Name: Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 11 min
Yield: 45
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1¼ cup brown sugar; ½ cup sugar; 1 large egg; 1½ tsp vanilla extract; 2¾ cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp cornstarch; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ¾ tsp salt; 1¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

How To Make Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies are guaranteed to be the best cookie recipe you’ll whip up! It’s perfectly flavorful and can be whipped up in under an hour.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 11 minutes

Chill Time: 30 minutes

Total: 56 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupunsalted butter,melted, cooled for at least 10 minutes
1¼cupbrown sugar,tightly packed
½cupsugar
1large egg,plus 1 yolk, room temperature
1½tspvanilla extract
2¾cupsall-purpose flour
2tspcornstarch
1tspbaking soda
¾tspsalt
1¾cupsemisweet chocolate chips,plus additional for tops, optional

Instructions

Combine the melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar in a large bowl. Stir well until combined.
Add the egg and egg yolk, then stir well.
Stir in the vanilla extract. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
Gradually add the flour mixture to wet ingredients, then stir well until there are no flour streaks.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Place the dough in the refrigerator, then chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper.
Scoop the dough by rounded 1½ tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets, placing at least 2 inches apart.
Bake for 11 minutes.
Gently press additional chocolate chips into the tops of the warm cookies.
Allow to cool completely on cookie sheets.
Serve, and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Cookies may still seem slightly soft in the centers after baking, which is fine as they will cook completely on the cookie sheets.
Don’t over-bake or the cookies will be too hard.