Simple. Just the way I like it. Normally, if I want chocolate chip cookies, it’s due to an immediate craving for chocolate. Resulting in the purchase and preparation of a package of break and bake chocolate chip cookies. That’s right I don’t even bother with the cookie dough log anymore … too much trouble. It’s the pre-cut kind for me so I don’t have to waste any extra time.
But, then I realized I’ve never made basic chocolate chip cookies from scratch for the site before. Actually, I’m not even sure if I have ever made them from scratch at all … other than these pumpkin pecan chocolate chunk ones. So this obviously had to be corrected… right away. That’s one thing I love about this site. Gives me lots of excuses to bake sweet stuff.
Here’s the ingredients. I looooooooove looooove loooove brown sugar.
Anyone want to stop here and get a spoon?
No. No. We must have chips. And lots of them.
Use an ice cream scoop and you can get your cookies to come out the same size when they bake.
When they’re done, let them cool slightly before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Whoops… dropped one. Okay, so it was more like ten. (smiles innocently)
What to do? What to do? Why eat them right off the tray while they’re still warm and gooey and melty, of course. Continue until you are sick. It’s the best way.
Whatever is left after the craving is satisfied, you can store for an hour later when you finish off the rest with a tall glass of milk.
Makes about ??. (I ate too many before I counted. But a couple dozen for sure.)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
You didn’t think I was going to stop tempting you, did ya?
All you’ll need for these is some ice cream and sprinkles.
- Cut cooled cookies out with a circular cutter
for smaller, more uniform sandwiches. Or just use the cookies au naturale. Either way, still good. - Place a small scoop of ice cream on one cookie. Then place the other cookie on top of the ice cream and press together gently.
- Roll the sides in a small bowl of sprinkles if you so desire.
- Make and eat right away before they melt.
for smaller, more uniform sandwiches. Or just use the cookies 
Enjoy!
And for a little more fun, check out Cakespy’s illustrated timeline of the chocolate chip cookie. Very cute!
Can you replace brown sugar with regular sugar?
I made these just now…. and ate 3 before they had even slightly cooled and come off the tray!!! nom nom nom
Just made these-thanks for the recipe; kids love em!
hey i’ve made these a gizillion times they are fantastic.For easter i made them into baskets by turning my muffin tray upside down and then i put easter eggs inside 4 a easter treat yum yum. Thank u so much u inspire me to bake xxxxxxxxx
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Budownictwo owo.
Thank you so much for this recipe!! :))
I just made these and they turned out AMAZING.
HI
I just baked these cookies how come yours look so flat and nice but mine look like ugly balls?
Just made these.
I’ve also made them without chocolate chips.
They don’t taste that good, without chocolate chips lol.
So I had to make chocolate chips.. all this chocolate chip talking ahaha can’t wait till they get out the oven! :)
Thanks so much Bakerella for all your recipes! there really delicious! <3
How could I write blogs or articles and get paid for it?
I started practicing cooking for months and so far, there be a mistake or two. But when I did this recipie, I finally got it right. The cookies look good and taste great! I’m so proud :)
i was looking for a simple cookie recipe with pic and i finally got it ………..THAANKS bakerella
I love this recipe. I make cookies for my boyfriend at least once a week and have tried multiple recipes and he told me to stop looking once I found this recipe. I sometime use milk chocolate chips and it gives it a whole new flavor!
i just want to bake all these things at once dont know what to start with can anyone help me please this is all quite a new hobbie of mine im used to baking with gram and ounce measurements can anyone tell how myc i cup is equal to ? x
i must learn that. i love cookies.
I just made these…absolutely amazing! Printed and saved this recipe, definitely taking this with me through life.
Wow…. Soooo yummy. i just baked some now…. wish you could see it…… I’m gonna have to hit the gym now before i become a size 10!
i made these cookies but..
why they are soft from inside?
they were not crispy like shown above?
secondly they were also got burn from bottom.. :s
where did i go wrong??
Making these tonight, but with Reese’s chips. CAN’T WAIT!!!
deeeeelish
some how are another I came upon your website. I love to bake but i could not find a cookie recipe that worked for me. Then I came across your chocolate chip cookies. This was something that was easy for my 7-year-old to make. She did the majority of it on her own. So thanks so much for this delicious recipe, but also the easy to follow directions!!!!!
my god…YUM!!
First time my cookies came out like I wanted them to. They are delicious.
I’m so freakin’ happy.
Thank you so much.
And I did’nt have chocolate chips, instead I used a bar of Hersheys with Ovomaltine. It was the only one available in the house.
Milk and cookies…by far the BEST comfort food! I’m going to bake some today, for sure!
Loved it!!! It was the first time that I make chocolate chips cookies!! It was very easy and I loved the cookies. Thanks!! :D
Fab! just made them and ate a bunch :D
oh my gosh, these are some of the most delicious cookies i have ever made! thanks so much for a great homemade cookie recipe! :)
I cannot make any type of cookies if my life depends on it. I have been trying for the past 8 years, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies….. they all end up the same. They smell and taste sensational, but they LOOK terrible. They plump up so perfectly in the oven, but after I take them out… not a minute or two passes and they are completely flat and hideous looking =/ what am i doing wrong?
Oh, one more thing. The first time I made these, I used dark brown sugar and was very apprehensive to make them again, completely my fault!
