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The Best Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

November 1, 2018

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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!

1 of the best chocolate chip cookies cooling on a rack

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!

3 of the best homemade chocolate chip cookies on a plate

 

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.

Melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar in a mixing bowl to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch

  • Add eggs and vanilla.
  • Whisk until eggs are well incorporated.

The wet ingredients in a bowl for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe

  • Add flour, baking soda, and salt.

Dry ingredients on top of the wet ingredients for an easy chocolate chip cookie recipe

  • Stir until no dry flour remains.
  • Add chocolate chips.

Chocolate chips being poured into batter for easy chocolate chip cookies

  • Stir until well incorporated.

1 1/2 tablespoon scoop getting chocolate chip cookie dough out of a bowl

  • Scoop the batter onto a baking sheet.

Scoop dropping chocolate chip cookie dough onto a baking sheet

  • Bake and cool.

Batch of the best easy chocolate chip cookies recipe cooling on a rack

Try these other Easy Dessert Recipes.

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  • 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.

3 of the best homemade chocolate chip cookies on a plate

The Best Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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!
Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings: 39 cookies
Calories: 164kcal
Author: Amanda Finks
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4.99 from 63 votes

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.

Notes

*I melt the butter in the large microwave safe mixing bowl that I make the cookie dough in so it truly stays a one bowl recipe.
**The cook time is based on using 1 1/2 level tablespoons (from a #40 scoop) of dough in the shape of a scoop (or ball) for each cookie. If the amount of dough is different, the baking time will be off. Use a #40 scoop and scrape it up the side of the bowl to easily level off the dough. Or, use 1 1/2 level tablespoons of dough and roll the dough into a ball.
I highly recommend using a #40 scoop for this.  It makes the cookie making process so fast and easy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 73mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Best chocolate chip cookies recipe, chocolate chip cookie recipe, Easy chocolate chip cookies recipe
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Comments

  1. Daniel says

    May 18, 2020 at 2:17 PM

    5 stars
    Didn’t have chocolate chips so i made it without it, was delicious
    I added a bit of coffee to one of the batches and cocoa to the other one.
    Thank you

    Reply
  2. Rose Glenn says

    May 21, 2020 at 8:45 PM

    I’m not a baker, and these came out delicious! Really easy too!

    Reply
  3. Sha says

    May 26, 2020 at 9:24 PM

    5 stars
    made these today… by far the best recipe I’ve ever tried. Delish!!

    Reply
  4. Becky says

    June 17, 2020 at 9:33 PM

    Hi! If I want to add walnuts what’s your recommended measurement? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lisa says

      October 12, 2020 at 1:16 PM

      5 stars
      Made these last night for me and my boys. They are delicious! The perfect amount of soft and crispy.
      I used coconut oil instead of butter. Next time I will probably do 1/2 coconut oil and 1/2 butter.

      Reply
  5. Diane S Davy says

    June 18, 2020 at 1:25 PM

    5 stars
    As good as the famous hotel cookies. I cannot believe how good they are…WOW!! n Many thx.
    Loved not having to cream the shortening. Used Criso and butter.

    Reply
  6. Audre says

    June 20, 2020 at 11:42 AM

    I don’t know why my dough was so runny…
    I used the correct amount of all the ingredients.

    Reply
  7. JJ says

    June 23, 2020 at 11:44 PM

    extremely sweet, great if thats your thing but feels too unbalanced for me.

    Reply
  8. Kelly says

    July 1, 2020 at 3:51 PM

    Can margarine next substituted for the butter? Ok to freeze the batter and bake few days later?

    Reply
  9. R says

    July 6, 2020 at 8:32 PM

    Way to much butter! Had to add 1/2 C more flour. But very good tasting recipe. I made 3 batches and froze the rest.

    Reply
  10. Ginger says

    July 19, 2020 at 3:49 AM

    My daughter made these cookies. Awesome. I sent the recipe to my best friend – she loved them. And tonight, I made them myself. I am BAKING CHALLENGED! Great at savory and bad at baking. They came out perfectly. So much better than any other chocolate chip recipe I’ve ever used. This is the ONLY choc chip cookie recipe I will ever use again. They are easy and absolute perfection.

    Reply
  11. Kara says

    August 14, 2020 at 7:35 PM

    5 stars
    Super yummy, perfect texture, and so easy! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Kyrra says

      October 7, 2020 at 1:19 PM

      The BEST chocolate chip cookies EVER
      Even GF. Thank you soooooo much!!!!😊😄🍪🍪👍👍👍👍❤️💛💚💙💜

      Reply
  12. Hailey says

    September 6, 2020 at 7:47 AM

    5 stars
    Made cookies exactly as directed. We’re beautiful and soft! Love this recipe! Definitely a keeper! Thank you!

    Reply
  13. CONNIE says

    October 3, 2020 at 4:42 AM

    This is an okay recipe, but not the best chocolate chip cookie I’ve ever made/had. Unfortunately, I lost my favorite recipe for this classic cookie. This one will be made until/unless I find my favorite.

    Reply
  14. Betsy says

    October 4, 2020 at 5:12 PM

    5 stars
    I am partial to my own chocolate chip cookie, which requires my stand mixer, and making and freezing dough balls before baking. I was truly shocked at how good these are….caramelly from the melted butter, great sugar ratio (not too sweet), chewy & crunchy, and NO MIXER! New favorite!

    Reply
    • Tracey Y Jackson says

      October 19, 2020 at 9:06 PM

      5 stars
      Oh my gosh I just baked these…they are perfect!! Very easy recipe thank you so much!!

      Reply
  15. Charla Harrigan says

    October 4, 2020 at 5:55 PM

    5 stars
    Im all about easy and delicious. These were simple and turned out fabulous. Will always be my go to for chocolate chip cookies. thank you for doing all the hard work and telling me the secret.

    Reply
  16. Paula B says

    October 26, 2020 at 10:04 AM

    Simply amazing. Cookie has great flavor and texture. I used dark chocolate, semi-sweet and Bailey’s Irish Creme chips – oh my! I will be keeping this recipe in use often. Thank you.

    Reply
  17. Joni says

    October 27, 2020 at 5:43 PM

    5 stars
    Just made my first batch of these delicious cookies 😋 and they’re all gone already.. my family loves them .. Making more right now

    Reply
  18. Renee Pringles says

    October 28, 2020 at 1:20 PM

    5 stars
    The cookies turned out very nice I love this recipe

    Reply
  19. Julian Lilla says

    December 10, 2020 at 8:21 PM

    5 stars
    I made them today! They were delicious 😋 😍! I made them a little smaller than what they should be and I did put a few on the side without chocolate chips for my mom, she loved it too!

    Reply
  20. Jessica says

    February 9, 2021 at 5:32 PM

    5 stars
    OMG – when you say the BEST easy chocolate chip cookie recipe – you mean it… Great easy recipe. Thank you!!

    Reply
  21. Hanna says

    February 22, 2021 at 10:12 PM

    These were so easy and delicious! I made a half batch and did two trays with nine cookies each. I did reduce the sugar by a third (so 1/3 C brown sugar and 1/4 C white sugar for my half batch) and only did 140g of chocolate chips. I put the dough in the freezer for about 15 minutes before shaping into balls, and then put each tray in the freezer another five minutes before baking. This kept the cookies from spreading and they turned out perfectly! Perfectly sweet and I sprinkled them with a bit of sea salt on top, so good. I love the slightly crispy edges with the soft gooey middle. It only took 9 minutes for my cookies. I will definitely be using this recipe for a quick batch of cookies after dinner!

    Reply
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