Chocolate Chip Cookies
- April 6, 2023
- 72 Comments
- Dessert
Truly the perfect recipe for chocolate chip cookies; golden-brown edges and soft, pillowy center studded with pools of molten chocolate.
Today we’re making chocolate chip cookies!
A gooey chocolate chip cookie that’s crispy on the outside is achieved by using a combination of melted butter and a high ratio of brown sugar to white sugar in the dough. This creates a chewy texture with crispy edges. To make the cookie look out of this world, try using large chunks of high-quality chocolate and sprinkle a bit of sea salt on top before baking. The contrast of the salty and sweet flavors, along with the beautiful texture, will make for the ideal cookie.
Heres a video to guide you along the process:
Few Tips:
- Don’t over-mix! Over-mixing your dough can cause your cookies to become tough and dense. Mix until all ingredients are combined, but be careful not to overdo it.
- High-quality chocolate chips or chunks will give your cookies a rich, indulgent flavor. Use semi-sweet or dark chocolate for a more intense flavor. Im personally a semi sweet & milk chocolate lover.
- Adding a sprinkle of sea salt on top of your cookies just before baking will create a delicious sweet and salty combination. The salt also helps balance out the sweetness of the cookie. You can also add the sea salt on top of your cookies when they’re fresh out of the oven.
- Using both white and brown sugar in your recipe will create a chewy and crispy texture. Brown sugar contains molasses, which adds moisture and a caramel flavor to your cookie. I do not recommend trying to substitute either of the sugars out.
- Now, this recipe can be made using ingredients that are not a room temperature if you’re in a hurry to make cookies; but if your butter and eggs are at room temperature before beginning to bake, your ingredients will mix together more easily and evenly, creating a smoother batter.
- This recipe does NOT require chill time; but chilling your dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes will help prevent spreading and create a chewier texture. If you feel like your dough is a bit loose, refrigerating them will do just the trick to firm up your batter.
- Before baking a full batch of cookies, it’s recommended to bake one cookie first. Place a cookie dough ball on the tray and bake for the full recommended time. The first batch of cookies may not bake the same as the following batches because the pan hasn’t been in the oven. Alternatively, you can preheat the pan in the oven while the oven is preheating, but I prefer to bake one cookie first to ensure the batter is baking properly.
- If you’d like, you can shape your cookie dough into balls and freeze them until you’re ready to bake. This way, if you want a sweet treat in a week, all you have to do is take out a dough ball and bake it at the recommended temperature.
Process:
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Truly the perfect recipe for chocolate chip cookies; golden-brown edges and soft, pillowy center studded with pools of molten chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 sticks Unsalted butter, melted 226 grams
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp Kosher salt
- 3/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- 4 oz Semi sweet chocolate
- 4 oz Milk chocolate you can substitute the milk chocolate for dark if you'd like
- 8 oz Extra chocolate of your choice to top your cookies with before you bake them optional
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (177°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or prep with baking spray.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and fluffy using an electric mixer or a whisk for about 4 – 6 minutes. Make sure your melted butter is NOT hot or it will melt your chocolate!
- Add in the eggs, one at a time, and mix until fully incorporated. Stir in the vanilla extract and milk.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt. (or you can just add your dry ingredients into the same bowl as your wet ingredients as shown in the video)
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Chop up the semi sweet, and milk chocolate. You can use chocolate chips instead, if you'd like.
- Fold in the chocolate chunks until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- This recipe does NOT require chill time; but chilling your dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes will help prevent spreading and create a chewier texture. If you feel like your dough is a bit loose, refrigerating them will do just the trick to firm up your batter.
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet. Make sure to leave enough space between each cookie to allow for spreading while baking.
- Before baking a full batch of cookies, it's recommended to bake one cookie first. Place a cookie dough ball on the tray and bake for the full recommended time. The first batch of cookies may not bake the same as the following batches because the pan hasn't been in the oven. Alternatively, you can preheat the pan in the oven while the oven is preheating, but I prefer to bake one cookie first to ensure the batter is baking properly.
- Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown and the center is set, but be careful not to over bake them. Even if they seem a bit underdone after 14 minutes, take them out of the oven as they will continue to set while they cool down.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle them with flaky salt.
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I’ve made these cookies quite a few times & I (& everyone who tries them) absolutely love them! Mine always come out a bit thicker/don’t thin out & wondering if you have any tips? I live in CO so I add a few extra tbsp of flour but I’m not sure why they wouldn’t flatten.
You can use extra butter if you want it to spread out more
My family LOVED them after making these!! Amazing thank you so much. 🙏 may AllahSWT bless you.
Ahhh so happy to hear that! May Allah SWT bless you 10x more!
You can use extra butter if you want it to spread out more
I’ve tried a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes in the past and this was by far the best. Everyone who tried them said they were perfectly balanced and moist. The flaky salt was such a great touch!
Music to my ears! Thank you so much for trusting my recipe!
The best chocolate chip recipe I have found ! The cookies are so chewy and stay chewy at room temperature. Thank you Mariyum absolutely loved it!
After a couple of misses, I found Marian’s recipe, which was just so goooodddd (as most of her recipes are!) As a person who is really keen on texture, I found these to be the perfect match for my tastebuds. May Allah continue to bless you and your beautiful hands ameen! ❤️
This recipe is definitely one of my favs. It was the perfect consistency. A slight crisp on the outside and a perfect soft middle. Adding that small amount of cinnamon definitely enhanced the flavor of the cookie. I’m saving this recipe for sure!!
literally THE BEST RECIPE!!! SO MOIST AND PERFECT AMOUNT OF SWEETNESSSSS!!! the only recipe i use!!
YAY! so happy you love this recipe!!
SOOO AMAZING!!! Made These as my second time making cookies and they turned out so yummy and I would definitely recommend putting chocolate on top before baking for a lovely gooey result !!!
Perfect recipe. It makes about 30 cookies and it’s crisp on the edges and chewy in the Center, I’ve tried using chocolate chips but they don’t do as well so u should definitely follow the recipe and use chocolate and chop them into chunks, in my opinion it does make a difference. The cinnamon compliments the brown sugar so well. It’s gorgeous. It’s the perfect cookie recipe I’ve tried by far.
Best cookies ever
The recipe is super easy thank you for sharing❤️❤️
I’ve tried this recipe last week, must say it was the best cookie I’ve ever tasted. Thanks for your effort and hard work on these recipes, appreciated <33
Made these a couple weekends ago and they are my new go-to choco chip cookie recipe! Absolutely delicious! The magic of science and cornstarch keeps these chewy on the inside for DAYS! I love all of your recipes 💙
These are amazing ! Made them with my kids and they are simple to make and taste delicious. Kids gave them ten stars 🌟
by far one of the best cookies i have made, ever!!!! love how chocolatey and soft they are, couldn’t recommend this recipe enough
Best cookies I’ve ever made!!! I wanted to try a new cookie recipe and omg these were soo good!! My whole family loved them, definitely gonna make again!
i’ve been making these cookies for the last 3 months and everyone who has tried it loved it and keep asking me to bake some more. it became my staple dessert to bring at any family gathering. i stress bake a lot too so making something that i love and others enjoy eating, makes me happy. i also add other sorts of stuff in the cookies like almonds or sprinkles to switch up a bit and they turn out so good! thank you for sharing this delicious recipe with us 🙂
This recipe turned out amazing, I was so happy with the results. For someone who doesn’t bake, I saw how wonderful these looked & I was inspired so gave it a go! I will be making these again to perfect iA.
It is now my go to, it’s so easy too. Definitely a big hit!!
