The Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This is theBest Chocolate Chip Cookierecipe EVER! The secret is in melting the butter. No chilling time required, no funny ingredients, just simple, homemade chewy chocolate chip cookies!

Chocolate chip cookiesare little morsels of memories. I’m sure you, too, have more than one memory that has a chocolate chip cookie wrapped up in it. These chocolate chip cookies are comparable to myBrown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookiesand even theseHomemade Soft Oreos from a cake mix, but I promise these will be everyone’s favorite! I love making a big batch of dough and keeping some frozen in case visitors come by or we get an unexpected sweet tooth calling.

Table of Contents:

24 Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes Ever!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe:

Melted Butter

The secret key to thischocolate chip cookie recipeis the melted butter. I LOVE that it uses melted butter because you don’t have to wait for the butter to come to room temperature. When you beat the melted butter and the sugars together you beat and beat until the mixture gets light and fluffy (pictures in the post for reference!); the process takes several minutes but it’s where the cookie magic happens! The cookies have a caramel undertone that is so delicious and they turn out great every time you make them. They are crisp on the edges, a little soft in the middle, and theperfect cookie texture all around.

You Don’t Have to Chill the Cookie Dough

Also, youdon’t have to chill the doughlike many other recipes. The reason is because this dough is sturdy enough to spread a bit as the cookies bake, but not enough to totally flatten the cookies into one another. They hold their shape well, so the extra time spent refrigerating is unnecessary!

Ingredients:

• Flour:To bind and fill the cookies. You could also have good luck using gluten free flour, almond flour, or whole wheat flour.
• Baking soda:For the cookies to rise and puff up a bit as they bake.
• Salt:To round out the sweet flavors.
• Butter:And lots of it! Melting it is the key to perfectly soft,chewy, amazing chocolate chip cookies.
• Egg + an egg yolk:Eggs help add volume to cookies and extra yolk makes them more tender.
• Vanilla:For a subtle warming flavor.
• Chocolate chips:Of course! This adds the morsels of chocolate necessary for these cookies. You can use any chocolate chip variety you like here; I use semisweet.

Possible Add-in Ideas:

• Oatmeal:Use a half-cup less of flour and add 1 cup of oats to the dough at the same time as the flour for a grainy, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie.
• Chopped walnuts or pecans:Fold in 3/4 cup of chopped nuts to the dough when you add the chocolate chips for an added crunch and nuttiness.
• Toffee:Break toffee into small bits and fold 3/4 cup in with the chocolate chips to add a bit of crunch and sweetness from the toffee candy.
• Mini M&M’s:Want a burst of color and an added chocolate boost? Mix in 3/4 cup of mini M&M’s when you add the chocolate chips.
• Cocoa powder:For double chocolate chip cookies and chocolatey cookie dough, add a 1/2 cup of cocoa to the dough with the flour.

Frequently Asked Questions:

More Cookie Recipes to Consider:

Did you make this recipe? Leave a⭐️review and share it onInstagram,Facebook, orPinterest!