Jodi’s Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Wedding cookie baking continues; and I think if my son Nick had his way, the wedding cookie table would be completely covered with chocolate chip cookies.
I often vary this basic chocolate chip cookie recipe up by substituting a portion of the chocolate chips with dried tart cherries (Nick’s current fave) or half the chocolate chips with peanut butter chips, or making them with white chocolate chips and dried blueberries, or half chocolate chips and half chopped Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies, but this is my classic, stand-by best ever chocolate chip cookie recipe, and I made three batches for the upcoming wedding.
A couple tips for those that ask how I make these: always refrigerate the dough for at least a few hours before baking, roll dough into large balls, bake on baking stones (no greater investment for baking!), electric convection ovens are the best for baking cookies.
Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
4 sticks (1 lb.) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
5 cups all purpose flour
2 12-oz bags Nestle Chocolate Chunk Morsels (or your favorite)
Directions:
With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until completely incorporated. Add vanilla and eggs, and beat until light and fluffy. Add baking soda and salt, and mix another minute. Gradually add flour and beat until well incorporated, but do not overbeat.
Fold in chocolate chunk morsels. Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. With your hands, form a cookie dough ball about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Place on baking stone. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool on baking stone for 5-6 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to cool completely.
Happy Baking!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Wow Jodi so love these chocolate cookies and so yummy too.
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Hope you give them a try Kamal!
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Yes absolutely Jodi
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These look so very good that I can’t blame Nick for wanting the table covered with them. Why not! 🙂
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🙂 ❤
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I love chocolate chip cookies and these look FANTASTIC! YUM!! This recipe is definitely a keeper!
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you really can’t beat em – eh? 🙂 ❤
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No, they are wonderful!
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I have to agree with Nick on this one – nothing but Jodie’s best ever chocolate chip cookies! Happy Friday! 🙂
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🙂 ❤
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Yum, they sound delicious and easy. My kids will love these. Have a great weekend Jodi. 🙂
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I sure hope they do! 🙂
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Lovely! My son wanted a pyramid of peanut butter balls for his wedding table hahaha
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Awh! 🙂 Did you make?
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no because then we said hmmm how will that work etc. so he said ok! haha I worried they would melt!
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darn 🙂
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I know would have been cool tons of peanut butter balls!
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Reblogged this on 307.
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Thanks Jean! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing!
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They look so delicious! 😍
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thank you sweet Shweta
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Have a great weekend, dear. ❤😊
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Miam, miam! These look so delish! A little crisp on the outside edge, and chewy and gooy on the inside. It’s been sometime since I last baked chocolate chip cookies. Saving your recipe for a day I feel inspired or am craving them.
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🙂
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I have an addiction to cookies and best ever immediately gets my attention. It is not fair to look and not eat!
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Lol. 😉
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The wedding would not be complete without these fabulous cookies of yours! I can practically taste the gooey chocolate through my monitor!
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👍😉
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Thanks for the link to the baking stone, I just ordered one! 😃 And your cookies look super delish!! ❤🍪 I bake the Toll House cookie dough ones in the fridgerator section of the grocery store! Lol! 😯 Some day I will have to try your recipe!!
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Oh Jill. They are magical for baking!!! Enjoy!
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oh ..oooo the easter bunny will forget to bring the eggs when they smell your cookies .. thanks for sharing
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😝
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Yum! Chocolate chip cookies are my family’s favorite and I send them often to my son in college. A cookie table for the wedding is a great idea! Have fun and enjoy your son’s wedding!💗😇
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👍😉
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My all time favorite dessert so you know I’ll be trying these..:) Thanks, Jodi.
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👍😉
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***looks around to see if anyone is looking*** licks screen 😋***
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I won’t tell 😉
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And that’s why we’re friends! 💕 hehe
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🙂
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Thanks for this recipe, Jodi! I usually just use the one on the chocolate chip package, and while the cookies taste good, they are always too flat. The ones in the photo look so much better.
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Important to refrigerate a while! 🙂
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I will remember that! Thanks!
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Thank you for sharing this recipe treasure Jodi! How awesome for Nick to have a cookie table with his favorite cookies baked by mom at his wedding!
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🙂 It is such a great pleasure for me to do! ❤
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This recipe is a keeper!
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So basic, yet always a winner! 🙂
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Your cookies look delicious, Jodi.
I like cold chocolate chip cookie dough but when it comes to cooked, I like white chocolate macadamia nut cookies or oatmeal with coconut and chopped, dried cranberries! 🙂 To each his own favorite cookie. 😀
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i totally use this same recipe with white chocolate and macademia nuts! google it in the search bar! I too – adore them!
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Oh, thank you for the variety of choices. That blueberry and white chocolate sounds amazing, too. Thanks, Jodi. 🙂
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Oh these pictures! Man, I just started day 2 of a diet and this makes me think “stuff it- my hips can’t be that bad!” These cookies totally look worth the calories 🙂
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Lol! Thanks Lauren!
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