The PERFECT Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
You can stop searching, because this is the PERFECT chocolate chip cookie recipe. They're gooey when warm and perfectly soft once they've cooled.
Servings: 26 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup cold Butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 + 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour or up to 3 cups
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Coarse Salt see note
- 2.5 cups Chocolate Chips see note
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Slice the cold butter into tablespoons and place it in a mixer. Add both sugars and mix until fully incorporated and light and fluffy - about two minutes.
- Add eggs and beat two more minutes, scraping down bowl if needed.
- In a separate bowl, whisk baking powder, baking soda, and coarse salt into the flour.
- Add dry ingredients all at once and mix just until incorporated. Do not overmix. Dough should be fairly thick. If it seems very sticky you can add a little more flour.
- Pour in chocolate chips and mix just until incorporated.
- Scoop out cookies using a 3 TABLESPOON SCOOP onto a lined cookie sheet. Your cookie dough should still feel quite cool to the touch. If it doesn't, pop the cookie sheet into the fridge for 8-10 minutes before baking.
- Bake at 375 for about 8-9 minutes. Cookies should feel set on the edges but will still be soft in the middle and pale in color. Allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
Salt: We always use a coarse salt in these cookies and we use a full teaspoon (it can be kosher salt or sea salt or whatever type of salt you like, just in bigger granules). The little extra saltiness complements both the cookie and the chocolate and makes these super delicious. However, if you do not want to taste the salt, you can use 1/2 a teaspoon of table salt instead.
Chocolate Chips: You can use all semi-sweet chips or all milk chocolate if that's what you prefer. However, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND using a mix of semi-sweet, milk, and dark chocolate chips in these cookies. Having three different types of chocolate in here really amps up the flavor and sets these cookies apart. Additionally, I prefer a nicer brand of chocolate chips like Guittard or Ghiradelli - those chips are often a little larger in size which also helps to cookie taste even better.