Description
Indulge in the ultimate chocolate chip cookie experience with this recipe for the Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies. These cookies are chewy, buttery, and packed with rich chocolate chips that will satisfy your sweet tooth cravings.
Ingredients
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For the Cookie Dough:
- 1 1/4 cups butter (preferably Kerrygold unsalted)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar (packed firmly)
- 2 1/2 tsp vanilla essence or extract
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)
- 2 cups chocolate chips (Ghirardelli semi-sweet morsels)
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (King Arthur brand)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/4 tsp salt (sifted with the flour)
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Mix in the vanilla essence and eggs until well combined.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Combine Wet and Dry Mixtures: Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Form Cookie Dough: Using a cookie scoop, drop rounded dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.
- Cool and Enjoy: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: Approximately 250 kcal
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
