Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies – Consistently Chewy with a Crisp Edge

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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Any baking blog worth its salt will have a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe! And while I do consider myself to be an expert in the classic sugar cookie cutout, chocolate chip cookies have been a little more difficult for me to master. Part of this is because I love SO many types of chocolate chip cookies – chewy, soft, crispy, salty, rich, milky – I love them all! So it’s hard to decide what kind of chocolate chip cookie I want represented on this blog.

Ultimately, I decided on my favorite type of chocolate chip cookie

• Chewy, with crispy edges
• Semi-sweet chocolate (always – milk chocolate has no place in chocolate chip cookies. I said what I said).
• Smaller cookies – don’t come for me, but I love a 2-3 bite cookie so thats what I’ve created here.
• Consistency – I want a cookie that turns out the same every time I make it. I’ve made these cookies several times now and it fits the bill!
• Vanilla forward – I love a lot of vanilla in my chocolate chip cookies, that’s why this recipe calls for 1 TABLESPOON of vanilla! (not a typo!)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup of butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy
3. Add in egg and vanilla, mix until combined
4. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients
5. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, mix until just combined. Do not overmix!
6. Fold in chocolate chips
7. Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheet, bake cookies for 8 minutes. This bake time is for single scoop cookies. If you’re making larger cookies you may need to adjust your bake time to 11-13 minutes.
8. Enjoy!