The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
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The search for the absolute best chocolate chip cookie recipe has ended with the New York Times Chocolate Chip cookie recipe adapted from Jacques Torres
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What is The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?
I think it’s pretty fair to say that when most of us think of making chocolate chip cookies, we look at the yellow Nestle bag for the Toll House Cookie recipe.
Recently my friend Kim had a chocolate chip cookie fail! She asked me “What happened? What did I do wrong” I made a few suggestions off the top of my head, but it got me thinking. I wanted to search for the BEST, no fail, Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
Surely the Nestle Toll House recipe is the best known, but did you know there is a science to all that flour, sugar, eggs and chocolate? That’s why sometimes your cookie may come out perfect and the next time they don’t. Or wonder about flat cookies vs fluffy cookies?
In my search for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, it appears that The New York Times had the same question I did a few years ago and set out on a quest for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe! It’s a great read if you have ever wondered why you have cookie making “issues”.
I’m asking…no BEGGING you……don’t ignore this post as “just another chocolate chip cookie recipe”!
If I can help just ONE person discover it, my job will be done! Seriously, my search is over this IS the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. This is not a recipe you want to adapt, and you want to follow the directions precisely the first time. Trust me on this, I followed it to a “t” because I wanted to see if it really lived up to its name!
The Secrets To Making The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
A little planning and patience is needed with this recipe. You will need cake and bread flour and a minimum of 24 hours to chill…..but SO worth it!
The size of this cookie plays a big roll as well.
The instructions say to form the dough into a ball a little larger than a golf ball, suggesting 3.5 ounces (I used a cookie scoop and my kitchen scale and made mine 3.15 ounces)
I wanted to show you how big these look in my hand! lol Do me a favor, try it!! you will LOVE the look on their faces when you bake them a big chocolatey perfectly chewy cookie.
What Makes This Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe So Good?
“Their larger size allows for three distinct textures. First there’s the crunchy outside inch or so. A nibble revealed a crackle to the bite and a distinct flavor of butter and caramel. Then there’s the center, which is soft. A bull’s-eye the size of a half-dollar yielded easily.
But the real magic is the one-and-a-half-inch ring between them where the two textures and all the flavors mix.” ~ Maury Rubin, City Bakery, on West 18th Street, NY
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Don’t be the last person to try these! I promise you! THIS is The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (don’t change a thing!)
The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe | New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie
The search for the absolute best chocolate chip cookie recipe has ended with this cookie recipe! It's the New York Times Chocolate Chip cookie recipe adapted from Jacques Torres.
Ingredients
- 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) cake flour
- 1 2/3 cups (8 1/2 ounces) bread flour
- 1¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1¼ cups (2½ sticks) unsalted butter
- 1¼ cups (10 ounces) light brown sugar
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (8 ounces) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 pounds bittersweet chocolate (I use Ghirardelli chocolate chips)
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Using a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter, and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds. Drop chocolate pieces in and incorporate them without breaking them. Press plastic wrap against dough and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours. Dough may be used in batches and can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Set aside.
- Scoop six 3.15 ounce mounds of dough (the size of generous golf balls) onto a baking sheet, making sure to turn horizontally any chocolate pieces that are poking up; it will make for a more attractive cookie. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer the sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more. Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day. Eat warm, with a big napkin.
Notes
- NOTE CHILL TIME of 24-72 hours- it WILL yield a better cookie
- Recipe from Jacque Torres and The New York Times
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 313Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 345mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 6gSugar: 1gProtein: 8g
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I love “marinating” chocolate chip cookies. I also love giant cookies. And chocolate. So yes, these just may be the best chocolate chip cookies ever. I’m pinning it so I don’t forget to make them.
I never usually have the patience to let the dough sit, but after hearing how much difference it can make………I’m sold!!
Must try…may bring some to blissdom 😉
they’re good and sturdy! so great to travel with!
I’m going to remember these for our next batch. My daughter really enjoys baking cookies so she’ll get a kick out of these honkers.
yes she will Amy!! It kind of blew my mind when I saw how much dough was on that scale! but they were fabulous that size!!!
The cookie gods are smiling all over this post 😉 Chocolate chip cookies are classic – they’re sophisticated, yet you can get messy with them….. I love them. This is a fabulous recipe, so large – so chocolatey … love!!
Hey Cheryl- can you erase my link- Super Bowl Sundaes? It is saying No Thumbnail and it won’t let me resubmit to fix…no red x for me to delete either 🙁
You certainly are convincing, my friend! I am definitley going to get my head out of the hole and try this one!
I haven’t heard of them either? Now I must bake them soon – they look delicious! Pinning them. Thanks for hosting.
Our daughter found that recipe and has become famous among her friends for her special cookies. We have learned to be patient as the dough sits overnight in the fridge. She won’t bake them until they have spent the night! We have mailed them from California to Vermont, and Grammy just loves them too!
Thanks so much for hosting and have a wonderful day…..Stop by CountryMommaCooks
link party this weekend if you get a chance!
Yum!
this is a great post!
I have made the Cooks Illustrated choc chip cookies, which call for the melted butter technique and then one egg + one yolk. But I adapted it 🙂 And added PB to it and so that’s not a fair comparison b/c PB makes everything chewy!
Good to know you truly love this recipe and that you say don’t adapt it (I am the queen of tweaks) and the size of that ball is HUGE. Thanks for that pic b/c I would never have rolled mine that big. Worth it’s weight in gold that photo!
Love it! Love that you weighed them out. I actually make mine smaller and the sea salt on top is a must! Happy Friday to you!
Oh wow. I have GOT to try these out. I don’t think I’m ever going to get to my diet resolution this year. So tempting.
