Chewy, gooey chocolate chip cookies FRESH out of the oven? Ummmm Duh! Immediately, please. You just can’t beat the basics!
Look at all those pieces of walnuts and chocolate!
What makes a cookie chewy?
Adding ingredients that hold moisture like brown sugar, eggs, and more flour will give your cookies a cakier, soft chewy texture. You can also decrease the baking temperature and increase the bake time.
Why do chocolate chip cookies come out flat?
Melted butter, granulated sugar, and baking soda all make chocolate chip cookies flatten out more during baking. For a more domed cookie, use firmer room temperature butter, brown sugar, baking powder, and chill the dough overnight.
How do you make chewy chocolate chip cookies crispy?
Decrease the flour, increase the butter, use only white flour and decrease the egg slightly. Moisture holding ingredients will inhibit spreading out and flattening during baking.
Steps to Make These Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
How do you make soft chewy chocolate chip cookies?
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda and set aside.
- Combine the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- Give that a good mix until it is light and fluffy!
- Add the salt, vanilla and eggs and mix until everything is combined.
- Go ahead and add the flour mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Give the walnuts a rough chop and add them into the batter.
- Now add those rich chocolate chips.
- Make sure it is mixed well so everything is incorporated.
- Drop heaping tablespoon- size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake until the cookies are golden around the edges but still soft in the center. About 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let them cool completely.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy, gooey chocolate chip cookies imbedded with walnuts. These heavenly cookies are a yummy classic. Enjoy them fresh out of the oven for instant happiness!
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 270g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda 3g
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter room temperature, 230g
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar 100g
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar 200g
- 1 tsp salt 5g
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 10mL
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 300g
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, 125g
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda; set aside.
- Combine the butter with both sugars; beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Reduce speed to low; add the salt, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until well mixed, about 1 minute.
- Add flour mixture; mix until just combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Combine.
- Drop heaping tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
For a soft chewy cookie add ingredients that hold moisture like brown sugar, eggs, and more flour. You can also decrease the baking temperature and increase the bake time.
For a more domed cookie, use firmer room temperature butter, brown sugar, baking powder, and chill the dough overnight.
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Harneev says
October 2, 2016 at 8:22 pmCan we use only white sugar instead of brown sugar?
jkanell says
October 2, 2016 at 8:45 pmBrown sugar will give you a “cakier” cookie, white sugar will give you a crisper cookie that spreads out more. Personally, I love crispy cookies so it’s really up to you. Hope that helps!
K says
August 8, 2017 at 6:50 pmLOVE!!
Liv says
August 8, 2017 at 6:50 pmObsessed with these 🙂
Haley says
February 28, 2019 at 7:36 amThose look so delicious.
Vania says
April 8, 2019 at 9:08 pmThis recipe turned out great! I made extra large cookies for a cookie stack along with your cream cheese frosting recipe… I had rave reviews.