Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Few recipes are more nostalgic than classic chocolate chip cookies. Eating a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven and dunking it into a glass of cold milk might just be the ultimate comfort food.
Whether you remember making chocolate chip cookies with your loved ones as a child, want to make that memory with your children or just enjoy a sweet treat, we have good news — we have an easy chocolate chip cookie recipe for you.
A perfect mix of crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, these classic chocolate chip cookies are sweet, a little bit salty and packed with loads of chocolate chips — and they’re kid-approved.
Classic chocolate chip cookies are the perfect recipe to introduce your kids to baking from scratch. They’ll love being in the kitchen, likely covered in flour, making fun memories and learning life skills with you.
7 ways kids can help make these chocolate chip cookies:
Watching the action of adding ingredients to the bowl by sitting on the counter
Holding their hand on top of yours while using a hand mixer or while turning on the mixer
Pouring pre-measured ingredients into the bowl
Using the cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto the baking sheet. (It won’t be perfect, but they will love seeing the cookies they scooped themselves)
Choosing the color of 1–2 M&Ms® and placing them in the dough. (The person who gets the M&M in their cookie “wins.” This is an easy way to make them feel like they’re a big part of the baking)
Stirring the mixture or scraping down the sides of the bowl with a wooden spoon
Placing a few chocolate chips on top of each cookie dough ball before baking
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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Start to finish: 25 minutes
Impresses: 12 (2 cookies per person)
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
Method
Heat oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, combine butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Mix on medium-high speed 3 minutes, and then scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix 2 minutes more. Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix again on medium speed 2 minutes more, until fluffy. Add dry ingredients to the bowl a little at a time and mix on low speed until just combined. Once all the dry ingredients are combined, scrape down the edges of the bowl.
Add chocolate chips and mix on low speed just long enough to incorporate the chocolate chips. Using a cookie scoop or large spoon, scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough and place on the baking sheet until all dough is used. Evenly spread out the cookie dough balls.
After the cookie dough balls are on the baking sheet, place a few more chocolate chips on top of each dough ball before baking. Bake 9–10 minutes. Edges should look slightly golden brown, and the middle should still look soft and almost undone.
Cool on the baking sheet about 5 minutes, and then transfer the classic chocolate chip cookies to a cooling rack. Keep cookies in an airtight container or bag for up to 10 days.