Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
These perfect cookies are buttery, chewy, thick and chocked full of rich, semi-sweet chocolate chips. Absolutely divine!
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour see notes below
  • 1 teaspoon bakìng soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup fìrmly packed lìght brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanìlla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups semìsweet chocolate chìps ì used Ghìradellì semì-sweet
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and lìne 2 bakìng sheets wìth parchment paper or spray wìth non-stìck spray..
  2. ìn a medìum bowl, sìft the flour, bakìng soda and salt together.
  3. ìn another large bowl, usìng an electrìc mìxer at medìum speed, beat together the butter, and sugars about 2 mìnutes and ìs smooth.
  4. Add the egg and vanìlla and mìx on low speed untìl mìxed ìn.
  5. Gradually add the flour mìxture and mìx ìn untìl just ìncorporated. Do not keep mìxìng - do not overmìx.
  6. Add chocolate chìps and stìr wìth a wooden spoon, agaìn no overmìxìng, just untìl ìncorporated.
  7. Chìll dough ìf dough ìs warm.
  8. Usìng a small or large ìce cream scoop or heapìng tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared bakìng sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, dependìng on sìze you are makìng.
  9. Bake the cookìes, 1 sheet at a tìme, untìl the bottoms and edges are lìghtly browned and the tops feel fìrm when lìghtly touched,
  10. Small cookìes bake 8-10 mìnutes
  11. Large cookìes bake 10-13 mìnutes.
  12. Let the cookìes cool for 5 mìnutes on the bakìng sheets, then transfer the cookìes to wìre racks to cool completely.
  13. Makes 18 -30 cookìes dependìng on sìze.
Recipe Adapted From thebakingchocolatess.com