The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Anytime I bring these chocolate chip cookies anywhere, at least one person asks for the recipe. They're the perfect chewy chocolate chip cookie. I literally don't make any other recipe anymore. So let me show you how to make them. I like to use my KitchenAid stand mixer, but if you just have a hand mixer, that works too. I did make a double batch today because I was bringing it for an event, so I started with two sticks of softened butter, a cup of white sugar, and then a half a cup of brown sugar. And then I'm going to cream these together until they're nice and smooth with the whisk attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer. But if you just have a hand mixer, that works too. I did make a double batch today because I was bringing it for an event, so I started with two sticks of softened butter, a cup of white sugar, and then a half a cup of brown sugar. And then I'm going to cream these together until they're nice and smooth with the whisk attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer. Then I'm going to add the rest of your wet ingredients to the mixture, so I added two teaspoons of vanilla and two eggs. Then I switched to the dough paddle and you just want to mix in the eggs slightly, like 15 to 30 seconds max. You don't want to overmix your eggs. Then you add all your dry ingredients, so it's three cups of flour, a teaspoon of baking soda, and a half a teaspoon of salt. Then I popped it back on the stand, use the same dough paddle, and then mix all that together. Once you have it pretty much fully combined, you add your chocolate chips. I just add to my heart's desire, zero measurement. I probably added too much this time, but that's okay. Once your batter is fully combined, you grease a baking dish and then I like to use my little ice cream scoop and make about a palm-sized ball. And I put 12 to a pan. This did make three dozen cookies, so it definitely makes a lot. The key to these cookies to keep them chewy and gooey is to only bake them for 11 minutes at 350. And when you pull the pan out of the oven, you set it on the countertop and set another timer for 30 minutes. They are going to continue to cook on that hot pan for another 30 minutes. It will be a jump scare when you first pull them out of the oven, they are still going to look slightly underbaked, but they do cook fully through, but they stay nice and chewy.