The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

Description

Perfect balance of salty and sweet. The outer edges yield a perfectly sight crispness that balances out the soft center. Serve with cold milk, of course!

Ingredients

  • 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 ¼ cups white sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Whisk flour
  2. baking powder
  3. salt
  4. and baking soda together in a medium bowl
  5. and set aside.
  6. Beat butter and sugars together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy
  7. about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time
  8. scraping down sides of bowl as necessary. Beat for an additional 3 minutes. Add vanilla and beat for 10 seconds.
  9. Reduce speed to low and gradually add in the flour mixture
  10. blending just until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  11. Scoop 1 1/2-inch balls of dough 3 inches apart onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet; freeze for 15 minutes.
  12. Meanwhile
  13. preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C).
  14. Bake cookies in the preheated oven
  15. rotating halfway through
  16. until golden around the edges and slightly gooey inside
  17. about 8 minutes. Let stand on the baking sheet for 4 to 5 minutes
  18. then transfer to a cooling rack.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 36

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