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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Delicious, chewy, and rich chocolate chip cookies made with brown sugar and chocolate wafers for the ultimate treat. Perfectly baked with a golden edge.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Refrigeration Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 180 kcal

Equipment

  • medium bowl
  • large bowl
  • rubber spatula
  • cookie scoop
  • baking sheets
  • parchment paper
  • wire rack

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour 320 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter, melted 2 ½ sticks
  • ¾ cup packed light brown sugar 150 g
  • ½ cup granulated sugar 100 g
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 170 g
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped chocolate wafers or discs preferably 70% cacao or higher, 120 g

Instructions
 

  • In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt until combined.
  • In a large bowl, whisk butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until combined and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk to combine. Add dry ingredients and stir with a rubber spatula until about halfway mixed in. Add chips and wafers and fold until just combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to 24.
  • Let dough come to room temperature. Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°. Using a large cookie scoop (about 3 Tbsp.), scoop dough onto 2 parchment lined baking sheets, spacing about 3" apart.
  • Bake cookies, rotating trays top bottom halfway through, until edges are golden brown and just set and centers are almost set, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool slightly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 150mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 200IUCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
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