Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats so nothing sticks.

Step 2: Cream the Butter and Sugars: In a big mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. This step keeps your cookies nice and soft.

Step 3: Add the Eggs and vanilla. Beat in the eggs one by one. Make sure each egg mixes well before adding the next. Then stir in the vanilla extract for that extra flavor.

Step 4: Mix the Dry Ingredients: In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly mix these dry ingredients into the wet ones until just combined.

Step 5: Fold in the Chocolate chips. Gently fold in those chocolate chips. If you want to add nuts or coconut, now is the time.

Step 6: Shape the Cookies: Use a tablespoon or small cookie scoop to drop rounded balls of dough onto your prepared baking sheets. Keep them about two inches apart.

Step 7: Bake the Cookies: Bake for about ten to twelve minutes until edges turn golden brown but centers stay soft. They will continue cooking on the sheet as they cool.

Step 8: Cool and Serve: Let cookies cool on their sheets for five minutes before moving them to wire racks to cool completely. Enjoy them warm if you like an extra gooey center.

Tips and Variations 

• Soften the Butter: Make sure it’s not melted; this helps get that balance of crisp edge with a chewy middle.
• Use Both Sugars: Combining granulated and brown sugar gives you fantastic texture; brown sugar makes it moist and chewy, while white adds crispness.
• Chill The Dough: For thicker, chewier cookies, chill dough at least half an hour before baking.
• Don’t Overbake: Take out when edges are golden but centers still look slightly underdone; they firm up as cooling.
• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies: Swap out a quarter cup of flour with cocoa powder and extra chocolaty. Toss in some white chocolate chips too.
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: Add one cup rolled oats that makes them hearty.
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies: Replace half of butter with peanut butter, then mix peanut butter chips right in alongside those chocolate ones.
• Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies: Toss in chunks of soft caramel and sprinkle sea salt on top before baking sweet meets salty, making it Yum.

Nutrition Information Per Cookie

This recipe makes around twenty-four cookies. Each cookie has roughly:

• Calories: You will get 200 calories with this meal.
• Protein: An amount of 2 g of protein is obtained with this meal, in which protein is very important for muscle repair and growth.
• Fat: An amount of 10 g is served, which helps you to keep on diet track.
• Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are the fuel source of the brain; here, 28 g of carbohydrates is obtained.
• Sugars: A 18g of sugar is contained here.
• Fiber: 1 g of fiber is obtained.
• Sodium:  It regulates blood pressure; here an amount of 120 mg of sodium is added.