baking sheet.
- Do not overmix the cookie batter. Just mix until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake cookies in the middle rack of the oven.
- If you want larger cookies, jsut add 1-2 minutes of baking time.
- If you bake these cookies from frozen, add 1-2 minutes of baking time.
