Best Chocolate Chip Cookies — The Chewy, Golden, Foolproof Recipe That Tastes Like Childhood (And Always Comes Out Perfect)

The Best Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

This classic recipe delivers chocolate chip cookies that are lightly crisp on the edges and soft and chewy in the center. Made with simple pantry staples and requiring zero dough chill time, they go from mixing bowl to oven in under 15 minutes.

Ingredients

• Fat & Sugars:

  • 1 cup (2 sticks / 226g) unsalted butter, softened

  • 1 cup (200g) granulated white sugar

  • 1 cup (200g) packed brown sugar (light or dark)

• Wet & Activating Agents:

  • 2 large eggs, room temperature

  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract

  • 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 2 tsp hot water

  • ½ tsp salt

• Dry & Mix-ins:

  • 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour

  • 2 cups (350g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

  • 1 cup (100g) chopped walnuts (optional)