14/04/2012 Update: When I first posted this recipe in the early days of this blog, I still baked chocolate chip cookies on a regular basis. These days my 14 year old daughter, Olivia has taken over the job for the most part and my 12 year old son Noah can turn out a mean batch of cookies all on his own too. They are turning into very adept bakers and can both turn out perfect chocolate chip cookies from this outstanding recipe.
I have
tried dozens of recipes over the years and this one is the best. Both crispy
and chewy, this one satisfies all lovers of this cookie classic.
Ingredients:
1 &1/3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
or butterscotch flavouring (or both! Hint, hint.)
8 oz semisweet chocolate
chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Lightly spray one cookie sheet with spray oil or line with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl
whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
In a large bowl, cream
together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla
and combine thoroughly.
Add the flour mixture to
the sweetened butter. Mix only enough to incorporate flour. Do not over mix.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Form cookies by dropping a
rounded teaspoon of dough on the prepared cookie sheet two inches apart. Bake
until light brown around the edges, about 12-15 minutes, depending on cookie
size.
Over baking is the biggest
problem with most chocolate chip cookies. Your oven temperature and the type of
cookie sheet you use will vary the baking times considerably. When they are
golden brown around the edges is the time to remove them from the oven. Thinking
they are a little underdone is probably a good thing. Experiment by baking only
a couple of cookies at a time to see what the perfect baking time is for your
oven
Cool for 10 minutes on the
baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool thoroughly.
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I can vouch that this is the ABSOLUTE best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever. I added toffee bar bits as well as chocolate chips. These were a hit at our house. Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes add the toffee chips myself. Very very good. Glad you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeletehi there , do you have a recipe for no cut glass cookies....
ReplyDeletehow about a recipes for balls made out of jello...not sure how to explain them but they r like snowballs...only u use jello...and they are colored..
ReplyDeleteTry asking for recipes on my Rock Recipes Facebook Group if you are on Facebook. Are the jello balls made with miniature marshmallows?
ReplyDeleteI made these today and added some pecan peices to the recipe with
ReplyDeletethe chocolate chips..and they are devine....thanks so much for the great recipes and keep them comming..im trying your pineapple upside down cake next..yummy
Barry, I've tried several of your recipes and everything turns out great. These chocolate chip cookies are now cooling on my counter. I used a baking stone at 350 and baked for 12 minutes exactly. PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you like them. They are amazingly good!
ReplyDeleteYou sir, have defeated Alton Brown's "The Chewy" with that cookie. Well done.
ReplyDeleteBeen searching for a good chocolate chip cookie recipe for a long time, one that didn't spread all over the pan. Really good! I made some of them really small, good for kids. Those took about 8 minutes to bake. Dough about the size of a large marble for those.
ReplyDeleteWell, my first attempt at making these was disappointing. I'm thinking I must have overcooked them as these cookies came out hard - like store bought cookies. May give them another try though just to be sure. Other than the too crispy results, they are tasty with a glass of milk.
ReplyDeleteDo you need to flatten the dough once you drop it onto the cookie sheet?
ReplyDeleteNo need to flatten them. KanataNewf you've definitely overbaked them. Ovens vary so try cutting a couple of minutes off the bake time. It's ok for them to look like they are not done completely.
ReplyDeleteThese are so good, I also added almonds, it added a crunch to them.
ReplyDeleteToday is national chocoalte chip cookie day (May 15) a great reason to bake (& eat) these delish looking cookies!! Love Rock Recipes!! I'm a fan :)
ReplyDeleteI'm always curious to see what people call the best choc chip cookie recipe because I think mine are impossible to beat... turns out we use identical recipes so I know you must be telling the truth!
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