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Last Updated on October 14, 2025 by Melanie
Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies – My go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe that I make over and over again. Homemade, chewy, soft and delicious.
One of the things that I most often feel like baking is chocolate chip cookies. Only a few weeks go by before I’m just itching to make homemade cookies.
They’re just irresistibly good in my opinion. However, it has been a long time since I’ve shared a chocolate chip cookie recipe here on the blog.
A few I’ve shared in the past are Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Triple Chocolate Chewy Cookies. But it’s been almost a year and a half now since I’ve shared any. My mind surely has gone off the deep end.
This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. It is based on the Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies recipe I shared almost 2 years ago. They’re pretty dang similar.
Tips for better cookies:
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator. When I chill the dough overnight, I think the cookies have a better flavor! If you have time, let them hang out in the refrigerator for 24-48 hours and see how much you enjoy them.
- Add a few chocolate chips after shaping the cookies. Place a few onto each cookie and press lightly. I love the look of the freshly melted chips when they come out of the oven!
- Use better chocolate chips. Ghirardelli chocolate chips are my favorite, and the flavor is fantastic!
- Measure your flour properly by using the scoop and level method. Spoon flour into measuring cup. Level off evenly with a knife or the edge of a spoon.
Favorite Tools for This Recipe:
- A medium 1.5-tablespoon size cookie scoop to make perfect-shaped cookies
- Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Baker’s Half Sheet for even baking.
- 12″x16″ non-stick parchment paper this is my favorite parchment, making clean up a breeze!
Reasons to love my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe:
- They’re soft and chewy.
- Easy to whip up in a few minutes.
- Easy to freeze the dough for baking later.
Have a great day! I hope it’s filled with good food
and your favorite people around the table.
Til we meet and eat again,
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Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 1/2 dozen 1x
Description
Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies – My simple favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe that I make on repeat. Homemade, chewy, soft and delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine flour, cornstarch, and baking soda. Whisk gently. Set aside.
- Melt butter slightly in the microwave. It should be runny but not completely liquefied. For my microwave that is about 30-40 seconds. Use discretion if you have a microwave that is low or high in power.
In a mixing bowl fitted with a flat paddle, cream the butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat on medium speed until well mixed. Stir in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla. - Next, add the flour mixture and beat for 1-2 minutes until thoroughly combined. Mix in chocolate chips.
- You may also chill dough at this point. Refrigerate dough for anywhere for 1 hour up to 2 days.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to drop the dough onto baking sheets lined with a baking mat (I use this baking mat.) or parchment paper.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges are set and very lightly brown. Centers will be glossy and look slightly under-baked. Let them cool on pan for about 5 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool completely.
- These cookies will keep fresh for up to 1 week in covered container.
Notes
This dough tastes great baked immediately or tastes even better chilled for at least 1 hours before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
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Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Take 5 Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Cookies
Chocolate Caramel Stuffed Cookies
These look like pure perfection. SO soft and gooey and cakey at the same time. Need to give this a try!!
Thanks for dropping by Karly! Appreciate the sweet words.
These look great! My family prefers a crisp cookie
so is there a trick to crunchy vs soft?
Just back a tad longer or let sit on the cookie sheet for a 2-3 extra minutes.
Melanie – these look insanely delicious! I usually make flourless chocolate chip cookies but today my daughter asked for some bona fide ones and I have gotta try this recipe – I don’t have cornstarch so hoping arrowroot powder woks too! Thanks so much for sharing – hope you are well xo
That’s a great idea. I need to experiment with Arrowroot.
I’m looking to expand my on my experiences and hopefully start working with other flours in the near future.
Hope all is well with you too. I miss you. Thanks for dropping by!
These cookies look absolutely scrumptious – what’s not to love about a chocolate chip cookie?!