Best Chocolate Chip Cookies {Soft, Chewy, Jumbo}

Best, soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies recipe from scratch, homemade with simple ingredients. They are quick and easy to prepare and jumbo style like bakery cookies.

Key ingredients

• Flour
• Brown sugar
• Granulated sugar
• Chocolate chips
• Butter
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract

How to make the best easy chocolate chip cookies recipe from scratch?

1. Start off by whisking together flour and baking soda and keep this aside.
2. In another bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
3. Then, add egg, vanilla extract, flour mixture.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Bake and enjoy.

Tips and techniques

• If the cookie dough is too soft to roll into balls, chill in the fridge for 30-40 minutes so that it's easier to handle.
• Any type of chocolate chips can be used. I think semisweet chocolate chips taste the best!
• You must use cake flour in this recipe for the BEST texture.
• Recipe can easily be doubled to make a bigger batch of cookies
• Instead of jumbo cookies, you can use this same recipe to make 12 regular sized cookies.
• All ingredients should be at room temperature so they combine together smoothly.
• Don't use salted butter because that will make these cookies very salty.
• Both, granulated and brown sugar are required in this recipe. Don't replace one with the other!

Variations

• Make them even more chewy- Mix ½ shredded coconut in the dough.
• Add chopped nuts- Mix ⅓ cup crushed walnuts or pecans in the cookie dough.
• For those of you who like a cake-like texture and also like bananas, try these Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies.
• If you like peanut butter- You have to try my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.
• Make a cake mix version- Use yellow cake mix instead of the chocolate cake mix in these Cake Mix Chocolate M&M Cookies and replace m&m candies with semisweet chocolate chips.
• Stuff them- Stuff each cookie dough ball with an Oreo cookie, prior to baking.
• Turn these into bars- Spread this cookie dough in a square pan (9x9) and bake at 350 degrees F for about 25-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
• Double chocolate cookies- Once the cookies have cooled down, dip them halfway in melted chocolate and let the chocolate set.
• Use white chocolate chips: Instead of semisweet chocolate chips.
• Make cookie cake- Spread this cookie dough in a circle pan (8x2) and bake at 350 degrees F for about 25-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Decorate with frosting and sprinkles. This will look similar to my Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake (With Cake Mix).

What makes chewy cookies?

• High moisture content is key here- Your recipe must hold all that moisture from added ingredients, while baking!
• Dough consistency matters- Stiff cookie dough holds more moisture and does not spread a lot while baking.
• Size matters too- Big spoonfuls of cookie dough make thicker cookies, causing less liquid to evaporate while baking and thus, yielding the perfect soft and chewy texture.
• Brown sugar is super important- It has more moisture than granulated sugar and that adds moisture to the cookie dough.
• Baking time matters- Don't over-bake your cookies or else they will become firm and crisp. Cookies are ready when edges are golden brown/ firm but centers are soft but not jiggly.

Why did my cookies come out flat?

• The ingredients were not measured properly.
• Ingredients were cold and not at room temperature and they did not mix together properly and less air was trapped in the dough.
• Oven temperature is not accurate. Use an oven thermometer to calibrate your oven.
• Your kitchen was too hot and made your dough very soft. Chill it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes so cookies don't spread too much, while baking.

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