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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 7/27/20Updated: 3/03/22

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My quest to find the recipe for the best Chocolate Chip Cookie is always ongoing and this recipe is right up there at the top.  It is everything a good chocolate chip cookie should be.

I am a collector of chocolate chip cookie recipes and have quite a few favorites.  These Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of my favorites.  I also love to play around with fun flavor variations and this Lemon White Chocolate Chip Cookie is amazing.  These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are always a hit!.


overhead shot of chocolate chip cookiesI am a recipe collector.  I have piles of cookbooks and stacks of recipes.  But I bet if you were to look through all those recipes there is one kind of recipe I have more of than any other recipe.

I seem to be on an eternal quest for the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Several weeks ago I asked on Facebook how many chocolate chip cookie recipes does one person need!?  Most of you answered – just one!! I beg to differ!

pile of chocolate chip cookies

I have several dozen chocolate chip cookie recipes here on the blog but I keep searching  and am always game to try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe.

NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have found that chocolate chip cookie recipes seem to go in and out of popularity, especially in the blogosphere.  Several years ago a certain chocolate chip cookie recipe hit the blogosphere.  It is one that was featured in the New York Times when they set out to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe.  Their winner was a recipe adapted from Jacques Torres.

three chocolate chip cookies

The recipe takes a bit longer than your typical chocolate chip cookie recipe because it needs to be chilled.  But let’s just say the little bit of extra effort is worth it.  This chocolate chip cookie is everything a chocolate chip cookie should be, at least in my opinion.  Crispy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle.

chocolate chip cookies on a cookie sheet

Top Tips for Making the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie:

  • Use a combination of cake flour and bread flour.  Don’t cheat on this one.  Cake flour is finer than bread flour but the bread flour has gluten in it which is important. There is a difference in the texture if you don’t use cake flour and bread flour but they still taste delicious.
  • Have eggs and butter at room temperature.  You don’t want your butter really soft.  Soft butter is when you can use your finger to easily indent into the butter.
  • Cream your butter and sugar for 3 -5 minutes. This may seem like a long time but do it!
  • Chill your dough.  The recipe calls for you to chill it for 24-36 hours but seriously, who could wait that long.  I chilled it for a few hours and baked a batch.  They were delicious.  I then exercised self control and chilled it for 12 hours – they were still delicious.  Again at 24 hours – delicious!  Maybe my chocolate chip cookie tastebuds aren’t that highly developed but I couldn’t see any big difference between those chilled only a few hours and those chilled the recommended 24 hours.  So why wait!?

scoop of cookie dough

  • The other trick is to be sure and not make your cookies too small.  The recipe calls for you to make them 1/3 cup.  Do it!  I use this cookie scoop to make large cookies.
  • A slight sprinkling of sea salt on the top gives it that extra special touch and flavor. (I did leave the salt off of one of my batches and they were still the BEST.)

So take my word for your – if you have been searching for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe – your search is now over.  I promise!

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Freezing Cookie Dough

This cookie dough can be easily frozen and I also like to bake these cookies and then freeze them – find tips here.

My favorite way to eat them is frozen, right out of the freezer!

Other Favorite Cookie Recipes:

  • Salted White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
  • Crispy Oatmeal Cookies
  • Compost Cookies
  • Lemon Shortbread Cookies
  • Lemon Dream Cookies

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Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

4.75 from 4 votes

Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
My quest to find the recipe for the best Chocolate Chip Cookie is always ongoing and this recipe is right up there at the top.  It is everything a good chocolate chip cookie should be.
serves: 18 cookies
Prep:10 minutes
Cook:18 minutes
chill time:1 day
Total:1 day 28 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cake flour minus 2 tablespoons
  • 1 2/3 cups bread flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
  • 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar plus 2 Tbsp
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 pounds bittersweet chocolate I used Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips
  • Sea salt