The best recipe I’ve used for cookies. It’s so easy to make and my family LOVES it.
i’ve been baking these cookies the last 3 months and everyone has been loving it! when they first turned out great, it ignited my passion for baking again and i truly do enjoy baking those cookies. my coworkers, my relatives, my siblings all keep asking me to bake some more for them! i also stress bake a lot so making myself 3 batch of cookies calms me down whilst i share it with my loved ones! thank you for sharing your recipe <3
these are the only chocolate chip (chunk preferred obviously) cookies I will make any more, I’ve made them a ton of times and they get better every time. always a crowd pleaser, and the flaky salt is the perfect addition to the balance of flavors!
I am a BIG chocolate chip cookie lover and I love all her recipes so I had to make this. I am so glad I did. These cookies were absolutely phenomenal. I made them once and my family constantly begs me to make them again. My parents were so impressed. My mom isn’t a chocolate chip cookie person but she was obsessed with these. 10/10
I made these for a post-iftar dessert and they were so delicious! I froze half the dough and made some the next day too and they turned out even better 🤤 Thank you Mariyam for a great recipe mA
Yours recipes are sooooo perfect ماشاء الله can’t wait to try this one.
I’ve made these over a dozen times and they’re amazing. It’s has the perfect amount of sweetness.
The best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever tried, the flavor is unbeatable!! Your instructions along with the video make the recipe super easy to follow, i love them so much!!
I made these cookies when they first came out I have tried many cookie recipes before but non of these got anything on these cookies the way the chocolate compliments them and the way they were so gooey and tasty the taste of the sea salt really complimented everything by far one the best recipe i tried everyone was asking me for the recipe when I made it for a family function was really the star of the show
Follow the instructions to a tea and you won’t regret making this
Loved the cookies 🙂
I made these a few weeks ago and they turned out so good!! The chocolate was melted and the cookies were perfectly chewy… literally amazing and now I’m craving again😭 might make them for Eid InshaAllah <3
Just amazing, there’s no explanation this is real!
By far THE BEST chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made. This was the first recipe where the cookies actually turn out gooey in the middle yet crispy on the edges + that extra pinch of cinnamon makes them 10x better. Made them for my family and everyone loved them. Will definitely add this recipe to my book! Thank you so much for sharing it with us <3
These are by far the best..Just follow her easy recipes and you’ll have the same results.. Love all her recipes ❤️❤️
I have to warn you, don’t try this recipe if you want the most gooiest, scrumptious cookies ever ! Such a simple recipe to follow. Love her recipes, love her.
This was a very thought through guide on how to make Chocolate chip cookies. Everyone commented on how the cookies were so moist but balanced flawlessly aswell. As a beginner in baking I definitely recommend using this method and recipe. May Allah swt bless you ❤️
my fav cookie recipe ever!! I’ve made these a few times now and my family and I just devour them. I like to brown the butter for an extra nutty flavor and im obsessed!
I love your content so much there’s something so comforting about it🥹
I’m not a great cook or baker, but this recipe was so easy to follow and the cookies were delicious!
This recipe is PERFECT, AMAZING, DELICIOUS. THE BEST!
This is my go to recipe now for making chocolate chunk cookies. (I’ve probably made them over 5x)
Everyone who has had the cookies I baked using this recipe are obsessed.
Thank you for taking the time to perfect this recipe! AMAZING 🧡
hellloooooo i recently just made ur cookies (last night!!) they turned out pretty good like u were cooking with that cinnamon idea!!! sadly it didn’t flatten out and spread for me even tho i added the correct amt of flour and didn’t overmix! i will be trying again soon tho (after ramadan) with less flour! still tastes rlly good tho!! (question- what do u mean in ur video to not overmix the eggs , u mentioned that during the egg and vanilla part! is it even possible to overmix eggs? and what r the results?) okay sorry for all this, can’t wait to try more!!! thank u , 10/10 (also for the flaky salt on top, do u recommend sea salt or kosher salt)
Amazing cookies, they taste as good as they look. I used both the dark and milk chocolate and they were the perfect amount of sweetness for me. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks amazing, would try it out. thumbs up!
These look amazing, just one quick question as I’d love to try making them–did you use light or brown sugar for this recipe?
