Looking for more cookie recipes? Try my Soft Sugar Cookies, Mrs. Fields Oatmeal Cookies, or Chocolate Mint Cookies!
What makes them perfect:
Soft and chewy: The melted butter, extra egg yolk and brown sugar help these cookies stay soft and chewy for days! EASY: This only takes minutes to prep, and you don’t even need a mixer!
How to make Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Melt butter. Melt the butter for about 45 seconds in the microwave. You want it mostly, but not completely melted. Stir with a spoon until it’s completely melted and allow the butter to cool completely. Mix wet ingredients. Add brown sugar and granulated sugar to a mixing bowl. Mix in the melted butter, until smooth. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla and mix until combined. Mix dry ingredients: Flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Combine. Stir together wet and dry ingredients, being careful not to over-mix the batter. Stir in chocolate chips. (If your cookie batter is beaten too much, the cookies will be more dense). Bake. Scoop the cookie dough and place it on a prepared baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 8-14 minutes (depending on their size) or until they’ve lost their sheen on top and are just set. The cookies continue to cook and will harden as they cool on the baking sheet so don’t over-bake them.
Tips for the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Use melted butter. Unlike most cookie recipes, these chocolate chip cookies are made with melted butter, instead of softened or room temperature butter, which makes them extra chewy (and the extra egg yolk helps make them thick, instead of flat). Add an extra egg yolk. Eggs also help with that chewy texture, but rather than using a whole extra egg, this cookie recipe calls for one extra egg yolk. This helps with the thick and chewy texture and helps the chocolate chip cookies to stay soft for days longer than regular cookies.More brown sugar than granulated sugar. Moisture content in cookies helps to make them chewy, and that is why this recipe contains more brown sugar than granulated white sugar. Brown sugar has molasses in it, making the sugar more moist, which will lead to a chewier chocolate chip cookie.
Recipe Variations:
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: Check out my Mrs. Field’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies: Substitute gluten free flour.
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions:
To Make Ahead: The cookie dough can be made 1-3 days ahead, stored in the refrigerator. Baked cookies are best enjoyed the same day, or frozen if enjoying another day. To Freeze: Scoop cookie dough on a baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes. Transfer cookie dough to freezer safe container or bag. Thaw before baking dough. Baked cookies can be frozen after cooling completely. Freeze in an air-tight freezer safe container or bag for up to 3 months. Recipe adapted from Cooks Illustrated.
I originally shared this recipe Feb. 2015. Updated May 2018 and September 2021. This post contains affiliate links.
