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Cookie broken in half showing soft, gooey center.

Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 14 Cookies
Calories: 334kcal
Big, thick, bakery-style chocolate chip cookies made right in your own kitchen with crispy edges, soft centers, and no special tools needed.
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Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 10 tbsp butter softened
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 12 oz bag milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter until fluffy
    Creamed butter and sugar mixed in a bowl for cookie dough.
  • Add the egg and vanilla extract, then beat until smooth
    Egg and vanilla added to cookie dough mixture.
  • Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix until well combined
    Flour added to the wet cookie mixture in a bowl.
  • Stir in chocolate chips until evenly distributed
    Chocolate chips poured into the cookie dough.
  • The dough will be slightly crumbly but should hold together when shaped into balls
    Cookie dough mixed with chocolate chips throughout.
  • Scoop dough using a ¼ cup measuring cup and place on a greased baking sheet
    Cookie dough scooped with chocolate chips visible.
  • Refrigerate the baking sheet for 30 minutes
    Cookie dough balls placed on a baking sheet.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F
    Cookie dough ball held in hand showing chocolate chips.
  • Bake cookies for 15 minutes or until edges begin to brown and centers are set
    Thick baked chocolate chip cookies cooling on a pan.
  • Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack
    Stack of thick chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chips throughout.

Notes

Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and gives the cookies a thick, chewy texture.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 338mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 267IU | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg