Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies are made by mixing melted butter with both brown and white sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract before incorporating the dry ingredients and chocolate chips. Using partially melted butter results in a loose, workable batter that firms up after standing, helping the cookies keep a defined shape during baking. The cookie dough is portioned into large scoops to produce generously sized cookies with a tender crumb.
The baking temperature and times are calibrated to deliver cookies with crisp edges and soft centers. The inclusion of brown sugar adds moisture and depth of flavor, while white sugar contributes to structure and sweetness. Chocolate chips distributed throughout the dough melt into pockets of semi-sweet chocolate, offering textural contrast and richness.
This recipe accommodates varying cookie sizes and can be adapted for higher altitudes with adjustments to sugar and temperature while maintaining soft texture. The cookies store well for a few days and freeze well both baked and as dough. The combination of clean measuring and resting the batter supports consistent results, making the recipe suitable for bakers at different skill levels.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour plain
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda (bi carb soda)
- 175g / 12 tbsp butter cut into 2 cm/ 4/5" cubes (1.5 US sticks / 6 oz, unsalted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed (light or dark) (Note 1)
- 1/2 cup caster sugar (US: granulated sugar)
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips , separated (US: semi sweet chocolate chips or chunks)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C / 350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan / convection). Place oven shelf in the middle of the oven.
- Line 2 trays with baking / parchment paper.
- Whisk the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
- Place the butter in a large heatproof bowl. Microwave until the butter is almost fully melted (25 sec for room temp butter, 40 sec for fridge cold butter on high).
- Whisk to finish melting the butter. (Note 2)
- Add brown and white sugar, whisk energetically for 15 seconds.
- Add egg, yolk and vanilla, whisk well for 15 seconds.
- Add flour mixture and mix until flour is almost fully incorporated.
- Add 1 cup chocolate chips, stir to disperse and flour is fully incorporated. Batter will be quite loose.
- Stand for 5 minutes for batter to firm up a bit so it is scoop-able into mounds. (Note 3)
- LARGE COOKIES: Scoop up a level ice cream scoop / 3 tbsp / 1/4 cup (Note 4) and place on baking trays 5cm / 2" apart - 13 balls. Top with remaining choc chips (these remain on surface once baked = prettier).
- SMALL COOKIES (26 - 30): Scoop up 1.5 tbsp (heaped tbsp measure) OR 1/2 an ice cream scoop (this works well). Place on baking trays 4cm / 1.75" apart, top with choc chops.
- Bake 1 tray at a time. LARGE COOKIES: Bake for 8 minutes, then rotate the tray and bake for 3 minutes (11 minutes in total). SMALL COOKIES: Bake 6 minutes, turn then bake 3 minutes (9 min total). The cookies should be just golden on the edges and pale golden on top. They will be slightly puffed up.
- Cool on the tray - they finish cooking. They will lose the puffiness while resting. Dig in and get your cookie fix!
Notes
- Using partially melted butter keeps the dough loose yet workable; avoid fully melting the butter to maintain softness.
- Letting the dough rest for 5 minutes firms it so the cookies spread less and keep rounded shapes.
- The recipe yields 13 large cookies; use a 3 tbsp ice cream scoop for portioning.
- Dough and cookies freeze well; refrigerate dough for up to 3 days and bake with an extra minute if chilled.
- For high-altitude baking, reduce sugar amounts slightly and adjust oven temperature to prevent excessive spreading or dryness.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 13Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 325 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 74g | |
| Calories | 325cal | 16% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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