Looking for the best chocolate chip cookies EVER? you’re in the right place. These cookies are BIG, soft, chewy, and totally divine.
Chocolate chip cookies are my weakness. If I were ever stranded on a deserted island, I could be happy with a steady supply of homemade chocolate chip cookies.
I swiped this recipe for the best chocolate chip cookies from my mom, and now I want to share it with all of you. You don’t want to keep going through life not knowing what’s in the best chocolate chip cookies EVER, do you?
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Well, these wonderful homemade cookies are loaded with some incredible ingredients.
Butter, sugar, vanilla and semisweet chocolate chips are among the usual suspects.
But this isn’t your average chocolate chip cookies recipe! Y’all, this recipe produces some pretty perfect cookies.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix together the flour, baking soda, and the salt
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, sugars, vanilla extract, and the vinegar until smooth.
- Beat in the egg just until combined.
- Mix the flour mixture into the wet mixture just until combined. Stir in the chips.
- Drop cookies 2 inches apart onto your prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake and enjoy!
TIP: In the recipe, I make a note about “barely melted” butter. You want to melt it, but not over melt it, and be sure to let it COOL a bit before putting in with the other ingredients.
Here’s a picture of what your butter should look like!
Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
The debate on soft vs. crispy chocolate chip cookies is a no-brainer in my book.
I do favor soft and chewy, but these cookies give you the best of both worlds.
The middle of the cookie is nice and soft, and the outer edge has a little crispiness.
And that sea salt on top? Just, wow.
How to Store Chocolate Chip Cookies
A wonderful tip that I picked up a few years ago was to store cookies in an airtight container with one slice of white bread.
The cookies utilize the moisture in the bread and it helps prevent them from drying out. Give it a try, you’ll love the results.
How to Freeze Cookie Dough
People always ask me if they can freeze my cookie recipes. In this case, yes, you can definitely freeze this chocolate chip cookie dough. Here’s how to do it.
- Make the cookie dough as instructed below.
- Scoop and place cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Just make sure the sheet will fit in your freezer.
- Freeze the balls until solid. Usually, 1-2 hours will suffice.
- Remove the cookie balls to a large ziptop bag and carefully labeled with the date and baking instructions.
- Freeze up to 6 weeks.
How to Bake Frozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
To bake your amazing cookies, you can allow the dough to defrost overnight in the refrigerator or a couple hours at room temperature, then just bake as usual.
If you want to bake them from frozen, just let them sit out on a parchment-lined baking sheet while your oven preheats, and then bake as usual adding 1-3 minutes to the baking time.
You’ll just need to keep an eye on your oven to make sure you don’t let them go too long over the original bake time.
Don’t forget, as my instructions note below you don’t want to overbake these cookies. They will look a little underdone in the center but they will continue to cook once you take them out of the oven as you allow them to cool on the baking sheet an additional 10 minutes.
I think you’ll agree that these truly are the BEST chocolate chip cookies!
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- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Raspberry Almond Shortbread Cookies
- Monster Cookies
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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter barely melted but not too hot (see photo above)
- ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips I used half chips and half chunks, but either is fine
- Coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and the salt: Set aside.
- In a large bowl beat together the butter, sugars, vanilla extract and the vinegar until smooth. Beat in the egg just until combined.
- Mix the flour mixture into the wet mixture just until combined. Stir in the chips.
- Using a large cookie scoop (about 2 rounded tablespoons) drop about 3 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, they will look light brown around the edges and will look underdone in the center. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle each cookie with a little sea salt. Allow to sit on the sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a rack to cool.
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I am an expert on cookies and these are THE BEST I have ever had. Just a couple things made all the difference. This will be the only chocolate chip cookie recipe that I will need.
Can I use balsamic vinegar instead of apple cider?
Thank you!
No! Unless you want a savory cookie…
definitely do not use balsamic!! the acv is for a chemical reaction in the cookies–balsamic vinegar will ruin them
I really o NOT think Balsamic would be a gapped subside…Plain vinegar…yes
No
Hands-down, the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve ever made! And I’ve made a lot of Chocolate chip cookies, believe me! I also added walnuts to mine which were divine! Thank you for the recipe.
I made these last night and they were delicious! Thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you so much! I have been looking for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe, and now I have found it! These are amazing.
These cookies are amazing! I’m a baker and this is the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies! Everyone I give cookies to love them as well! My ex husband likes them right out of the freezer.
Honestly these cookies did not come out as expected they were all bundled up and did not spread at all. The flavor is AMAZING though!!! I think next time I will put less chocolate!! But thank you for sharing this recipe!!!
These are the best!! I just made the for the second time!!! I have a question though….. mine seem to spread out pretty flat. Yours don’t look that flat. Just wondering why?? However, they are amazing and the best I’ve ever been able to make. Thanks!!
We tried this recipe a couple times, the fist time we were not experienced bakers and totally failed. But even though we didn’t make it the way the recipe said too they STILL tasted great!! Then we tried again, they were PERFECT!!! The amount of chocolate chips, the butter, the salt! Bravo! Bravo! This is a great recipe!
I made these cookies yesterday, and put 3 different chocolates (milk, semi-sweet, and unsweetened) and it was the perfect cookie. I also refrigerated for 24 hours and baked them. They’re perfect! They’re crispy on the outside but so soft on the inside. Definitely putting this recipe in my pocket.
So is it suppose to be one cup or stick? I just the land o lake butter and it says one stick is a half a cup! I follow the recipe and my cookies always come out super thin!
These cookies are the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever eaten!
They are buttery, perfectly crispy on the outside, and soft and gooey on the inside!
I had to cook them 3 extra minutes and I didn’t have sea salt, so I substituted it with kosher salt, but they are simply amazing.
I can’t wait to share them with my family.
Please tell your mom how loved they are ❤️