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Chocolate chip cookies on a white platter.

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies

These old-fashioned chocolate chip cookies are the perfect combination of crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Serving Size 26 jumbo cookies

Equipment

  • mixing bowls
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • spatula
  • cookie sheet

Ingredients

  • 4 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp Morton coarse kosher salt
  • 3 sticks softened, unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups organic cane sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 Tbsp good vanilla extract
  • 12 oz mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375° F.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Then add vanilla extract and mix well.
  • Slowly add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until mixed. Then add in chocolate chips.
  • Drop large rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 10-11 minutes until lightly golden brown.
  • Let cookies rest on the cookie sheet for 3 minutes once out of the oven to harden.

Notes

In my oven, the first batch of cookies takes 11 minutes for the perfect bake and the following batches only need 10 minutes for a perfect bake.