Chocolate Chip Cookies
This best chocolate chip cookie recipe is our secret family favorite — soft and chewy centers, crisp edges, and loaded with melty chocolate chips. A foolproof homemade cookie recipe everyone will ask for.
Servings: 24
Calories: 245kcal
Equipment
- electric mixer or stand mixer
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter-flavored Crisco
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 ounces chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. In mixing bowl cream together the Crisco, brown sugar, white sugar, water and vanilla until smooth.1 cup butter-flavored Crisco, ¾ cup brown sugar, ¾ cup granulated white sugar, ¼ teaspoon water, 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Add eggs and mix to combine. Set aside.2 eggs
- In separate mixing bowl combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt.2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
- Add one cup of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Repeat until dry and wet ingredients are full combined.
- Add chocolate chips and stir by hand into fully incorporated.12 ounces chocolate chips
- Place parchment paper on baking sheet and scoop 1-inch balls (or rounded scoops) onto cookie sheet at least 2 inches apart (tip, I typically do rows of three cookies).
- Bake for 9–11 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet. They will complete cooking as they cool. If you let them cook too long they’ll harden as they cool.
- After about 2 minutes, move cookies to baking rack to finish cooling.
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Nutrition
Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 206mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 52IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg