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Close-up of a golden-brown chocolate chip cookie with visible chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Enjoy classic homemade chocolate chip cookies with a perfect balance of sweetness and gooey chocolate chips.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 200
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour spooned & leveled
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk egg and yolk room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chunks
Optional
  • flaky sea salt for sprinkling flaky sea salt optional

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Whisk dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt.
  3. Mix wet ingredients: melted butter, sugars, egg, yolk, vanilla.
  4. Combine dry and wet: stir until dough forms. Fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Scoop onto baking sheets, bake 10–12 mins, cool on wire rack. Sprinkle with salt if desired.

Notes

For softer cookies, slightly underbake and let cool on the sheet.