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The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword best chocolate chips cookies, brown butter, brown butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chips, cookie, cookie dough, easy chocolate chip cookies
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Servings 15 cookies

Equipment

  • 2 mixing bowls
  • 1 electric or stand mixer or whisk/spatula and elbow grease
  • 1 baking sheet
  • parchment paper
  • 1 small saucepan
  • 1 kitchen scale

Ingredients

  • 220 g butter (2 sticks) salted
  • 200 g light brown sugar (1 cup)
  • 50 g cane or granulated sugar (1/4 cup)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 240 g flour (2 cups) all purpose
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 ½ tsp cornstarch
  • 2 cups chocolate chips mix of dark, semi-sweet, and milk chocolate chunks or minis - your call!

Instructions

  • Brown the 220 g butter (2 sticks) in a saucepan until golden and nutty. Cool until slightly thickened but still pourable.
  • In a stand mixer, whip the cooled brown butter with the 200 g light brown sugar (1 cup) and 50 g cane or granulated sugar (1/4 cup).
  • Add 1 egg and 1 egg yolk and 2 tsp vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together 240 g flour (2 cups), 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp sea salt, and 1 ½ tsp cornstarch.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet in batches, mixing just until combined.
  • Fold in 2 cups chocolate chips.
  • Chill the dough for 1 hour, then shape into stubby pyramid mounds. Chill again or freeze.
  • Bake at 350°F for 12–13 minutes from chilled, or 14–15 minutes from frozen.
  • Sprinkle with flaky salt and let cool on a wire rack (or sneak one warm—it’s worth it).