Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe yields a soft, chewy chocolate chip cookie with the perfect ratio of vanilla to chocolate flavor. This is my family's favorite recipe!

Prep time: PT15M

Cook time: PT12M

Rating

4.97 stars (27 reviews)

Keywords

chocolate chip cookie recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter (softened)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup favorite chocolate chips

Steps

Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until light in color and creamy.
Add in the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda and salt), mix into the dough. Mix until completely combined. The dough will be soft.
Fold in the chocolate chips.Scoop or roll the cookie dough out into equal sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet. Add extra chocolate chips to the top if desired
For smaller cookies, bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until the edges are starting to turn golden brown. For large cookies, use 1/4 cup of dough and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool completely on the pan.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 127 kcal
Carbohydrates: 17 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 6 g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Cholesterol: 22 mg
Sodium: 156 mg
Sugar: 9 g

Reviews

Ami Elliott on 2026-03-31 (5 stars):
Such a GREAT cookie that yields fantastic results in a short time! This is my hubby's favorite cookie and frequent solution to that sweet craving that hits after a long day. Thankful for the time invested into perfecting such a perfect little sweet treat! Kuddos Karli - YOU did it AGAIN!
Breauna tucker on 2026-02-02 (5 stars):
These cookies turned out sooo amazing. The perfect amount of soft, chewiness. Thank you!! this is going to be the go-to chocolate chip recipe.
Karen H. on 2026-01-03 (5 stars):
This is my favorite choc chip recipe! So soft and gooey. Love it!
Blazenka CIAVOLIELLO on 2025-11-08 (5 stars):
Delicious this is my go too Chocolate Chip Cookie.
Jovie Post on 2025-05-11 (5 stars):
THE BEST!!! chocolate chip cookies i’ve ever had so soft and chewy. I love them with milk chocolate chips! I’m usually not even a cookie person but these are just so good!!!
JoDee Hunter on 2025-04-27 (5 stars):
This actually IS the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have used. Only had dark brown sugar and it was just as chewy, gooey, and yes … moist! This will now be my go to recipe! I so appreciate the effort you put into helping craft an amazing cookie recipe so we can just reap the benefits and use what you’ve refined. Absolutely delicious!
Kim on 2025-03-22 (5 stars):
Absolutely deadly! Delicious cookies! I added some peanut butter chips with the chocolate chips. Totally addictive. Thanks for the great recipe! 🤤
Blazenka CIAVOLIELLO on 2025-01-26 (5 stars):
I never tried these before but definitely yummy. Not to sweet.
Dariece H on 2024-12-23 (5 stars):
I have tried dozens of chocolate chip recipes throughout the years and this is truly the BEST I have yet to come across. I may finally be able to stop looking. :-)
Brit on 2024-11-18 (5 stars):
So delicious! One of the best chocolate chip cookie recipes I’ve come across. This will certainly be my go to recipe from now on. Thanks for sharing, Karli!
Tanya H on 2024-10-18 (5 stars):
These cookies are amazing. My husband loves them. Everyone I’ve made them for raves about them. I’ve mixed half semi sweet and half milk chocolate as well as half semi sweet/half dark chocolate. Today, I’m making them all dark chocolate. Hope he still likes them.
Kiana on 2024-08-11 (5 stars):
Super quick and easy, came out perfect! Love this and all your Instagram reels. Thanks Karli!
Shelli Jondahl on 2024-06-13 (5 stars):
This really is the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe! I’ll never bake another! Thank you for sharing!
Kim Kahl on 2024-05-05 (5 stars):
I bake. I bake very well. I could not make chocolate chip cookies too save my life. I've tried all the tricks, so many recipes. Then just stopped making them. Until now. You're recipe is pure perfection!! I have finally, finally made a great chocolate chip cookie!! Thank you for testing and perfecting this recipe.
McKenna Taylor on 2024-04-30 (5 stars):
LOVE!! I learned to make chocolate chip cookie from my great grandma when I was a little girl. She has since passed and i definitely get my love for cookies & baking from her. I actually made these on her birthday and it was so sweet to remember making cookies with her!! Anyways I always add extra vanilla so these were perfect!
Karen C on 2024-04-27 (5 stars):
The vanilla forward flavor is delicious. Loved the smaller size which I pared with a combination of semisweet and dark chocolate chips. My oven needed 10 minutes for soft cookie perfection. Great chocolate chip cookie recipe to have in your recipe collection.
Danielle on 2024-04-17 (5 stars):
I wanted a new recipe for chocolate chip cookies that was different from the Toll House classic I grew up with. This cookie is absolute perfection. Bake time and cooling method is KEY!
Chelsea on 2024-03-23 (5 stars):
These were perfect! I love the vanilla flavor and the recipe couldn’t be easier. I got 29 cookies and 8 minutes was perfect. I didn’t even have to go to the store, I had all of the ingredients. They’re soft and so delicious!