The Yummiest, Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the yummiest, softest chocolate chip cookies that are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 7
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 40 Cookies 1x
Ingredients
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- 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 3/4 C brown sugar
- 1 C shortening (or 1 C softened butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 C all-purpose flour (plus 2 TBS if you aren’t adding in pecans)
- 1 tsp salt, plus a few pinches more to sprinkle on top
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 12oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 C chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- In a standing mixer, mix your granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and shortening together until just combined
- Add in one egg at a time, mixing after each addition, until just combined
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda
- Add the flour mixture in three separate additions to your wet ingredients, mixing after each addition until just combined
- With a spatula, stir in the chocolate chips and optional pecans
- OPTIONAL: Refrigerate dough overnight
- With a cookie scoop, scoop balls of dough onto a baking sheet, spacing at least one inch apart from each other
- Bake for 6-7 minutes, removing from the oven when the edges are slightly golden and the center is barely set
- OPTIONAL: Sprinkle a few pinches of salt (regular table salt or flaky salt) over the cookies if you like a little bit of a saltier bite
- Allow the cookies to remain on the baking sheet for five minutes as they continue to set
- Transfer the cookies to wax paper on the counter. Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes before consuming.