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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Level:
Easy
Total Time:
45 min
Yield:
6 servings

Who doesn’t like chocolate chip cookies during the holidays or just cuz they sound good all the time! Made by Kendra Ross

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Who doesn’t like chocolate chip cookies during the holidays or just cuz they sound good all the time! Made by Kendra Ross

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons hot water
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Gather your ingredients, making sure your butter is melted, and your eggs are at room temperature. (If you live at a high altitude melt the butter on your ground level, and leave at room temperature.)
  • Preheat the oven to 350° degrees.
  • Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time, then add in the vanilla.
  • Dissolve baking soda into hot water. Add to batter along with sea salt.
  • Stir in flour, and chocolate chips.
  • Use an ice cream scooper (this provides a good measurement) of dough 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until edges are nicely browned, about 10 minutes. Or until it smells like the cookies are done.
  • Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Or if you are feeling lazy just let them cook on the sheet.
  • Store in an airtight container or serve immediately with some cool milk and enjoy!

Notes

  • If you do and want tree nuts like walnuts added please do add them. It’s just for us my wife can’t have tree nuts she has a severe tree nut allergy.
  • Make sure to use the creaming method or just melt the butter. This is a trick that helps make the cookies more hydrated, especially since we live in a high-altitude state.
    The creaming method starts with beating the butter and sugar together until they’re lightened in color and fluffy.