Instructions

  • Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
  • In your mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  • Stir in the vanilla.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Add chocolate chips and mix until incorporated.
  • Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours. (or just a few hours if you can't wait!)
  • Dough may be used in batches, and can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat.
  • Scoop dough (the size of generous golf balls) or about 1/3 cup onto baking sheet, making sure to turn horizontally any chocolate pieces that are poking up; it will make for a more attractive cookie. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more.
  • Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 497kcal (25%) Carbohydrates: 61g (20%) Protein: 6g (12%) Fat: 26g (40%) Saturated Fat: 15g (94%) Cholesterol: 54mg (18%) Sodium: 298mg (13%) Potassium: 277mg (8%) Fiber: 3g (13%) Sugar: 38g (42%) Vitamin A: 436IU (9%) Calcium: 61mg (6%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Cookies
Cuisine:American
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Originally shared February 17, 2012

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  1. Tara B says

    Posted on 3/1 at 11:56 am

    Hi Leigh Anne, this is Tara’s mom Robin. I want to make these cookies for a few girlfriends that are coming to visit me for a gettaway weekend. We will watch Downton Abbey and of course eat treats aka cc cookies. I am wondering what you mean by bread flour. Can it be regular all purpose flour or should it be the real “bread flour” with higher gluten content. I am thinking from your comments that it should be bread flour not all purpose. Also, what are your favorite things to do in UT aside from visit those cute girls and Logan.

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/1 at 3:24 pm

      Hi Robin! I do use bread flour – not all purpose flour. I think it gives the cookies a better texture. Your girlfriend weekend sounds so fun – I want to come!! My favorite things to do it Utah – they usually include eating and shopping and some more eating! Of course there is always a trip to Cafe Rio and Tai Pan in there. If they are cooks Gygi’s would be on the list too I guess it would depend on what your friends like. Gardner Village is always fun too. Lots of fun little boutiques for clothes and crafts – so many possibilities!! Have fun! I’m headed to Utah next weekend. Let me know if you find some fun new places I need to check out!!

      Reply
  2. Jody says

    Posted on 2/27 at 12:23 pm

    Leigh Ann, have you tried the “Best Chocolate Chip Cookie” on Mel’s Kitchen Cafe website? I just tried them last week and they are the best I’ve ever made. (I haven’t tried this recipe yet) I’m curious how they stack up against these.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/27 at 6:28 pm

      Her recipe is a good one – in fact I have almost the exact same recipe here on the blog too – it is a popular one that went around the blogosphere a few years ago. The melted butter gives the cookie a good texture but I think I might like this recipe even better but that recipe was my favorite until this one!

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  3. Wendy Webster says

    Posted on 2/26 at 9:51 am

    The ultimate test was when I made these since my CC cookies NEVER turn out. My husband and I chuckled with delight when the first batch came out SUPER beautiful and delicious. THANKS!

    Reply
  4. Jackie says

    Posted on 2/25 at 10:33 pm

    Hi Leigh Anne

    Did you use a 1/3 cup measuring cup or a cookie scoop that measures 1/3 cup.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/26 at 8:42 am

      I used a ice cream scoop that holds 1/3 of cup, it is easier to get the dough out of it than a measuring cup but a measuring cup will work too. You’ll just need a spoon to lift the dough out with.

      Reply
  5. Rachel says

    Posted on 2/21 at 5:42 pm

    My favourite CCC recipe has oatmeal in it and if baked on a pizza stone is to DIE for – I agree – the chilling of the dough makes it taste SO MUCH better!

    1 cup butter
    1 cup white sugar
    1/2 cup brown sugar

    all creamed together until fluffy

    add 1 egg
    1 tsp vanilla extract ( I use real)

    Mix well

    Add 1 1/2 cup flour
    1 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp cinnamon

    mix until blended

    Then add 3 cup oatmeal
    1 cup chocolate chips

    Mix until combined

    Put in fridge for 1 hour

    Bake at 350 F for 14 minutes (or there abouts) on a pizza stone – when the cookies are done – they don’t look done yet… they still look wobbly in the middle. Take them out of the oven and keep on pizza stone until firm (about 90 sec) and then transfer to cooling rack. Don’t leave on pizza stone too long or they will continue to cook and no longer be chewy in the middle… don’t move too soon to cooling rack or cookie will fall apart.

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