Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Pure Nirvana
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Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie perfection right here! These delectable, buttery, rich, thick, soft batch cookies loaded with chocolate chips are pure “Nirvana” in this recipe. So irresistible and insanely addictive!
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Why We Love These Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies!
So, let’s talk about the most beloved cookie on the face of the earth! You know…The “Nirvana” of all the cookies in the land! These intoxicating Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies — which are Pure Nirvana!! *Applause-Applause!* Hey! Where’s Lady Gaga when you need her?
Have you never met a chocolate chip cookie that you didn’t like when it was soft batch and gooey warm a few minutes after they were taken out of the oven? That’s when they are the best! Fresh out of the oven! Yum! These Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies are the bomb de la bombs of the cookie universe! Just wait until you taste them!
These are thick, soft, chewy and loaded with lots of delectable chocolate chips. Give it a try! This recipe is perfect for when you’re craving that super, soft texture in a cookie.
Ingredients You Need
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour + a few extra tablespoons
- baking soda
- salt or sea salt
- chocolate chips ( any variation of chocolate chips or chocolate chunks)
Instructions How to Make The Best Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a few trays with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.
- In a metal bowl, place the butter inside the bowl and place in the preheating oven. Leave it just for a few minutes, until the butter starts to melt around the outside (approximately ½ of the butter melted). Take out of oven to cool. (You could also partially melt in the microwave.)
- Once the butter has cooled, add both sugars and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla and eggs, beating between each addition just until mixed.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt or sea salt and beat on a low speed, just until combined. If you find that the dough is wet, you probably need a little more flour.
- If needed, add more flour, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough starts coming together to start forming a ball and not sticking to the sides of the bowl as much.
- I added 2 extra tablespoons of flour to the 2 ½ cups flour – if you use over 3 tablespoons, it’s too much.
- Fold in the chocolate chips until just incorporated.
- Use an ice cream or cookie scoop (¼ cup for large, 1.5 tablespoons for medium) and drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, allowing room for spreading. Pat down cookies just a little and press additional chocolate chips on top of cookie dough if desired.
- Bake one tray of cookies at a time, for 10-12 minutes for large, 8-9 for small. Don’t over-bake and allow to cool on wire rack.
- Makes 1 dozen large or 2 dozen small cookies.
- Store cookies in airtight container.
Tips for Making the Best Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- The secret to making these cookies absolutely the best they can be is to melt the butter partially and then let it come back to room temperature. Using hot melted butter just doesn’t work the same way as the cooled, soft-solid room temperature butter, so it takes just a little patience, but soooo worth it!
- You could also partially melt the butter in the microwave, just keep an eye on it while partially melting.
- When in doubt, you can add a little flour to the dough, especially since we are using melted butter. Look for the dough to pull away from the sides of the bowl just slightly, until your dough is soft and dry to the touch and pulls into a large dough ball at the center of the bowl when you’re mixing it.
- Assuming you have enough flour, sometimes when you bake the first batch, you may get flatter cookies than you were wanting, especially if your dough is a little warm. In that case, try refrigerating or freezing the dough until it’s more firm to help it stay together better.
- Make ’em big! 1/4 cup cookie dough scoop will always be just enough cookie to feel like you had a couple, when in reality, you had one large cookie and it sounds better than two! Also, it will obviously be a bigger, thicker cookie!
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.
Freezing Cookies
Freeze baked cookies in an airtight container or zip-top bag for up to 30 days and thaw at room temperature.
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OMG Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Pure Nirvana!
Ingredients
OMG Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Pure Nirvana!
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour + a few extra tablespoons, see ** in directions below--I used 2 extra tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt or sea salt
- 3 cups chocolate chips ( any variation of chocolate chips or chocolate chunks)
Instructions
OMG Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Pure Nirvana!
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a few trays with baking paper or spray with non-stick spray.
- 2 ways to partially melt better. Place in microwave and partially melt halfway (watch to not melt completely) or use a a metal bowl, place the butter inside the bowl and place in the preheating oven. Leave it just for a few minutes, until the butter starts to melt around the outside (approx 1/2 of the butter melted). Take out of oven to cool.
- Once the butter has cooled down, add both sugars and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla and eggs, beating between each addition just until mixed.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt or sea salt and beat on a low speed, just until combined. If you find that the dough is wet, you probably need a little more flour.
