My FAVORITE Soft AND Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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These soft AND chewy chocolate chips cookies are one of my favorite desserts to bake year round. They make for the perfect dessert after any weekday meal or addition to any holiday spread.
Lately, I’ve been craving the cookies my high school used to sell – the ones that were perfectly chewy and melted in your mouth. So, I finally decided to recreate them. Sharing the recipe below!
Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Not only are these chocolate chip cookies the perfect balance of soft & chewy, they also take less than 20 minutes to prepare. The key to making this chewy texture is to bake them for just 8-10 minutes, taking them out of the oven when they’re just barely starting to turn brown. Be sure to let them sit on the baking pan for 5 minutes before removing. This will ensure they don’t fall apart as you transport them to the cooling rack.
You can store these cookies in an airtight container for up to five days, or in the freezer for two months. I highly encourage storing half the cookies on the counter, half in the freezer. They’re absolutely delicious to consume both ways!
Key Ingredients for Making These Cookies
This cookie dough is made with staple ingredients: flour, sugar, vanilla extract, butter, salt, and eggs. However, I did make a few tweaks to make them refined sugar-free.
- Sugar – for this recipe, I used a combination of honey, maple syrup and coconut sugar. The combination of all three sugars add the perfect sweet flavor, without the post-cookie stomach ache.
- Vanilla extract – adds a sweet, delicate flavor.
- Melted butter – produces the chewiest cookies, just be sure not to over add, as it can make the cookies more greasy.
- Sea salt – adds the perfect salty crunch as you take a bite into the sweet and chewy chocolate chip cookies.
The dough will be soft, but this is what we want! As the ingredients bake, this will provide the texture we are working towards achieving. If you make these cookies, I’d love to hear your thoughts – comment on my Instagram post or below!
Soft AND Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups organic flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° F.
- Cream together butter and sugars until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla, about 1 minute.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients until combined. Add chocolate chips.
- Scoop into 1-inch balls and place them evenly spaced on your prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes. Take them out when they are just barely starting to turn brown.
- Let them sit on the baking pan for 5 minutes before removing. Enjoy!
Notes
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