Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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These Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect cookies at any time of year. I love that these are light and crispy and taste delicious.
These Chocolate Chip Cookies have a soft, chewy texture are the perfect cookie when you want a cookie.
This chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe is a family favorite. They are a soft texture with crispy edges.
They came about when I played with my favorite Traditional Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Easy recipe. This is an easy chocolate chip cookie recipe with simple ingredients. Warm homemade chocolate chip cookies come together in minutes.
Delicious. These soft chocolate chip cookies are a chewy version of regular chocolate chip cookies. Golden crisp edges on the outside with a chewy center.
Festive – These chewy cookies are the perfect chocolate chip cookie for lunch boxes and cookie platters.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Chips -I use semisweet chocolate chips, but milk chocolate chips work well too! Your choice.
- Sugar – I use white sugar
- Light Brown sugar
- All Purpose Flour
- Egg
- Baking Soda
- Pure Vanilla Extract is better than imitation but you can use either.
- Butter – I always prefer real butter for this recipe. You can use unsalted butter if you want to reduce the sodium, but I typically use salted butter for this recipe. Margarine will work too!
Full list in recipe card.
Equipment
- large bowl
- stand mixer with paddle attachment or pasty blender
- rubber spatula
- medium cookie scoop
- cookie sheets
Substitutions & Variations
You can add nuts to the recipe if you wish or make them with mini-chips.
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It’s all in the chocolate chip cookie dough!
How to Make Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Step 1 – In a large bowl, mix butter, sugars, egg and vanilla.
Step 2 – Add remaining dry ingredients. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl often.
Step 3 – Add chocolate chips.
Step 4 – Form into 1″ balls. .
Bake until golden brown
Timesaving Tips and Helpful Hints
- Don’t overmix dough. Over-mixing can lead to tough cookies. Mix the dough just until the ingredients are combined.
- Cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven.They will continue to firm up as they cool.
- Baking time may vary depending on oven and climate.
- Let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack.
- Store in an airtight container.
Favorite Cookie Recipes
- Chocolate Chip M & M Cookies – A lovely favorite that you can change up for each holiday
- Subway Copycat Raspberry Cheesecake cookies – Better than the ones at Subway.
- Brown Butter cookies – Delicious cookies with a brown butter flavor!
- Simple Lemon Cookie makes the loveliest light, lemon cookies!
- Best Classic chocolate chip cookie recipe – a favorite for years and the best chocolate chip cookie recipe!
- Monster Chocolate Chip Cookies – these large cookies are perfect for the big cookie lovers!
- These Easy S’mores Cookies are a perfect way to celebrate the flavors of smores! Made easily in minutes and they are delicious!
- Nutella cookies – These are so amazing especially if you know someone who loves hazelnut!
- Soft Snickerdoodles – light cinnamon cookies that are like air!
- And for a fun twist, try these fun milk and cookie shots.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- measuring cup
- Baking Sheets
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees f.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together first 5 ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients.
- Gradually add dry ingredients (except chips) to the creamed mixture.
- Add chocolate chips and combine.
- Roll into 1" balls. Place cookie dough balls onto greased or parchment covered cookie sheet
- Bake 11 – 13 minutes until light brown.
Notes
- Don’t overmix dough. Over-mixing can lead to tough cookies. Mix the dough just until the ingredients are combined.
- Cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven.They will continue to firm up as they cool.
- Baking time may vary depending on oven and climate.
- Let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Ahh, chewy chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. My favorite kind of cookie and my favorite variation of it. You can’t lose with this! Love it.
Thank you! It is one of my faves too!
These look really nice. I have pinned them so I can have a go at making them soon