Chilling the dough keeps the cookies thick and helps the flavour develop.
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe card
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Extra time
- 30 min
- Total time
- 1 hr 2 min
- Yield
- 24 cookies
- Difficulty
- Medium
Servings
Ingredient amounts adjust to your servings
Step-by-step instructions
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Cream
Beat the butter and both sugars until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
5 min
05:00 -
Mix
Fold in the flour, baking soda and salt, then the chocolate.
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Chill
Cover and chill the dough.
30 min
30:00 -
Bake
Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan). Place tablespoons of dough well apart on lined trays and bake until the edges are golden but the centres still look soft.
12 min
12:00 -
Cool
Cool on the tray for 5 minutes before moving to a rack.
5 min
05:00
Storage and make-ahead
Store in an airtight tin for up to 5 days. Raw dough balls freeze well for 3 months.