The Best Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe – An easy chocolate chip cookie recipe made in minutes. These are the best homemade chocolate chip cookies ever!
There’s nothing better than chocolate chip cookies from scratch! A warm, fresh chocolate chip cookie with a big glass of milk is comfort food at it’s finest.
I’ve tried a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes over the years. I keep finding that many of the recipes have at least one long wait time. They require you to either wait a couple of hours to bring the butter and eggs to room temperature, or wait for the dough to chill in the refrigerator for an hour. Sometimes both.
I’m too impatient! 🙂 I want to be able to relax on my couch and suddenly decide I need some homemade, soft, and chewy chocolate chip cookies. Then, have them baking in the oven in just a few minutes!
What makes this the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?
- Texture: The cookies are soft in the middle and chewy around the edges.
- Flavor: They have a sweet, buttery, toffy-like cookie flavor, loaded with chocolate chips.
- Quick & Easy to make: No bringing the ingredients to room temperature. No chilling the dough. The recipe can easily be whisked together, instead of using a mixer. And, it’s a ONE BOWL recipe.
How to make chocolate chip cookies. The easy way.
- In a large bowl, add melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
- Whisk until well combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Whisk until eggs are well incorporated.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir until no dry flour remains.
- Add chocolate chips.
- Stir until well incorporated.
- Scoop the batter onto a baking sheet.
- Bake and cool.
Try these other Easy Dessert Recipes.
- My Two Ingredient Nutella Brownie Bites Recipe
- My Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Recipe
- Easy Peanut Butter Cream Pie from Inspire A Creation
- No Bake Oreo Truffles from Fifteen Spatulas
Watch the step by step recipe video below for how to make The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie.
The Best Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter -melted*
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (a 12 oz. bag) semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, add the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the eggs and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until no dry flour remains.
- Add the chocolate chips. Stir until well incorporated.
- Scoop out 1 1/2 tablespoon size balls (a #40 scoop) of the batter on a baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between each cookie. SIZE MATTERS.**
- Bake for 10 minutes. The center should be soft and the edges should barely be golden. DO NOT OVER BAKE.
- Cool 3-4 minutes on the cookie sheet. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Cheryl says
Made these cookies last night and they came out perfect! Thank you for the best quick recipe I have used in a long time!
Caroline says
I put half of the sugar, still came out perfect and tastes awesome! Thank you!!
Colleen C says
These are delicious. I used half wheat flour and half AP flour. I also lined cookie sheets and sprayed with cooking spray. Oddly enough approximately 9 mins is what it took if I went to 10 mins they burned. At 9 mins took them out let them rest for a min then racks to cool.
These are really really good. Thank you!
Marina says
Easy to make, great picture step by step instructions and they taste delicious!
kim says
I followed the recipe but my dough came out a little runny still.
Olivia says
I love this recipe I’ve made it several times and it is so good! This time I added 2 tsp of cinnamon as well and it really sent them over the top. It didn’t change the recipe or the cook time either!
T says
Great cookies🏄🏽♀️🍪
Charlene says
Just made these and I want to say THANK YOU for this super simple recipe!! Super quick to make and bake! Not only was it delicious but it was great to not have to use a mixer because it was really easy to mix with the whisk and spatula! 😀 Can’t wait for my 5 year old to make these for Santa 😛
Jess says
Delicious! Made them this morning with my toddler. We had loads of fun. We brought them to some of the ladies at my office and were an instant hit. My oven took 11 minutes, middle rack, but I use silicon baking mats so that might have made a slight difference.
Becky Hubbard says
Love this recipe! Super simple instructions and made in one bowl. Never heard that “size matters” when it comes to baking cookies but, after purchasing my first #40 scoop, I could not agree more. Genius! Thanks for sharing such a great recipe with us. I am buying #40 scoops and printing this recipe off for friends to give at Christmas. Everyone I’ve made this for raves about the cookies. The only thing I added was additional chocolate chips — I put in 3 cups or more (at my son’s request). The best ever!
SS says
This is my first time making any cookies and i went ambitious making cookies from scratch. To my surprise the cookies came out so delicious and good looking! My daughter said they are the best she has ever had. Thank you so much. I followed the recipe exactly and my cookies were done to prefection exactly at 10 mins.
Marianne Delefortrie says
Made these this morning…..they are delicious and so easy. No waiting for butter to soften. will definitely make again.
