Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
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This Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is a new family favorite, and an excellent way to win friends and influence people.
As a parent, it’s been fun to watch our children learn and grow, especially when it comes to cooking. Our college-bound daughter is becoming quite proficient in the kitchen. She’ll decide to cook something, look up the recipe and proceed on her own. It’s usually cookies or brownies or cake. Like mother, like daughter, right?
Anyway, many times she will use a recipe right from this site. It’s one of the main reasons I like to post recipes: so my children and family have a place to find them, as I am horrible about writing down anything by hand these days.
Yesterday, I turned around from my desk and found her beginning to bake cookies. Just like that. She didn’t mention it at all. Didn’t ask permission, not that she needed it. She just started the process of assembling all the ingredients on her own as if it was a regular part of her day. Like she’s an adult or something? Or a baker? What’s that all about? At eighteen I was basically interested in finding the best pair of acid wash jeans that were clean, and making microwave popcorn like it was the coolest thing ever.
Not her. No sirree. This eighteen year old young lady is all about baking cookies from scratch. Do you think if I post a homemade pasta recipe she’ll get into that too? A mom can dream.
Back to the cookies. She decided to make Chocolate Chip Cookies, using one of the very first recipes I ever posted here on She Wears Many Hats. It was a recipe from Mary Bartz, the resident cookie expert in the Betty Crocker Kitchens. It’s a great cookie recipe, but as with any recipe, there is always room for improvement, making a few touch-ups or adjustments.
So we did.
We altered the brown sugar to granulated sugar ratio, as well as added a touch more of vanilla, a bit of cinnamon, and just a little less chocolate chips. And whadda ya know? They were even better. Possibly even the best Chocolate Chip Cookies ever.
Of course if you’re looking for flourless cookie options, check out this selection of 25 Fabulous Flourless Cookies.
I always hesitate with using “best” to describe anything these days, because I haven’t actually tried every chocolate chip cookie in the whole world, and what with all the legal mumbo jumbo about claims, etcetera, etcetera … But really, this cookie? The best in my book. A thin crispy outside with a slightly chewy inside. Just perfect. And that touch of cinnamon? An excellent addition.
Our daughter took a bunch to school, still slightly warm from the oven. One of her friends asked if there was crack in them or something. Yep. That good. You won’t be disappointed. Grab a big glass of milk and enjoy!
Now, I must get on to that homemade pasta recipe.
More delicious cookie recipe to try:
- Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies Recipe
- Almond Butter Cookies Recipe
- Double Dark Chocolate Cookies
- Pecan Snowball Cookies Recipe
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
The perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe that will have them coming back for more.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups salted butter, softened
- 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 18 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Line baking sheets with baking parchment or liners.
- In a bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
- Beat together butter and sugars until combined. Mix in vanilla and beaten eggs until smooth.
- Add dry ingredient mixture a little at a time and mix until incorporated.
- Stir in chocolate chips and mix to distribute evenly.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoons about 2-inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until light brown. If making smaller cookies, adjust cooking time accordingly. Remove cookies from baking sheet after one minute and place on cooling rack.
Haha, I love picturing you tearing your room apart looking for acid wash jeans Amy. Classic. There is something so satisfying about family recipes like these, I know the feeling. They look great!
You can never ever go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie…and these really do look perfect! I can’t wait to try them! Pinned
It must be so nice to have your daughter bake with you! My girls are still babies, but I hope they do that with me someday.
Beautiful cookies, too. I can never resist chocolate chip!
Those chocolate chip cookies surely LOOK like perfection. I think I’d better try them to make sure they live up to their looks.
These DO look perfect!! So yummy!
Your cookies look like perfection to me!
These cookies look amazing! My daughter and I are having a really good time!
Sounds like a proud mama moment indeed! My heart would leap for joy if one of my little boys grew up to enjoy baking and sharing good food with others! And these chocolate chip cookies DO look pretty perfect…
I agree with everyone else, these cookies definitely look perfect to me!
They look incredible.
These sound so intriguing. I can’t wait to try them.
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these did turn out pretty well! I could taste the baking soda quite a bit in the dough and still a little after baking. Does this mean mine is old? Or should I have used less than 2 teaspoons? I ended up almost doubling the cinnamon hoping to compensate. Have you ever run into this?
Oh my!! These are the best! Turn out great every time.
These cookies look really perfect!
Wow, can’t wait to try these. And I am not surprised at all that your lovely daughter is taking after you in so many ways, including being a fabulous cook and baker. 🙂
What would the butter be in grams or ounces?
It would be equal to 12 ounces or 340.19 grams.
They came out perfect!!
How much salt should I add if using unsalted butter?
The rule of thumb for adding salt to compensate for unsalted butter is 1/4 teaspoon per cup of unsalted butter. Personally I would probably add only 1 teaspoon instead of 1 1/2 teaspoons.
Hello Amy,
Yesterday I set out my butter and eggs to warm up to room temp so I could immediately make these cookies. This morning I couldn’t find the copy of your recipe! I was freaking out! I LOVE THIS RECIPE!!! It has been a constant in my cookie recipes and the only CCC I’ll make. People always exclaim how delicious these are wherever I take them. Finally went to Pinterest and under my pins searched for best CCC’s and there is was, I took a deep sigh and slapped a huge smile on my face! THANK YOU so much for this recipe. I have been making them for years now and they NEVER fail. LOVE THEM!!!!! xoxoxox
Thank you so much for sharing this, Leah! I’m happy to hear it. Now I want to go make a batch of cookies!