We can’t resist warm cookies with a glass of cold milk! Some of our other favorites are Monster Cookies, Big, Soft Baked Peanut Butter M&M Cookies, and Oatmeal Fudge Bars! Everybody needs a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. A go-to version that you know you can rely on and make any time you find yourself craving a warm cookie with lots of melted chocolate and cold milk. I love playing with chocolate chip cookie variations like adding pecans and browned butter to make pecan chocolate chip cookies or mixing in raspberries and dark chocolate chunks to make raspberry chocolate chunk cookies. But there is nothing quite like good, chewy chocolate chip cookies to satisfy my everyday cookie cravings. And yes, they really are every. single. day. These cookies are probably one of the first things I ever learned how to bake, and I have my mom and my Aunt Judy to thank for that. I have had this recipe memorized since I was probably ten years old. And no other chocolate chip cookie recipe I have tried can match the amazingly perfect texture of these beauties. I will say that I have added a few more chocolate chips (ahem, doubled), increased the flour a smidge, and switched to all butter over the years since I was a kid learning to make these my mom and Aunt Judy as my guides. In college, my roommates and I would make a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough, and basically eating almost the whole thing before we ever got around to baking any of it. I can’t condone that kind of behavior now that people get all up in arms over eating raw cookie dough. But that said, we all do it right? It’s basically my favorite thing ever and my husband always requests that I wait to make cookies until he gets home from work so he can be sure to have some of the dough.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tips for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
How to Store Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies stay soft and chewy for up to 4 days in an airtight container on the counter. They also freeze well for up to 3 months.
A Bit About Chilling Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
In a nutshell, I don’t bother to chill my chocolate chip cookie dough. These chocolate chip cookies are crispy and chewy, with hints of toffee flavor thanks to the interaction of butter and brown sugar. There are plenty of chocolate chips so you get chocolate in every bite. They really are the best chocolate chip cookies ever and they are made from scratch in about 20 minutes, with no chilling involved. Because for the life of me, I cannot bring myself to chill the cookie dough when I want cookies RIGHT NOW. If it does, in fact, make a difference, it isn’t big enough to justify the delay of waiting for dough to chill. I know everybody says “the flavors develop more!” or “the cookies don’t spread as much!”. But I’m the naysayer who still hasn’t jumped on board the dough chilling bandwagon. I haven’t rebelled much in life, but this is one time when I’m putting my foot down. Chill if you want. Just call me when the cookies are ready. That said, I don’t soften my butter, and my butter is even on the cold side when I cream it with the sugars. If you have softer butter that is truly, legitimately room temperature, okay, then fine, maybe you will want to chill your dough for an hour in the fridge.
How to freeze chocolate chip cookie dough
I’ll admit that I have a strong preference for hot, fresh chocolate chip cookies right after they come out of the oven. So I don’t always bake an entire batch of cookies, and instead put some of the dough in the freezer for later. The best way to freeze chocolate chip cookie dough is to roll the dough into balls, just like if you were going to bake the cookies right away. Then freeze them on a baking sheet for 1-2 hours before throwing the frozen balls of cookie dough into a freezer safe ziploc bag. When you are ready to bake the frozen cookie dough, remove as many balls of dough as you want and set them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap or a clean cloth and leave them out on the counter at room temperature for 1-2 hours to thaw, then bake as normal for 9-11 minutes in a 375°F oven.
Can you bake chocolate chip cookie dough directly from being frozen?
You can skip the thawing approach as long as you make sure to line your baking sheet with parchment paper. I recommend decreasing the oven temperature to 350°F and cooking for around 14-16 minutes, in this situation. They aren’t quite as good as when they have the chance to thaw, but still pretty darn amazing without the wait.
More of Our Best Cookie Recipes
Big, Soft-Baked Peanut Butter M&M Cookies Double Lemon Glazed Cookies White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe Soft & Chewy Molasses Cookies Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies Best Fudgy Chewy Chocolate Brownie Cookies
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