I ended up using light brown sugar, and they were delicious! Definitely recommend cutting up chocolate bars into pieces instead of using ready-made chips, I used a mixture of both and the chocolate bar pieces get more gooey in the final product!
Made a small batch and froze the rest to bake later, so yummy and convenient! Love the added cinnamon taste as well. Mashallah, great job, love the recipes and content you put out! May Allah SWT bless you ♡
I’ve been using the same recipe for cookies for years but decided to give this one a chance just in case. I was pleasantly surprise to find out this one was even better! I highly suggest following the suggestion of chilling the dough as it was too soft to scoop balls at first.
Great, thanks for sharing this article.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
These are scrumptious!! They are simple to make and so worth it! Loved the cinnamon. I used chips instead of chopped chocolate because that’s what I had, but it was still incredible. Will be my go-to recipe from now on!
Great recipe, everyone loved them! Thank you for sharing!
Made the cookies to go with some coffee after iftar and they turned out amazing. May Allah bless you for sharing your recipes, especially during Ramadan.
i always use premade cookie dough but decided to make them from scratch for once and these were perfect! ty for the recipe 😀
The BEST cookie recipe I’ve tried, were such a hit in my house- turned out like bakery-style cookies ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for this!
Just made these cookies and oh my goodness are they amazing! I typically don’t favor chocolate chip cookies but these I will be eating a lot of. I also add white chocolate this time. I can’t wait to try other recipes
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A RECIPE THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AND THIS IS EVERYTHING
my family ate them ALL we’ll definitely be making again
I just tried these out today and they are phenomenal Alhamdullilah! At first I was scared I underbaked, but as it cools it sets and becomes a chewy texture. I opted for chilling the dough, I think it helped a lot for my batch. Overall, I love the cookies! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
I try a lot of cookies recipes but this is the best recipe I ever tasted !
I discovered this recipe a few weeks ago and since then I have cooked it like 5 times.
Thank you !
Use this recipe so much to make for my friends and family and it’s always a big hit all your recipes are amazing but this one holds a special, SPECIAL place in my heart 😭🩷
This recipe is in my top two chocolate chip cookie recipes. It’s amazing. The cinnamon was a great add.
I saw this recipe for the first time in October and I have had cookie dough in my fridge ever since. I make this about every week/week and a half and I don’t think I’ll ever use another cookie dough recipe. I’m extremely picky about chocolate chip cookies and this hits every single thing on my list. My friends have even requested that I make the dough, freeze it, and bring it to them in a different country. So, I can also say that when frozen, it is heavy but travels well. Thank you so much for sharing! (and whatever the antonym of thank you is for how much money I’ve spent on butter and chocolate in the last 8 months 😂)
Hands down the best chocolate chip cookie recipe! This is my go to and everyone always LOVES them! It really makes a different using actual chocolate bars instead of chocolate chips!
Literally stop looking for another chocolate chip cookie recipe. THIS is the only one you’ll ever need!!
I just made these for the first time and they’re so good, and my family loved them as well. thanks for this recipe mariam 🫶🏾
I’m trying this recipe tomorrow
These are literally the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made.
Yeah, these are the bomb. This time I made them with dark brown sugar and in my opinion, they were even better this way! This recipe is now my go to, I highly recommend trying it.
These are delicious! I’ve made this recipe twice so far. My cookies don’t look as flat as yours but they’re still very tasty. My sister literally been requesting for me to make her cookies, finally did it. They’re such a hit if you’re going to any events I recommend bringing these. Everyone will want more! I tagged you on Tik Tok the two times I made it!
I NEVER leave a comment and I have never tried a recipe that was just so perfect and chef’s kiss. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I made these to share for my neighbors and they all loved it. 🙂
My cookies came out soft, but dark around the edges. I’ve made this recipe before and it turned out great, but I’m wondering what I did wrong in this instance.
Asalamualykum! I saw these cookies back when you first posted the recipe and they’ve been sitting in my saved since but I tried and made it a few days ago and my whole family loved the. You and you’re family are in my duas now. So, thank you for posting your recipes and I look forward to trying more of them!