The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are one of the best chocolate cookie recipes I have ever tried, if not THE BEST! Chewy, chocolatey and flavorful. You'll love them as much as my family does.
Equipment
- 1 large bowl
- 1 sheet pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (salted or unsalted), melted then cooled I prefer salted so the cookies aren't too sweet
- 1½ cups light brown sugar (packed)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature is best
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ¼ cup maple syrup (either pure or artificial will work)
- 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine melted and cooled butter both sugars
- Add eggs, one at a time and stir between each addition
- add Vanilla and maple syrup and stir
- In a separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients : flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring until combined then add the chocolate chips, mix them in.
- cover the bowl and let the dough chill in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes
- Preheat your oven ( 350℉) while the dough is chilling, prepare your pans with parchment paper (my prefered method). If you don't have parchment then bake cookies directly on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Scoop out cookie dough (about 2 Tbsp) and roll into balls, flatten slightly ( i find this very important if you want a flatter - not domed cookie). Return unused cookie dough to the refrigerator while each batch cooks.
- Once oven is at temperature, bake cookies for about 13 minutes, until the edges are starting to turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cookies cool completely on the cookie sheet
- Once cookies are cool remove to an airtight container or plate, bake next batch making sure the sheet pan is not hot and the dough is cold
- Enjoy!
Notes
You can use whatever kind of chocolate chips you have, milk, semi-sweet, dark, white, mini etc. They will all work. Get creative and mix them!
My family loves these cookies and the batch is large enough that you can freeze some for later (although they won't last long). I find my family go searching the freezer for them so they tend to "disappear".