Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These perfect chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy on the inside and have a bit of crunch on the outside!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (room temperature or slightly chilled, NOT melted)
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips (or semi-sweet)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cream together butter, shortening, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Ass salt and baking soda, mix thoroughly.
- Add flour, allowing mixture to incorporate fully.
- Fold in milk chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
- Drop a heaping tablespoon worth of dough for each cookie onto the baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. These cookies should be very soft inside when you take them out, so watch them closely near the end of the baking time.
- Allow to cool for 3-5 minutes then transfer to cooling rack. These cookies are delicious served warm but are even better the 2nd day when stored in a ziplock bag!
Notes
You can add mix-ins to spice this recipe up like nuts and M&M's!
Ensure you use room temperature or slightly chilled butter for this recipe, not butter you tried to soften in the microwave.