Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
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There’s not much to say about chocolate chip cookies; they’re a classic for a reason. These chocolate chip cookies are sweet, salty, and completely satiating with a crisp edge and a soft center.
If you like this recipe, be sure to check out my s’mores cookies here.
🍴 12 Cookies │⏱ Prep Time: 15 Minutes │⏱ Bake Time: 10 Minutes│ Total Time: 25 Minutes
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup chocolate chips, plus more for topping (optional)
Equipment
mixing bowl or stand mixer
whisk or stand mixer
measuring cups
cookie tray
cookie scoop
foil
cooling rack
spatula
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a small mixing bowl or stand mixer, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 egg yolks.
Add in 1/4 cup butter and mix.
Add in 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and mix.
Fold in 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Use a cookie scoop to scoop your cookies onto a foiled cookie sheet.
Using excess, press chocolate chips into the dough
Bake for 5 minutes
Remove from oven and tap lightly on the counter
Press the remaining chocolate chips onto the dough
Bake for 5 more minutes
Remove from oven
Tap the cookie sheet onto counter to deflate the cookies
Transfer to a cooling rack or plate
Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Use mini chocolate chips for extra surface area coverage. This will give you more chocolate in each bite!
Tapping your cookie tray on the counter isn't required, but deflating the cookies gives them a nice wrinkly texture and helps keep them moist!
The trick to having picture perfect cookies is saving a little bit of topping for the halfway bake mark. This helps evenly distribute your toppings.
You may need to alter your bake time depending on your oven; when I moved into my house and started using a gas oven for the first time, I had to re-work all of my recipes! Don’t get discouraged.
