Sometimes you just want a chocolate chip cookie. There are very few things that smell as good warm out of the oven and even fewer things that will illicit a memory as wonderful as dunking a homemade chocolate chip cookie into a cold glass of cold milk.
My fond memories of eating the cookies standing up in the kitchen with my mom, before they even made it to the cooling rack, are some of my favorites. I think memories like that are the reason that after a long day at work or a rainy day on the couch, all I want is a batch of couple chocolate chip cookies.
These cookies are chewy (sorry, Dad), melt in your mouth and have that slight caramel flavor resulting from a higher portion of brown sugar to white. Just a warning: they are dangerously addictive if you are trying to show some sign of portion control.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes ~2 ½ dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Cooking Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
- In a medium bowl. whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until thoroughly combined. Mix in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla
- Slowly stir in the dry ingredients and beat at low speed just until combined
- Stir in the chocolate chips
- Refrigerate dough for 2 hours (or up to 24 hours)
- Use a cookie dough scoop (about 2 tablespoons) to lay out dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart
- Bake cookies until golden brown, 12-14 minutes
- Cool cookies on cooling rack and enjoy
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Source: The Brown Eyed Baker and Serious Eats, originally from Baking Illustrated
What is your favorite way to enjoy a chocolate chip cookie?
Umm these are my favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookies! My favorite way to enjoy them is hot from the oven!
Looking for a new chocolate chip cookie staple recipe! Thanks for this :)
This is the all time perfect chocolate chip cookie!
YES chewy cookies are my jam–sorry to your dad from me as well!
Yum! These look delicious. Keep a couple of these out also! ;)
My boys have been bugging me to bake cookies. This would be perfect to make into ice cream sandwiches! Yum!
Yes, these would be amazing as an ice cream sandwich cookie!
I always “just want a cookie”, and these look perfect.
Portion control? Is that really a thing? Do people really do that?
These babies sound seriously delicious. Chewy and caramelly is my kind of CCC.
I hear about it all the time… but yeah, I’m not so good at it either lol
I do love a good chocolate chip cookie! Thanks for sharing.
Chewy cookies are the best. And I have no portion control.
So glad I’m not alone:-)
Of course it always comes back to cookies, these look amazing!
Chewy is the only way a cookie should be. And I agree, I always come back to chocolate chip cookies. I love all kinds of desserts but a chewy cookie like this wins my heart every time.
Agreed! Chewy is what makes a cookie delicious. Oy ve. Now I am craving one like WOW
I love chewy cookies, now I want a cookie!
Yess! Warm, melty chocolate, soft cookie and cold milk. Is there anything better in life?
You can’t be a good, soft and chewy, chocolate chip cookie. The best way? Hmm… I’d say warm and gooey with a big glass of ice cold milk.
I meant “beat” instead of “be” hahaha. Though you can’t “be” a good chocolate chip cookie either.
Haha that does make more sense:-)
right out of the oven!
I can never say no to a chocolate chip cookie. It would be so wrong!
i always vote for chewy! i can tell that these have the perfect texture!
Such a TRUE statement, it really does always come back to cookies :) These look delicious!!
Looks great! I always love a good cookie. Always.
Hi Lauren!
OMGosh!!!!! These look wonderful! :-)
My favorite way to eat cookies are right out of the oven with a super cold glass of milk. I even put ice in my milk to make sure it’s real cold!
I have to agree with Joanne….. portion control??
Not in my kitchen!! LOL!!
Have an awesome day! :-)
Haha glad we are all on the same page!
You have seriously got me craving chewy chocolate chip cookies now. Oh my.
I do believe in portion control. If I only eat half the batch I consider that a job well-done ;)
Ps- Just made the cookies. Every bit as amazing as your pics looked. Following you!
Awesome, so glad they turned out for you!
Haha – it really always does come back to cookies – and the brown eyed baker is my go-to source for recipes! She has the best ones!
You can never ever go wrong with chocolate chip cookies! They solve all problems.
Oh, warm chocolate chip cookies are the best! These look amazing!
You’re right, it always does come down to cookies. There is nothing quite like really good chocolate chip cookies, and yours look REALLY good.
You just made me want a cookie!
Delicious! I like the idea of a higher brown sugar ratio! Nicely done!
These look so incredible! Quite possible my favorite cookie – I like to simply enjoy them bite by bite =)
I love the brown to granulated sugar ratio in these cookies. For me, it always comes back to chocolate chip cookies :) This recipe is perfect!
I love that “milk” glass! So vintage and cute.
Thanks! We got a set of them on clearance a couple years ago:-)
Warm – straight out of the oven, with the chocolate still melty.
Looks fabulous like the entenmans ones in the box, but homemade! *drool*
I used to love those:-)
Chewy cookies are the best! These look incredible! :D
yum yum yum!! it does always come back to the cookies! these look fantastic!!
Sometimes its grat to stick to an old favourite..yum
I think cookies taste best when you’re standing up eating them. Who needs a cool cookie?
So true!
These are some of the prettiest chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever seen! Mine never seem to turn out this attractive, haha.
chewy, caramelly and delicious – just how I like them (sorry dad)
Worst part is I’m seeing this first thing in the morning, and now I want to make cookies to go with my coffee. They look truly delicious
You’re right! It does always come back to cookies! These look awesome!
As great as that cookie looks (and it does), I am loving that milk glass! Super cute! :)
Oooh, these do look good. Thanks for sending me their way.
These are my new go-to choc chip cookies! I used rounded half teaspoon-sized balls to make mini cookies and added pecans to my second batch. Sent them to family and friends. Perfect!