It’s day three of my “Back to Basics” recipe series I’m doing this week, and today I’m sharing the most basic, amazing recipe of all–Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies. Anyone reading this probably already has at least 1 or 2 chocolate chip cookie recipes. I get that–it’s a classic! However, you should do yourself a favor and make these. Just try them at least once, and tell me they aren’t your new favorite!
I’m one of those people that has several recipes for chocolate chip cookies, but these are my all time favorite. Mrs. Fields Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies come in a close second, because I love the addition of oats. But the recipe below makes the softest, chewiest, most amazing, Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie!
- 2 cups plus 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 12 Tbsp butter (1 1/2 sticks) melted and cooled until warm
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
-
Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
-
In a medium bowl mix together flour, salt, and baking soda..
-
In a separate large mixing bowl beat the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently stir in the chocolate chips. The dough will be soft.
-
Gently scoop dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Store in an airtight container.
Adapted from Cooks Illustrated and Our Best Bites
Check out these other awesome cookie recipes:
Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting
Sydney @Tastefully Frugal says
Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookies?! I’m always up for trying new recipes so I will have to give this one a try! Pinning
Lisa says
Made these immediately when I saw them on pinterest! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe! They are delish!
Lauren Allen says
Yay I’m so happy you like them! Thanks for commenting!
Lauren Allen says
YayI’m so happy you like them! Thanks for commenting!
Kristi says
These are seriously the best! Already made them twice! My new go to chocolate chip cookie recipe!!!
Lauren Allen says
Thanks Kristi! We made them again this weekend too..looking at the picture on my blog makes me crave them all the time! It’s bad! 😉
Sofie says
Made the chocolate chip cookies a few days ago! These are AMAZING! My family ate these up! I doubled the recipe, and it made about 60! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, its my favorite! I’m actually making them again right now lol!
Lauren Allen says
That’s so great, I’m so glad you liked them so much! Thanks for coming back to comment 🙂
Adri says
These are delicious! Every time I bake chocolate chip cookies, I try a new recipe because I haven’t found one that love. I am so glad I found this recipe and gave it a try, because I love them! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Lauren Allen says
Thanks Adri! I love trying new CC Cookie recipes too 🙂 So glad you loved this one!
Becca says
These are the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had. Chewy, fluffy, and the most delicious flavor! Thank you 🙂
Lauren Allen says
Thanks Becca! So happy you agree with me 🙂
Rebecca says
Tried to make these, although they taste delish raw, I wasn’t able to get them to the right consistency – probably because I live in higher elevation (in Calgary AB Canada) any tips? The mix was dry. Tried adding milk – we will see!!!
Fatima says
I made these cookies as my very first attempt on trying to make cookies from scratch and they were delicious!! I’m so glad I found this recipe.
Just one question: when you add in the eggs and vanilla, do you stir them in and mix them in with the mixer?
Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Ginevra says
Amazing Lauren. I never found good chocolate chip cookies because they were too dry but this recipe is the best. I even blogged about it and mention you because they were so good. ah. Gin http://fashion4therealpeople.blogspot.com
Kimberly says
Any recommendations for baking at a higher altitude? These sound delish!
Lauren Allen says
Hi Kim! I’d just add 1-2 Tablespoons of extra flour and you should be good! Hope you enjoy them!
Cara says
These cookies were, just like the name suggests, absolutely perfect. These are the first cookies I’ve made where the hubby actually prefers the baked cookies to the batter, and after eating these, he said, “Don’t lose this recipe!” They were sweet, with a hint of buttery goodness, and the consistency was perfectly chewy. I actually accidentally used melted butter instead of softened butter, but they still turned out perfectly. Thanks for a great recipe!
Kate says
Ether recipe says the butter is supposed to be melted correct?
Lauren Allen says
Hi Kate, yes you melt the butter for these cookies 😉
Ariel whitfield says
What if the dough is still all gooey??
Lauren Allen says
Hi Ariel, the dough will be a little sticky..if you feel like it is way to gooey, you can add a little extra flour.
Radha says
I tried these today, and it was pretty good. Very thick looking cookies.
Are you using light brown sugar, or dark brown sugar? I tried with light brown sugar, and they were a little light in color. It still tasted good though 😀
Lauren Allen says
Hi Radha, I use light brown sugar 🙂
Kendra says
These are the perfect cc cookie! I’ve been looking for a perfect cc recipe – this is it definitely! Great consistency,
Robin says
Yummy!!
Chocolate chip cookies are best for me
I want to eat this cookies.
