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The Easiest Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

These perfectly soft chocolate chip cookies are quick, easy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Made with simple ingredients, they have a perfectly soft center, lightly golden edges, and just the right balance of sweetness.

Course Dessert
Keyword Best Chocolate Chip Cookies, Easy Cookie Recipe, Homemade Cookies, Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup butter
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract or pure maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350℉.

  2. In a medium-sized bowl, add the flour, baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine and set aside.

  3. In a large bowl, add the butter. Place it in the microwave for 45-50 seconds. (You want the butter to be really soft and starting to melt, but not fully melted.)

    melted butter in a glass bowl

  4. Add the white and brown sugar to the bowl. Using a mixer, beat on low until the mixture is creamy (about 1-2 minutes).

  5. Next, add the vanilla and eggs to the bowl and beat for about 10 seconds, or until just barely combined.

  6. Add the bowl of dry ingredients to the large bowl of wet ingredients. Beat until everything is well combined and it looks slightly crumbly. Use a spatula or your hands to mold it together to form a ball. Add the chocolate chips and gently fold them into the dough with the spatula.

  7. Scoop a large spoonful into your hands and roll it together to form a ball. Place on a cookie sheet and repeat until all the dough is gone. (This usually makes me 24 cookies and I use two baking sheets.)

  8. Bake at 350℉ for 10-12 minutes. Be very careful not to overbake! The edges of the cookies should be light golden brown and the centers will look pale and slightly underbaked. They will continue to cook and firm up as they cool.

  9. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 10 minutes and then move to the counter or a cooling rack and let them completely cool (about 20-30 more minutes). This will help the cookies settle into the PERFECT texture.

  10. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

  11. If you make this cookie recipe and have a quick second to scroll down to the stars and give it a rating, it would help my little website so much! Thank you! I hope you love these as much as we do. :)