The Secret Ingredient for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Stack of Super Soft Chocolate Chips Cookies

There's one little secret ingredient to making the best soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. If you love a bakery-style cookies that's moist and chewy from top to bottom with the perfect balance of fluff and richness, you'll love this recipe!

Course Desserts, Snacks

Cuisine American

Recipe Type Cookies, Pastries, Vegetarian

Skill Level Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings Servings

Calories 160kcal

Author Angela G.

Ingredients

2 sticks butter softened
½ cup sugar
¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
¼ cup light corn syrup
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour (or you can use more all purpose flour)
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp fine sea salt
pinch nutmeg (optional)
10 oz dark chocolate chips
½ cup pecans optional

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream butter and two sugars together. Add corn syrup, egg and vanilla.
In a separate medium-sized bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, sea salt and nutmeg. Add dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture.
Fold in chocolate chips (and pecans if desired).
Using a cookie scoop, spoon onto baking sheet covered with parchment paper or a silicon baking sheet and bake at 350˚ for 10-12 minutes or until middle is just set (not shiny). Remove from oven and let cool. Remove with a thin metal spatula.

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Notes

Bake until golden brown.

Remove from baking sheet with a thin metal spatula and let cool on cooling rack.

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