Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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What's the secret to the perfect chocolate chip cookie? We are pretty sure it's hidden in this recipe filled with rich chunks of chocolate.

serves/makes:

ready in:
under 30 minutes

10 reviews

ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
16 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners.

Combine the first three ingredients in a medium bowl and set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and both sugars with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Mix in vanilla. Add dry ingredients and combine well. Fold in chocolate chunks.

Form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place each ball two inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Cool cookies on sheet for five minutes and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

added by

Lauren Braun Costello, CDKitchen Staff
Read more: The Ultimate All-American Creation: the Chocolate Chip Cookie

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reviews & comments

RCE REVIEW:
September 30, 2016

These are the best chocolate chip cookies ever! Once you make these, you will never go back to your old recipe. Everyone I make these for loves them!
Guest Foodie REVIEW:
August 24, 2013

This Is THE BEST RECIPE EVER!!! These baked up perfect!! Delicious!!!
Guest Foodie REVIEW:
June 18, 2013

Best cookie recipe EVER! Trust me!
jnell REVIEW:
October 28, 2011

best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made
halfabucknhra REVIEW:
June 12, 2009

A good cookie recipe.
OKC Baker REVIEW:
January 20, 2009

These are super yummy! I used 'swirl' carmel chips and they have a slight candy taste. Easy, fast, tasty.
the cookie king REVIEW:
October 8, 2008

these are the best chocolate chunk cookies ever:)
amillerz REVIEW:
August 10, 2008

I like this recipe. To add flavor, I use dark brown sugar and add about a teaspoon of dark molasses.
cookie monster REVIEW:
January 5, 2008

I love this recipe. It is one ill make this alot more it is ausam everyone should try it. Everyone i know loves this recipe.
gjgee REVIEW:
June 14, 2005

Mmmph...excuse me, I'm still eating these amazingly delicious cookies! This is the best cookie recipe I've ever made. It's simple and basic, presenting only the most essential, pure ingredients needed in a cookie - no nuts, no coconut, nothing to get in the way of the delectable chocolate morsels buried in a tasty batter. I used a total of 18 ounces of organic semi-sweet chocolate chips (because the packages were 9 ounces each) with no ill effects (how can you have too much chocolate?) and had to bake them for about 3 minutes longer to achieve my desired brownness. The bottoms were browned to a crispy perfection, while the insides of the cookies were a moist, soft nirvana. The molten chocolate chips were...oh my (you know)! The recipe is also versatile; after reading Lauren's article on chocolate chip cookies, I baked some with the dough in cold balls, right out of the fridge, which came out puffier, and some with room temperature, flattened dough, which spread out and produced a crispier product. So you can use this recipe to make whatever kind of cookie you like! Do yourself (and your loved ones) a favor: make these cookies and just TRY to let them cool completely before you eat them all up! My only complaint is that it makes a mere three dozen. Guess I'll have to make some more tomorrow!

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