Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

The recipe for these chocolate chip cookies is the best ever! No strange components, no chilling period, etc. It’s just a straightforward, easy-to-make, incredibly delicious chocolate chip cookie that bakes up perfectly every single time.

Everyone should have a go-to recipe for classic chocolate chip cookies, and this is mine. It really is the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies ever. I’ve been cooking these for a very long time, and everyone who has tried them says that they are really excellent!

Additionally, there aren’t any odd ingredients, no chilling, etc. It’s just a straightforward, easy-to-make, incredibly delicious chocolate chip cookie that bakes up perfectly every single time.

These chocolate chip cookies are perfect in every way. chewy and crunchy. thoroughly baked yet still doughy. Perfectly sweet and buttery.

How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookies ?

Watch the video after we go through each step of how to bake chocolate chip cookies.

Make The Chocolate Chip Cookies Dough

The dry ingredients are combined in a medium-sized bowl as the first step in preparing these simple chocolate chip cookies.

The mix-ins are the only component I am certain may be modified. Sprinkles, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, etc. Nothing else in this recipe should be altered. I cannot promise how things will turn out if you do. Here are some tried-and-true replacements, though.

Make sure you measure the flour accurately when doing this. Use a measuring cup designed for dry ingredients only; never use a Pyrex liquid measuring cup. Then, scoop flour into a measuring cup and level it with a knife to determine the amount.
Next, mix the butter and sugars together. To make sure the butter is ready to use when you need it, remove it from the refrigerator at least two hours before baking. You may also reheat it for about 7 seconds in the microwave, but be very careful not to melt it.

The eggs and vanilla should be added after the butter and sugar mixture has been thoroughly mixed.

Stir just enough to mix after adding the dry ingredients. After that, whisk in the chocolate chips to ensure that they are spread equally throughout the dough.

Make use of a tonne of chocolate chips. Every nibble should contain at least two oozy chocolate chunks.

The chocolate chip cookie dough ought to be non-sticky and simple to roll out. It shouldn’t be crumbly or dry. The ideal texture is seen in the photo below.

Portion & Roll Dough

When the cookie dough is ready, divide it into portions and roll it out. Although I am aware that many individuals make cookies by eye, I strongly advise using a cookie scoop.

In order for the cookies to bake properly, using a cooking scoop guarantees that all of them are the same size. I use this stainless steel cookie scoop every time I make cookies because I adore it.

At this stage, you have the option of freezing or baking your dough.

To Freeze The Dough

I always make a full batch of these chocolate chip cookies and freeze some because the recipe yields so many cookies. So, anytime I have a cookie desire or have unexpected visitors, I always have dough on hand.

Before putting the cookie dough in an airtight container, I like to quickly freeze it. To do this, form balls out of the cookie dough and spread them out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Once the dough has begun to somewhat freeze, place the baking sheet in the freezer for about 30 minutes.

Transfer the cookie dough balls to an airtight container or plastic bag when the dough has been somewhat frozen, and then freeze for up to two months.

Tips For Baking Frozen Dough

Two techniques exist for baking frozen dough :

• I enjoy keeping frozen dough on hand for last-minute visitors. Thaw it beforehand. When you’re ready to bake them, take the dough balls out of the freezer, place them on a baking sheet coated with parchment paper, and then cover them with a thin cloth towel or tablecloth to thaw them out. Then bake as instructed in the recipe (at 375 degrees F) once they have acclimatised (after a period of 1-2 hours, depending on the temperature of your kitchen). SO simple!
• Placing the dough on a baking pan with parchment paper will help you bake from frozen. Then, only if you are baking frozen dough, warm the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and place the cookies in the oven at the start of the preheating period. As you preheat the oven, place the cookies inside. Place the cookies in the oven for 15 minutes, then remove them. They will still taste fantastic even if the top will appear a little more brown than usual.

Bake Until Just They Look Done

If you’re making the cookies right away, just form them into balls, space them evenly apart on a baking sheet (between 1.5 and 2 inches), and bake them for 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Do not overbake these chocolate chip cookies, it is the most crucial piece of caution I can give you. When you take them out of the oven, they won’t appear to be finished, and that is GOOD.

These chocolate chip cookies won’t look finished when the baking time is up, but they are. When you take them out of the oven, they will appear a little doughy, and that is okay. You want them to be gently browned in a few spots, which is possible.

As they sit on the cookie sheet for a while, they will begin to set up. Never longer than nine minutes in the oven.

Cool : The chocolate chip cookies should cool for five minutes on the baking sheet before being transferred to a wire rack to finish cooling (or you could just eat them warm while the chocolate chips are still melty)!

Store : These chocolate chip cookies can be frozen for up to two months or kept at room temperature for up to five days.

Read More : Easy Basic Vanilla Cake Recipe

FAQs about Chocolate Chip Cookies

How do you create chocolate chip cookies that are oozy ?

It’s important to avoid overbaking these cookies if you want them to be gooey.

Why do cookies flatten and spread ?

I have discovered from experience that there are a few key causes for this:
1) Leaveners that have gone bad. Your chocolate chip cookies will probably flatten and spread if your baking soda or baking powder are beyond their prime. It could not be good even if the date on the container checks out. I would start there at the beginning.
How to determine whether baking soda is still active 1/4 teaspoon vinegar, 1/2 cup boiling water, and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda should be combined. Baking soda should cause a response right away when added. If not, you must buy fresh baking soda.

Checking the activity of your baking powder: Mix 1/2 cup of boiling water with 1/2 tsp of baking powder. It should start bubbling right away. There should be an immediate response. If not, you must buy fresh baking powder.
2) Excessive mixing. This greatest chocolate chip cookie recipe may provide flat cookies if the ingredients are over-mixed.
3) The food is excessively heated. Overmixing might occasionally cause your components to get too heated. In order to bring the batter back to room temperature, you can refrigerate the dough before baking if you detect this happening.

4) The oven’s temperature is off. I advise using an electric convection oven for baking. Buy an inexpensive oven thermometer and use it to monitor the temperature if your cookies and other baked products aren’t coming out properly. The cookies won’t bake properly if your oven is either too hot or too cold.

Why did my cookies not go flat ?

The following are some potential causes why your cookies didn’t flatten. I haven’t experienced this in ten years, so these are just educated estimates.1) The cookie dough/ingredients were too cold. The spread of cold dough is less effective than that of warm dough.2) By mistake, you used too much flour. Use a measuring cup designed for dry ingredients (not a pyrex liquid measuring cup) and scoop out the flour before levelling it out to ensure accurate measurement.

3) The temperature in the oven is off. Since the temperature of your oven might frequently differ from the reading it provides on the display or what the dial is set at, I advise using an oven thermometer to check the temperature (it costs just $7).
4) The butter and sugar weren’t completely creamed. Try mixing the butter and sugar for a longer period of time.

Can chocolate chip cookie dough that has been frozen be baked ?

I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve try baking this dish from frozen. I’ve found that baking the dough on a baking sheet coated with paper produces the greatest results.Then, only if you are baking frozen dough, warm the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and place the cookies in the oven at the start of the preheating period. Place the cookies in the oven for 15 minutes, then remove them. They will still taste fantastic even if the top will appear a little more brown than normal.