Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Chocolate Chip Cookies are awesome- and a great go-to recipe for a classic chocolate chip cookie. They are chewy and buttery with great flavor from brown sugar, vanilla, and chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour, lightly spooned into measuring cup and leveled. (measure then sift)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1½ sticks unsalted butter, melted (This is the equivalent of 3/4 cup)
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate chips or combination of both-- we used semisweet.) We used mini chips but standard size is great too!
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (Optional. We love cinnamon)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper.
- Sift flour, baking soda, salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
- Next, in the bowl of your mixer, mix brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Mix at medium speed until smooth.
- Mix in egg and egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix until creamy. Then, with the mixer on low speed (or mixing by hand), add the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. *Be careful not to overmix. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Drop the cookie dough by the spoonful about 3 inches apart onto the parchment lined cookie sheet(s). Bake for 15-17 minutes or until slightly golden around the edges.
- Allow the cookies to cool for at least 5-10 minutes on the cookie sheet before moving them to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Notes
Store in an airtight container.
**These freeze great also! Layer them in an airtight container or a freezer bag, with parchment paper in between. They will stay fresh for 2-3 months. Thaw at room temperature (about 30 minutes or so).
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