Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies
How to make GIANT Chocolate Chip Cookies! These have golden brown, slightly crisped edges and soft & chewy interiors and are loaded with chocolate chips!Be sure to check out the how-to VIDEO just below the recipe!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 9 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1 cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled to room temperature)
- 1 cup brown sugar¹ (firmly packed)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg (room temperature preferred)
- 1 large egg yolk (room temperature preferred)
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips -- I recommend using ½ cup each of mini (regular, and jumbo semisweet chocolate chips)
Instructions
- 1
Combine melted/cooled butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large bowl and stir well.
- 2
Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir until combined.
- 3
In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- 4
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until completely combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- 5
Cover cookie dough with plastic wrap and transfer to refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes.
- 6
About 15 minutes before dough is finished chilling, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper².
- 7
Once dough has chilled and oven has preheated, remove cookie dough from fridge and scoop ½ cup (yes, cup!) of dough and roll into a round ball.
- 8
Place cookie dough on prepared baking sheets, spacing several inches apart.
- 9
Transfer to 350F (175C) oven and bake 14-16 minutes or until edges are beginning to turn golden brown.
- 10
Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet before removing and enjoying.