Oh my goodness I can’t wait to give these a try. Hey don’t worry I guess I had my head in the sand too! I am also hosting a link up tomorrow or starting at midnight…Cheryl I would love it if you linked up a food you love to share with others. Hope to see you!
Oh my heavens, those look amazing! I love chocolate chip cookies, and those look incredible!
I am ready to take on the challenge with your best ever chocolate chip cookies! They sure look delish! I am a fan of Ghirardelli chocolate chips too! Glad to have found your site! Will be following you on Twitter and Pinterest! Blesings!
Hi Cheryl! I just had to tell you how much I loved this post! I am a die-hard fan of the yellow Nestle package and the recipe on it. But, looking at this recipe here and your beautiful photos, I am sure willing to come out of my box. And, I loved your photos and how you have a description on each one. I don’t know how you do that, but it is so effective and enjoyable. Anyway, thanks for this! I would love to add it to my list of “must-tries.” I’ll let you know how it goes! Best to you!
Hi Cheryl! Your cookies look fabulous and I am going to give them a try! Thank you again for hosting this lovely party and I hope your week is going great! Angie xo
I guess I need to try that cookie! I never thought about size being a factor. YUM! Thanks for hosting the party! 🙂
Thank so much for the awesome party, Cheryl!
I linked up a couple of projects, but I’m definitely proudest of my Anthro candlestick knock-offs (#89)
Their version: $400.
Mine: $5.
Woot!
~Abbie (www.fivedaysfiveways.com)
Oh my goodness those look good! I am so pinning them!
These really are the most amazing cookies, the extra chill time in the fridge make a world of difference.
Oooh, these look completely yummy. I’m pregnant at the moment so everything looks completely yummy!! But these look especially yummy!
Thank you so much for hosting!
Sarahx
I know I’ll be in the minority here, but…I love chocolate chip cookies! Especially great big ones! 😉
Absolutely going to try this. The only thing I don’t already have is the bread flour. Thank you for posting.
Although I will abide by the rule of chilling mixture for 24 hours, I do have a problem in that when I want chocolate chip cookes I want them NOW! xx
When I first came to United Stated Chocolate chip cookies where the first thing I tested.Loved it!
Truth is I have never made them using other recipe than the one that is printed the chocolate chips packaging.
I’m little intrigued seeing you are using cake and bread flour together, my only worry is that once I make these I’ll eat them myself because they look so amazing.
Cheryl – i love your party and might actually love chocolate chip cookies even more! Today I linked up two really healthy dishes (both high in FIBER): Banana Honey Bran Bread and Slow Cooked Steel Cut Oats. Hope you enjoy
Cheryl, your cookies look great! I have a go-to recipe I created years ago, but I still enjoy trying new ones. Thanks for hosting!!
So funny I had plans to make huge chocolate chip cookies tonight with my son and was worried about how big I was going to make them, now not so much . these look so good, I cannot wait.
Oh my goodness. You just made this a very happy Friday indeed. I cannot wait to make these…like today or tomorrow. We love chocolate chip cookies, and my husband and littles would be very happy if I finally settle on one recipe instead of changing it up every time and waiting for the result. 🙂
Those are our favorite cookies! We LOVE them! Yours look perfect! Now I am craving them:)
Totally agree!! Dont’ change a thing on the recipe if you make these! They are THE BEST chocolate chip cookies hands down! Great photos!!
It’s so funny, because I had never made them before, either, but had my first batch in the fridge waiting when you were making yours!! They were delicious – so good that I had to freeze half of the dough so that we wouldn’t bake them all up and eat them all in one day!! 🙂
Thank you so much for hosting the party, Cheryl! 🙂
xoxo,
Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}
I’m a cookie nut and I have never heard of this recipe! I have my own secret recipe for oatmeal cookies that I have been debating on sharing. But, I think I NEED to try this! I have a service auction next week and these would be perfect to bring, too.
I’m off to bake! Thanks!!!
Although nothing (!!) beats my mom’s chocolate chip cookies, I can’t wait to give these a try. They look fabulous!!
Yummy-o! I would LOVE or you to come link up these tasty cookies in my Happy Friday link up which is Chocolate today.
Have a super weekend. Susie
Would you believe that with all of the cookies I’ve made in my time that I have never, ever tried this recipe? I guess I have to give it a go too. Just made a new chocolate chip cookie recipe for my cookbook, so of course I’m hoping that recipe will become all the rage, lol!
These cookies look and sound amazing! I can’t wait to give these a try!
I just made chocolate chip cookies yesterday, The flavor is great but they get too flat. I’m so excited about this new (to me) recipe!! Thanks! I’m linking up with you for the second time too. Thanks for hosting!
Looks like a yummy recipe!
Yummy! Can’t wait to try these!
Yum! Those really do look like the perfect chocolate chip cookies.
These look so good!! I absolutely love chocolate chip cookies, and these do look as though they could be the very best!!
Ok Cheryl, my husband loves Loves LOVES chocolate chip cookies. It is his love language and the thing he wants me to make all the time. I cannot wait to make these for him… thinking it’ll be a great Valentine’s gift. It’ll be great to have them pre made in the freezer and just pull them out to bake while we eat dinner! Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
I never say no to another chocolate chip cookie recipe and this one is a new one for me. Honestly, the pictures of the cookies (and the dough) are just fabulous and have me craving for these cookies even though I have a few dozen chocolate chip cookies in my freezer, Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I’ve heard so many good things about this recipe but I have yet to try it. Thanks for reminding me about it, Cheryl!
Definitely making these this weekend! They look amazing!
These sound amazing! I am relying on you and Jacque and will make these soon.
Hey! How did you know that chocolate chip cookies are the way to my heart?! I am such a sucker for them. I am def bookmarking this recipe. Yum!