Avery says
Made these with the 3 year old I babysit, turned out pretty good! Not sure if I missed a step or an ingredient but the dough was pretty sticky and runny. It ended up delicious and a great opportunity for a “might look different but still good inside” lesson. I’m sure we will make these again, it was a perfect way to spend the rainy day inside!
Ruby says
I have made these several times with this recipe, and they have come out perfect every time. So simple and so easy. Thank you for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe!
Sebrina Wright says
I made these cookies last night with the help of my 9 year old. My son said “even the dough is good”.. The most easy and simple recipe. The cookies were amazing!!!!! I love the buttery taste as well as the chocolate chip. My husband even said they were great with his coffee. Thanks for sharing and these will continue to be a “must have” in our household.
Chase says
I read this comment before I made these and it was a selling point, big fans of cookie dough in this house. Sebrina’s son is absolutely right.. I had to excuse myself from the kitchen between sheets to keep from eating up all the dough!
Matilda Jones says
I followed this recipe exactly and they turned out horrible. The batter was more liquidy than most cookie recipes I’ve made before and they were flat and melted together in the oven.
Cindy says
I just got finished making these cookies and I have to say I was amazed! If you bake a lot like I do for hungry grandkids you know that saving time is everything. I can not get over how easy this recipe is! No mixer! No chilling! No waiting for butter to soften! Thank you so much for this recipe! I will never use another recipe again! Fantastic!
Layne says
Such a simple recipe and easy to make. Had to cut a couple corners and used jumbo eggs and baking powder and came out looking like a sheet cake and burnt black to ashes. After cutting off the burnt edges, the salvaged bits tasted great!
Julian Lilla says
I made these cookies! They came out big & perfect@ I even teased my mom with one! Or maybe two.😉
PS if you do want them a little cruncher let the sit in the oven like two extra minutes. But not to long. Unless you want to try it that way. Good luck & yummy to me & my mom!
Kay says
This is the PERFECT chocolate chip cookie recipe! I halved the ingredients to make a smaller batch. Absolutely delicious. I was nervous about the ten minute bake time (I initially thought it would be too short) but it was perfect. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us!!!
Lori Cardoza says
This recipe is very easy and the cookies come out perfect! The inside of the cookie was soft and chewy, the outside was a little crunchy. Yummy. This will be my go to recipe from now on. Thank you!
Tiffany says
I have made over 100 cookies using this recipe and they always turn out amazing! Thank you for sharing!
kelty says
I made these twice, the first time normally and they were amazing, but the second time I accidentally added only half the butter (130g roughly) and they turned out WAY better, seriously addicting. the only problem is that they take longer to bake, roughly 15-20 min.
MD says
Mark my words, I am an awful baker, nothing ever turns out right, I blame it on the oven, but it’s just me. So I can honestly say I was stunned—and so was my family—that this truly perfect cookie was made by ME!! My flour & brown sugar were even a little expired (since I’d given up on baking, but they still turned out amazing! Thank you for the awesome recipe!! If these can turn out delicious for me, they absolutely will for you, too! Not that I’m ready to become a full-time baker or anything, but still… Give these a try, you’ll be glad you did!
MD says
Forgot to add a 5-star rating!!!!
Nellie says
Perfect and easy recipe. Cookies are slightly crisp on bottom and chewy in the middle. These are the cookies I remember from childhood.
meazechelle torres dakanay says
Thank you so much for sharing this chocolate chip cookie recipe. I have been looking for one and this is the easiest, simplest and the BEST!!!! I have made this so many times already. Kids love it, my friends love it, I cannot stop eating it!! Even the dough is delicious!! Thanks again. I have found my forever chocolate cookie recipe. Much love. Keep baking!!! God bless to you!
DC says
I don’t often write reviews. There are so many chocolate chip cookie recipes out there. But these are easy….and yes, delicious! I love the soft, but chewy texture. Perfect! Do not over bake. Very easy to mix together! Will make these again!!
CAROL PETERSON says
used semi sweet chocolate chips and Salted CARAMEL CHIPS. Delicious
DC says
Very good cookies! And did I mention easy? The texture was perfect. Just the right amount of chewy. Like the recipe says, do not over bake. Will definitely make these again!
Sprinkles says
Like another reviewer, my batter came out a little runny. Next time, I’ll add a half cup of flour or so. Even so, these cookies turned out terrific and will be my go to recipe!!! Can I cut the sugar down a little?
Thank you so much for sharing!! I just wish I wasn’t working from home so I could share them with my co-workers.