Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever (How to Make Soft Ones from Scratch)

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever (How to Make Soft Ones from Scratch)

I attended a luncheon where Sarabeth of Sarabeth’s Kitchen demonstrated making her famous chocolate chip cookies a while ago. They were the best chocolate chip cookies from scratch that I had ever tasted. That is why I’m starting off my“A Dessert a Day ‘Til Christmas 2021″ series with this recipe.

A great cookie recipe sticks with me, so the recipe that she shared is my “go to” chocolate chip recipe even now…years later. I keep the exact same ingredients that Sarabeth used to show us how to make the soft chocolate chip cookies. (Why mess with perfection?) However, I prepare the cookies a bit differently.

In Sarabeth’s directions, she cuts the butter into pieces and uses an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. I don’t do that.  I like to use an electric mixer for cakes and cupcakes, but I prefer to mix cookie ingredients together by hand for a few reasons. 

First of all, it just feels more simple and nostalgic…like the baking that I did with my “Big Mama” when I was a kid. Secondly, baking cookies is something that I like to do with my boys. I get a little weird about them being close to blenders and other quickly whirling appliances when a good old spoon will do.  Last of all…no mixer equals not having to clean the mixer. 😊

Kids helping to make easy chocolate chip chookies

I was going to make a homemade caramel to drizzle on top of the cookies, but these cookies stand alone! Honestly, one cookie (with all of its chocolaty goodness) is more than enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. The only thing that I would add to these cookies is a glass of milk! You’ll see…

Soft chocolate chip cookie dough
Chocolaty chocolate chip cookie dough!

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies From Scratch

Recipe Notes:

– In a pinch, you can use bleached all-purpose flour without making any adjustments to the recipe. If you don’t have any unbleached all-purpose flour available, the flours are interchangeable.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies From Scratch

{Updated; Originally posted on 12/20/2011; Top post image credit: @erol.}