Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (packed) dark brown sugar (fine to substitute light)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2½ cups all purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled off (see note)
- 2 cups (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips, best quality such as Ghirardelli
Why I chose to make Chocolate Chip Cookies
I chose to make Chocolate Chip Cookies because I want to bake again. I really enjoyed the last time I baked and figured why not. Cookies are also something that I could snack on here or there so it seemed like a good idea to me. To add to that, cookies and milk are one of the best combinations that I can think of. I decided on using this recipe because I like how there are pictures on every step. For someone like me that is new to baking it helped me to have a visual representation of the steps. I chose to make this at my grandma’s house because she had all the equipment needed.
What I learned
In a bowl combine both sugars with butter and mix it with an electric mixer. Mix at high speed (using a hand mixer) for three minutes. After this I added the vanilla extract and eggs and beat for two more minutes. After this add the baking soda and salt and mix till evenly combined. After this I added the flour and mixed on low speed till it looked like it did in the pictures on the recipe.Once it looked like the pictures I added the chocolate chips. The next part that I did was covering the bowl in plastic wrap and putting it in the fridge overnight. The next morning I showed up to my grandmas and preheated the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Next we made small balls out of the dough leaving a bit of space between every one of them. We let them bake for about 12 minutes then we took the cookies out. We repeated this step till we had no dough left. After this me and my grandma split the cookies and I took half of the cookies to Regina and shared them with my roommates.
The results
I gotta say… These Cookies SMACKED. They were really good. I think the pictures helped me a lot. It made it easier for me to see that I was ready or not ready to move onto the next step. I let my roommates have some and they had nothing bad to say about the results so I can’t complain. Overall, having the pictures really helped my process, I still prefer videos but this was a definite win.
My favourite kind of cookie! I am going to have to use this recipe and try it out for myself, thank you for sharing!
I am such a sucker for a good chocolate chip cookie so I will definitely have to give this recipe a try sometime!! Mixing your cookie dough and letting it sit in the fridge overnight is KEY when it comes to baking a good cookie, it’s something I learned this year and I will never go back to using cookie dough that hasn’t been chilled for at least a few hours! I would have loved to see some photos of your end result cookies!
LOVE a classic chocolate chip !!
I hadn’t heard of putting the dough in the fridge overnight, I’ll have to give this recipe a try!
I would love to see a time lapse of your cooking or baking next time! I always find those so entertaining
Well, not going to lie, the cooking learning projects have been my favourite. I am a sucker for new recipes and living vicariously through everyones baking journeys. Also home made chocolate chip cookies are unbeatable. I appreciate you adding the recipe, I might have to add this one to my winter break to do list.