Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic and delicious chocolate chip cookies that everyone will love!
Servings: 24 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter - slightly colder than room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar - cup packed full
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour or gluten free baking mix
- 12 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips or chocolate chunks or chocolate variety of choice
- Optional - nuts citrus zest, cinnamon or dried fruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a mixing bowl mix together butter and sugars until mixture is pale yellow and smooth.
- Add the vanilla extract and eggs and mix well.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry mixture to butter mixture and stir until dough forms.
- Mix in chocolate chips.
- If dough is soft, place in refrigerator for 10 minutes so it can firm up.
- Roll cookie dough into about 1 1/2 to 2 inch cookie balls.
- Place on slightly greased cookie sheet with enough room for the cookies to spread out without touching. About 12 per standard cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-12 minutes. The time depends on the size of your cookie. Check cookies at 8 minutes. When the bottom is golden and tops start to get slight cracks and no longer look doughy they are done, even though they will still be soft.
- Remove from the oven and allow cookies to sit on the hot cookie sheet for a few minutes, 2-3 until they start to cool. This helps the cookie keep it's shape and not fall through the cooling rack when it's placed there.
- Move to a cooling rack and enjoy.