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Chocolate Chip Cookies

These easy and delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies will become your go-to recipe. Soft and chewy and loaded with chocolate chips.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course cookie, Dessert, desserts, sweets
Cuisine American, Canadian
Servings 4 dozen

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan
  • 1 stand mixer or hand mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 lg eggs
  • tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips (your favorite) *2 cups (roughly)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 375℉
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, or a large bowl, combine butter and sugars, eggs and vanilla and beat on medium-low speed (2) until combined, scrape down the sides then turn up the speed (4) and beat for 30 seconds.
  • lower speed back to 2 and add the baking soda, salt and flour (one cup at a time)
  • mixing between each addition until just combined for a total of about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides, increase speed to 3 for an additional 30 seconds.
  • Add the chocolate chips and combine.
  • Drop by heaping teaspoons 2" apart, to a parchment lined sheet pan, bake at 375℉ for 9-10 minutes until they just begin to brown around the edges.
  • Remove to rack to cool immediately.

Notes

This is a family favorite and simple recipe.  They are soft cookies, loaded with chocolate chips.  Yum
If you want a crispier cookie, increase the baking time to 12 minutes.   Watch the bottoms and remove before they get too dark.
Keyword chewy cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cookies