Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - Greedy Eats (2024)

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe bakes crispy on the edges and chewy in the center with golden edges. Bonus: You don't need to soften or beat butter to make these cookies!

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Why this recipe works with such ease:

• First off, you don't need to wait for the butter to soften.
• You don't even need a mixer to make cookies, now how cool is that!
• This recipe always makes round cookies with slightly crispy edges and is just the right amount of chewy in the centers.
• Those golden edges, these are buttery but not greasy!
• Filled with ample of chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients:

Melted Butter: Melted butter chocolate chip cookies bake golden on the edges and have chewy-soft centers. Melt the butter and cool it slightly before adding room temperature egg to it. I use unsalted butter so that we get to control the amount of salt that goes into the recipe.

Brown Sugar: Will make cookies super chewy that will stay chewy for days!

Egg: For lift and structure!

Leavener: We are using baking soda to bake these cookies.

Vanilla: Always use pure vanilla extract for best flavor

How do you make chocolate chip cookies from scratch?

1. Melt Butter, cool it slightly. Add both sugars, vanilla and egg. Mix well to combine.
2. Next add and mix in the dry ingredients. Flour, salt and baking soda.
3. Stir in the chocolate chips. Cover and chill the cookie dough for a few hours.
   
4. Make dough balls using 2 tablespoon cookie dough per ball
5. Stud with a few extra chocolate chips
6. And bake at 375 deg F for 9-11 mins

What makes a cookie chewy or crunchy?

• Using melted butter in the cookie dough makes the perfect chewy crunchy cookie that you love.
• Also adding less flour and measuring it correctly allows the cookies to spread a little more than usual as they bake.
• Brown sugar in the recipe makes cookies super chewy and also the sugar caramelize yielding golden crispy edges.

What happens if you use melted butter instead of softened for cookies?

Your cookies will be so much chewier than the regular cookies and will bake slightly crunchy on the edges.

Softened butter produces thicker cookies than the melted butter ones that are softer in the centers comparatively.

At what temperature should cookies be baked?

We will bake these cookies at 375 deg F rather than 350. Higher temperature will allow to spread and bake with signature golden edges.

How long should you bake your cookies?

Baking time is very important to bake these cookies successfully. Do not under bake these to create soft centers.

You want those edges to be light golden brown. Cookies in the center should look pale ans puffy.

Worry not, they won't be as puffy after cooling. These should be ready between 9-11 minutes. But I suggest keep an eye on them after 9 minutes.

How do I bake better cookies?

• My number 1 tip would be to use a kitchen scale to measure ingredients.
• Do not over mix the cookie dough.
• While baking a second batch of cookies in the same tray, don't put cookie dough balls on hot tray.
• Allow the cookie dough to chill for a few hours before baking. This will enhance the texture and flavor profile of your cookies and they won't over spread.

More cookies for you:

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Giant Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookie

Vegan Chocolate chip cookies

Neapolitan Cookies

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