- **If needed, add more flour, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough starts coming together to start forming a ball and not sticking to the sides of the bowl as much. I added 2 extra tablespoons of flour to the 2 1/2 cups flour - if you use over 3 tablespoons, it's too much.
- Fold in the chocolate chips until just incorporated.
- Use an ice cream or cookie scoop (1/4 cup for large, 1.5 tablespoons for medium) and drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, allowing room for spreading. Pat down cookies just a little and press additional chocolate chips on top of cookie dough if desired.
- Bake one tray of cookies at a time, for 10-12 minutes for large, 8-9 for small. Don't over-bake and allow to cool on wire rack.
- Makes 1 dozen large or 2 dozen small cookies.
- Store cookies in air-tight container.
Notes
I used 1 cup Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 1 cup Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Chips, and 1 cup 60% Ghirardelli Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips in my recipe.
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Yay! These really are the best chocolate chip cookies ever! I concur! Happy Holidays!
With this recipe I can finally make yummy chocolate chip cookies. It’s only taken me 40 years to make cookies that my husband finally said were really really good!
Yay! I am honored you have made these your go to cookies and your choice of making them your own variation! YUM! Keep on baking, I love your review!!
I’ve made these cookies umpteen times with amazing results every single time. I usually use 3 different kinds of chocolate chips, but the most compliments I received was using 2 different chocolate chips and 1 cup of peanut butter chips. These are my go TO cookie and I’m now receiving requests to make them for friends. Crazy delicious and easy!
I love what you’re adding in these cookies! YUM! So awesome to hear you are having fun with this cookie base! Thank you so much Maggie! I love it!!
I made a double batch of these and it was not enough. Making a triple batch this weekend. The base chocolate chip cookie recipe is just perfection. I used all milk chocolate chips (my favorite) and added some mini M&Ms because why not and toffee bits. I have dreams about these cookies.
Thank you so much Madzie! I am so happy to hear your feedback and review! Happy New Year!
These are the best choc chip cookies I’ve ever made. They are absolutely delish and so nice and soft and just yeah baby.
10/10 HANDS DOWN!!! I made these for Santa this year with my kiddos and i was shocked! Reminds me of my grandmothers cookies I’ve ate growing up that she will not tell me the recipe for! I think this recipe beats hers! So good. Im already making more as we speak cause i couldn’t get enough. They are extra delicious with a glass of milk.
Sounds wonderful with the honey and butterscotch! Thank you so much for making them Talullah and for your awesome review! Happy Holidays!!
I subbed the vanilla for a Tbsp of honey and it’s just as delicious as the original recipe! delicious. I’ve also added butterscotch chips as well as a mix of chocolate and they all go well with the cookies.
Great to hear Jody! Thank you so much for trying them! Happy Holidays!
OMGoodness! That is so awesome to hear Arlene! I am so happy to hear you gave these chocolate chip cookies a try! Happy Holidays!
These soft chocolate chip cookies are EXCELLENT! I made them for a family gathering for Christmas. They were a big hit, even Santa himself loved them, when he stopped by.
Thanks for posting your recipe.
For 40 years I’ve used the recipe on the back of the choc chip bag. I was never thrilled with them. THIS recipe is AWESOME! Hands down, the best I’ve ever had! I made a single batch and they are being eaten almost as fast as I bake them! Also, I rarely leave reviews. That’s how good these are!
Awww you are so sweet! I’m so happy you loved them!!
Tried these doing a triple batch.OMG ,best I ever made and I am 69.????
Thank you so much!! xo I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Best. Ever!
Agree! Thank you so much Kelly for loving this cookie recipe! That means the world to me! xo
Love these cookies. I’ve been making them for several years! They are always a hit!! Thanks for sharing the recipe. In my opinion the amount of chocolate chips is perfect! Can’t have too much chocolate! 🙂
Very great recipe! Makes a whole bunch of cookies. I would recommend slightly cutting back on the chocolate chips. Other than that I highly recommend
Fantastic recipe. Very versatile as well. The 3 cups of chocolate chips is a bit too much for me. I adapted the recipe 1 2/3 cup and increase the vanilla to a tablespoon. So gosh darn good! Thank you!
Have to say! The best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made! Made the recipe exactly as is with the two tablespoons of flour. Absolutely loved them! Thank you so much!