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.
Daniel says
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
Rose Glenn says
I’m not a baker, and these came out delicious! Really easy too!
Sha says
made these today… by far the best recipe I’ve ever tried. Delish!!
Becky says
Hi! If I want to add walnuts what’s your recommended measurement? Thank you!
Lisa says
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.
Erika says
Sorry I’m later, but if you were still wondering… a good rule is half the amount of chocolate chips. (For 2 cups chocolate chips, use 1 cup of nuts) 🙂
Diane S Davy says
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.
Audre says
I don’t know why my dough was so runny…
I used the correct amount of all the ingredients.
JJ says
extremely sweet, great if thats your thing but feels too unbalanced for me.
Kelly says
Can margarine next substituted for the butter? Ok to freeze the batter and bake few days later?
R says
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.
Ginger says
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.
Kara says
Super yummy, perfect texture, and so easy! Thanks for the recipe!
Kyrra says
The BEST chocolate chip cookies EVER
Even GF. Thank you soooooo much!!!!😊😄🍪🍪👍👍👍👍❤️💛💚💙💜
Hailey says
Made cookies exactly as directed. We’re beautiful and soft! Love this recipe! Definitely a keeper! Thank you!
CONNIE says
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.
Betsy says
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!
Tracey Y Jackson says
Oh my gosh I just baked these…they are perfect!! Very easy recipe thank you so much!!
Charla Harrigan says
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.
Paula B says
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.
Joni says
Just made my first batch of these delicious cookies 😋 and they’re all gone already.. my family loves them .. Making more right now
Renee Pringles says
The cookies turned out very nice I love this recipe
Julian Lilla says
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!
Jessica says
OMG – when you say the BEST easy chocolate chip cookie recipe – you mean it… Great easy recipe. Thank you!!
Hanna says
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!
Chiquitta Morris says
The best. Simple recipe. Hands, up.
Abby says
Amazing cookie. Loved how easy it was to make!
C says
This is my go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Very quick and easy
Reba Kuske says
Totally the way I used to make cookies growing up! Who wanted to wait to chill the dough?! Great recipe!
Marcy says
Very delicious and easy clean up. I added 1-1/2 tsp. of expresso powder and chopped pecans to my cookies also.
Aimee says
Did this recipe change? I’ve been using 3/4 brown sugar and 1 cup granulated sugar lol. Still tastes amazing both ways! Love it! They don’t last long hehe
Linda says
This recipe was fast and easy, and very delicious. The cookies come out just as it described. Will definitely be making these again.
Phil says
The best!
Kelly Martinez says
I really wanted cookies tonight and I didn’t have soft butter and didn’t want to deal with the mixer. I googled and came across this recipe. It came out perfect! I added a box of jello pudding mix because my favorite recipe uses it and I love the effect. Worked well. Will definitely make again!!