Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe {For The Great Cookie Experiment}

This cookie recipe, Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe {For The Great Cookie Experiment}, leans on butter, granulated sugar and packed light brown sugar. It makes 24 Cookies and takes about 32 minutes.

• Yield 24 Cookies
• Ready in 32 minutes
• Prep 20 minutes
• Cook 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (cool room temperature)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and both sugars together until well mixed.
2. Add eggs and mix for 2-3 minutes, until the batter is light in color. Add salt, vanilla, baking soda and mix. Add flour and chocolate chips together and mix until combined.
3. Drop cookie batter by rounded tablespoon onto parchment paper or silpat lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden around edges but still soft in the center.

Cool the cookies on the sheet for a few minutes, then move them to a rack.