Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
30 min
146 kcal / serving

This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe makes deliciously buttery cookies with crisp edges, chewy middles, and gooey chocolate chips in every bite.

Ingredients

  • 1 cupbutter, softened
  • 1 cupwhite sugar
  • 1 cuppacked brown sugar
  • 2eggs
  • 2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 2 teaspoonshot water
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 3 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 2 cupssemisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cupchopped walnuts

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather your ingredients, making sure your butter is softened, and your eggs are room temperature.

  2. 2

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.

  3. 3

    Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla.

  4. 4

    Dissolve baking soda in hot water; add to batter along with salt and mix until combined.

  5. 5

    Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and walnuts until a soft dough forms.

  6. 6

    Drop rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

  7. 7

    Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

  8. 8

    Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

  9. 9

    Store in an airtight container or serve immediately and enjoy!