It’s very useful for my girlfriend.
aliysha says
I made these tonight & they were absolutely perfect.
My boys loved them!
This is definitely my new go to recipe!
Jennifer Hopkins says
What is the best way to freeze these? Can the dough be frozen? If so, do you pre-scoop into balls or into a roll and then slice? Or do you bake the cookies and then freeze them?
Lauren Allen says
Hi Jennifer, so I’m lazy and usually just bake the cookies, let them cool, and then freeze them in a freezer ziplock so that they’re ready whenever I want them. If you want them baked fresh you can roll the dough into balls on your cookie sheet, freeze them for a few hours, then place them in a freezer ziplock bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Bake them from frozen for a few extra minutes. Good luck!
Paula says
YUMMY!!! Very easy and so delicious. Thanks!
lee higgs says
Yum! I made these today and they are they best looking cookies I have ever made… true story. They look like professional bakery cookies; just the perfect consistency. I followed the recipe and made 24 cookies with it but mine took a LOT longer to bake (25 minutes!). Maybe it’s an altitude thing? I’m at 400ft. Weird. Oh well, still delicious! Thanks!
McKenzie White says
I am so excited to bake these! However, I want them to be fresh after dinner so I am chilling the dough in the fridge. Won’t be baking for a couple of hours. Will they still turn out the same? Thanks!
Lauren Allen says
Hi McKenzie–they should still be great–they will need a little bit of a longer cooking time.
Kathy Atkinson says
Positively divine! Love this blog and your recipes Lauren.
Lauren Allen says
Thanks so much Kathy! 🙂
Elle says
I was skeptical at first but I decided to give these cookies a try… Im so glad I did. I’ve tried many different recipes in hopes of finding my go to cc cookie recipe and this is it! My search is over, thank you… Truly perfect cookie.
Lauren Allen says
So happy to hear it! Thanks so much for sharing!
Ashley says
My husband said these are th best cookies I’ve ever made. Thanks for the great recipe!
Lauren Allen says
Yay! Happy to have his approval 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing
Ezra says
These are looking good so far! Taking a little longer to bake than stated. Very mushy at 12 minutes. Added 5 more minutes and I’m watching over them. Ahhhhh hurry up and finish so I can eat you!
Oh and I’m basically at sea level in NJ.
Elaine says
I decided I was trying to get too tricky with my CC cookies and went back to basics with these. They were perfect!
Alexandra Bailey says
These seriously are PERFECT!! So tasty and easy enough that my kids could help me make them!! Definitely keeping this recipe around!
Akshat Gupta says
I love your all recipes 🙂 Thanks for sharing !!
Barbara E. Hopper says
I love c.c. cookies almost more than anything. Right now am tryifbtobfind your Perfect Chocolate. Fudge. recipe. Has almost all of it written down & this crazy page changed all of a sudden. Now I can’t find it anywhere. Can you help me, please? Thank you in advance. Barbara E. Hopper. This is Sunday, January14, 2017. 12:34 a.m.
Lauren Allen says
Hi Barbara, sorry for the technical difficulties. The Fudge recipe can be found here: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/2016/11/perfect-chocolate-fudge.html
Ingredients:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 12-oz. can evaporated milk
4 cups granulated sugar
2 1/4 cups mini marshmallows
Directions:
Add the butter, both types of chocolate chips, and vanilla to an extra large mixing bowl. Set aside.
Line a 9×13” pan with tin foil and set aside.
In a very large heavy saucepan, combine the evaporated milk, sugar, and marshmallows. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until the mixture comes to a boil. Keep the heat on medium and stir constantly, being cautious to constantly scrape down the sides of the pan and along the bottom of the pan as you stir (this will help the sugar dissolve and not be grainy, and keep anything from burning to the bottom or sides of the pan.) Boil for about 10 minutes–it should be light golden brown in color. (If using a candy thermometer you will want to cook it to around 235-240 degrees F. Temperature will vary depending on altitude, humidity etc., but just watch the clock and make sure it boils for about 10 minutes).
Grease your foil-lined pan with cooking spray.
Pour the hot mixture into the bowl with the chocolate chips and use an electric mixer to gently combine everything until melted and smooth. Pour into prepared pan.
Chill completely in the refrigerator. Once cooled you can pull up on the edges of the tinfoil to lift the entire slab of fudge out of the pan. Cut into small squares, or I like to cut it into a few “bricks” that I wrap in tinfoil and give as gifts. Store fudge wrapped tightly in the fridge so it doesn’t dry out.