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Chocolate Chip Cookies
The 1938 original that started it all. Crisp edges, chewy centers, pools of semisweet chocolate.
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Ingredients 10 ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate)
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
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Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 375F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
- 2
Beat the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
- 3
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix into the butter just until no dry streaks remain. Do not overmix.
- 4
Fold in the chocolate and nuts if using. Chill 30 minutes if you can.
- 5
Scoop tablespoon sized balls onto the sheets, well spaced.
- 6
Bake 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are golden but the centers still look slightly soft.
- 7
Cool on the pan 5 minutes, then move to a rack. Try to wait until they are merely warm.
