Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 6, 2025

Ingredients

Makes ~24 cookies.

IngredientQuantity
Unsalted Butter1 1/4 cups (283g)
Brown Sugar1 1/2 cups
White Sugar3/4 cup
Vanilla Extract1 1/2 tsps
Eggs3
Flour3 cups
Baking Soda1 1/2 tsps
Salt1 1/2 tsps (forgoe this if you use salted butter)
Chocolate Chips2 cups

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F.
  2. Mix the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, and eggs together. The mixture should end up smooth.
  3. Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt separately and mix them into the butter mixture.
  4. Take the dough and form it into small balls, placing them on a parchment paper-lined baking tray. Leave enough room so when the balls melt into a cookie shape they don’t melt into each other.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
  6. Cool them on the pan for 10 minutes, and then cool them on a cooling rack.

Notes

  • Mixing the butter with the sugar is a lot easier if the butter is a room temperature. Take it out of the fridge in advance if you can. It’s also much easier to mix with a stand or hand mixer, if you have either.
  • Make sure they bake long enough. A good heuristic is once the bottom has browned slightly.
  • Also make sure they cool long enough before putting them away. If they’re too warm they’ll melt together in whatever container you leave them in.

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