My boyfriend saw some light brown sugar on sale and picked it up, I saw it on the counter and decided to give it another go! Completely different and infinitely better!
These… these are the best tasting cookies ever. Thanks so much for sharing!
I made this and they were awesome!
Also if you don´t use chocolate chips and put some cinnamon and nutmeg instead they turn out really good.
Yummeh ^,…,^
I tried them also with baking m’n’m’s – so yummy looking when they are mixing!!!
@kate
thanksssss a lot :*
@natalie: cups and teaspoons are the imperial way of doing measurements (versus the metric ml)
there’s some conversion information here: http://www.jsward.com/cooking/conversion.shtml
I live in Korea so all I have is a toaster oven and this is my go-to cookie recipie- it works every time! It takes a bit of experimenting with the cooking time and temperature.
In toaster ovens, they generally take longer and need to be made into smaller balls. Thanks for sharing!
hey.the ingredients is :
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
right?
i don’t understand how many gram from 1/2cup of sugar and 1 cup butter :(
i’m from indonesia.i think every country has a different size of cup.
please help me
:'( :'( :'(
looking good…
These are the BEST chocolate chip cookies ever… I’ve come back to this recipe again and again – Tonight must seriously be at least the tenth time I’ve baked these…
Finally a fabulously delicious cookie recipe! I have been trying new cookie recipies every weekend for the last 5months attempting to find the perfect cookie. No need to look any further, thankyou for sharing this scrumptious recipe with us! Bakerella is the Queen of cookies! p.s it made 34 cookies, minus the 2 I ate when I took them out of the oven!
I’ve done this recipe a few times, and I can say it’s delicious! But it could do with less butter.
I loved this recipe. Very easy to make. I made a few last night and placed the rest of the dough in the fridge for dessert later on this week. I do have a question though….
How do you make these cookies Crispier? I thought by chilling the dough would change the texture but they were just as soft as the first batch. What can I add, take away or adjust to make this recipie crispier?
I’ll try these someday. Do you watch Good Eats on the food network? Alton Borwn, who live in GA, made chocolate chip cookies on the show and I made them and they were the best cookies I’ve ever had. You should try them out.
I just made these with my 18 month old son, who loved flinging the flour around with the whisk. They were delicious! I’m going to put some pictures of him helping up on my blog tomorrow and link back to the recipe.
I made these today for all my friends, they are delicious! Thank you very much for this recipe, I will definitely be using it again (and again and again) =]
I just made these, they were amazing! I’ve tried other recipes and wasn’t impressed, but I had all the ingredients so we tried them. AH-MAY-ZING!
OMG these are pure heaven! Totally should be asleep at midnight instead of baking, especially being 40 weeks pregnant… Maybe these cookies will help baby come out! Thanks for the recipe!
oh my god….that icecream that cookies….
ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?! no just kidding.
there just delicious!!!!!
Craving all of your recipes!
OMG… I just made these for my kids and my husband and they can’t stop eating them lol.. Thanks so much for the recipe!
I made these for my Husband’s birthday. They came out great. Although I’m not a stickler for finding the “perfect” chocolate chip cookies, these did turn out very very well. Thanks!
My little sister has been asking me to make cookies with her… I think it will be these :)
I was planning to use a melon baller to drop the cookies. Turned out to be a messy disaster. Is there a trick? And should I chill the batter for a while …. if it helps?
charlene- i also made a batch with the right amount of butter and they also turned out pretty flat. maybe next time you could make these cookies like brownies and make cookie bars!
I made these cookies last night for my family of 4. I used half butter and half oil because of the amount of butter (and i didn’t have another stick), therefore they were a little flatter. Its been less than 12 hours and now they are all gone! We generally don’t eat desserts that fast but these cookies were worth it!
it was great website. and i love all the recipes and this cookies.
chocolate chip i love love. can stop to eat this cookies.
and the recipes is easy to make
i attempted to make these and ended up with one spread out mess on a baking tray :/ not so great…too much butter maybe…any ideas what went wrong?
These look amazing!!! I can’t wait to make them. My cookies never quite turn out like cookies…more like cakes?!! Strange! I love your site :)
yay for chocolate chips!!!!!
these look great and yummy! P=
hello, I have never made home made c.chip cookies, and my store bought mixes always come out wrong… yeah i know…hahahaha…. but i tried this recipe and loved it but i still managed to mess it up, my cookies fluffy any suggests to why this happen? thanks for all the wonderful ideas.
I LOVE this recipe. I have been making my favorite chocolate chip cookies the same way, adapted from Toll House Original. The extra brown sugar makes them so much tastier! LOVE it!
I have made these cookies like a dozen times since you first posted this recipe! I’ve shared the recipe with others, I’ve tweaked it with nuts, coconut, cocoa powder, butterscotch chips etc – it’s my go-to-staple recipe now for cookies!
I think I love you… ;o)
yummm!! this recipe was amazing!! however I did substitute butterscotch morsels & reeses pieces for the choc. chips because I was all out. Came out PERFECT! best cookie recipe!
jonne – liquid vanilla extract
I’ve only made these cookies 3 times in the past two weeks! They’re so easy and soooo tasty. Thank you for sharing! These are better than ANY store-bought CCC’s!
heey! I have a question: what do you mean by vanilla? Is it the same as vanilla powder or is it something else?
By the way, I think you are great!