All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
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These indulgent treats are perfect for any event-party with friends, romantic dinner, or just for you.
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup butter, softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2¼ cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ (12-oz.) packages semisweet chocolate morsels
  • Parchment paper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Add eggs and 1½ tsp. vanilla, beating until blended.
  2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Beat in morsels just until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
  3. Bake at 350° for 10 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely (about 15 minutes).
  4. Flavor Cravings: All sorts of goodies can be added to Rebecca's recipe to create other signature cookies. Here are a few of our staff favorites.
  5. Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed, beating in 2 cups coarsely crushed pretzel sticks with morsels.
  6. Cranberry-White Chocolate Cookies: Substitute 1 (12-oz.) package white chocolate morsels, 1 (6-oz.) package sweetened dried cranberries, and 1 cup pistachios for chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed.
  7. White Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed, beating in 1 (7-oz.) bag white chocolate-covered mini pretzel twists, coarsely crushed, with morsels.
  8. Almond-Toffee Cookies: Substitute 6 (1.4-oz.) chopped chocolate-covered toffee candy bars and 1½ cups toasted slivered almonds for chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed.
  9. Turtle Cookies: Substitute 1 (7-oz.) package milk chocolate-caramel-pecan clusters, coarsely chopped, and 1 (12-oz.) package dark chocolate morsels for semisweet chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Nestlé Turtles.
  10. Nutty Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies: Decrease salt to ½ tsp. Decrease morsels to 1 (12-oz.) package. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter with butter and sugars, and add 1 cup lightly salted peanuts with morsels. Increase flour to 2½ cups plus 2 Tbsp. Proceed as directed. (Dough will look a little moist.)
Notes
Bake 10 minutes for a soft and chewy cookie or up to 14 minutes for a crisp cookie.
Recipe by How to Decorate at https://www.ballarddesigns.com/howtodecorate/2012/10/recipes-all-time-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookies/