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Super Soft American Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These are the best soft, sweet and chewy American cookies, oozing with chocolate and bursting with brown sugar flavors. It's love at first bite!
  • Author: Delphine Fortin
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 12 mins
  • Total Time: 27 minutes
  • Yield: 16 cookies 1x
  • Category: Cookies and Bars
  • Cuisine: American recipes

These are the best soft, sweet and chewy American cookies, oozing with chocolate and bursting with brown sugar flavors. It’s love at first bite!

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups (270g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup (180g) unsalted butter, melted
  • ¾ cup (135g) light brown sugar, loosely packed
  • ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (150g) dark chocolate chips or chunks
  • Sea salt, to sprinkle (optional)

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together both sugars with melted butter, until no lumps remain. Whisk in the egg, the egg yolk and the vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together, using a rubber spatula. Fold in the chocolate chips, and mix until evenly distributed.
  3. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours minimum (very important). Remove the dough from the refrigerator and allow to soften at room temperature for 15 minutes before using.
  4. Preheat the oven to 325°F (160°C) and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  5. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop large balls of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them out from each other, and flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand.
  6. Bake each batch for about 10- 12 minutes, or until edges are just set and centers look slightly underbaked.* Allow to cool for about 10 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, or eat them while still warm, oozing with melting chocolate chips! 

Notes

* This is key to achieve a perfectly soft and chewy texture. The cookies will look slightly underbaked at first, but they will continue to bake slightly onto the hot baking sheet once out from the oven.

Recipe inspired and adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction.

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