Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Missing Lokness recipe - Chinese/Hong Kong
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ cup plus ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ cup milk chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- 1
Position the rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375˚F.
- 2
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone sheet.
- 3
Melt the butter in microwave until all melted. Cool slightly.
- 4
Whisk the sugars, eggs, butter and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth.
- 5
In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- 6
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula. Make sure not to over mix. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- 7
Wet hands slightly. Scoop a heaped tablespoon of the dough onto one hand, and roll the dough into a ball. Put the dough on the baking sheet, and space the dough apart for about 2 inches.
- 8
Bake until slightly golden for 12 – 14 minutes. For a soft center, 12 minutes is enough. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool. Serve and enjoy. (Before moving on to the second batch, make sure the baking sheet is cool off.)