World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

"There's not much to say...the name says it all. These are better than Toll House in our book. I make these every Christmas and it is my standard Chocolate Chip Cookie."
 
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photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by May I Have That Rec photo by May I Have That Rec
photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
Ready In:
27mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
6 dozen cookies
Serves:
72
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream sugars and butter.
  • Add vanilla and eggs and mix well.
  • Combine dry ingredients together and gradually add to creamed mixture.
  • Stir in chips and nuts.
  • Roll into 1 1/4" balls and place on non-stick cookie sheets, about 2" apart.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. Ingredients added were correct and my cookies came out flat. I didn't roll them in balls used dough as drop cookies. Anyone else have this issue?
     
  2. Can I just leave the nuts out or replace with dried fruit. Nut allegy in family
     
  3. How many cookies does this make?
     
  4. This recipe might have too much flour. Cookies taste and look undercooked.
     
  5. Can someone help me and tell me why my cookies came out fluffy? Almost bread like?
     
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Reviews

  1. Better than Toll house. Just a quick observation....what is with these people who want to spell out all the changes they made to make them better. Geez...just submit your own recipe and give the baker their accolades. : (
     
  2. World's Best? Probably! You've got my vote anyway! Gee, Karen, these are really great chocolate chippers. Followed your directions, except I omitted the walnuts/pecans, and they turned out sooooo good. Very easy to mix up and bake. Think I've found a brand new favorite! Thanks so much for sharing. Laudee C.
     
  3. Excellent recipe! I too omitted the nuts, but will try the recipe w/ nuts some day! @ 1 1/4" balls it took a lot longer than 10-12 minutes (more like 18-20 for me/my oven which is pretty new) so I just watched them every 2 min. until they were golden brown. I reduced the size to 1" balls after the first round of baking and it still seemed to take a little longer than the recipe's requested time. Otherwise, these are just fantastic, beautiful, and easy cookies!
     
  4. These are, most definitely, the best chocolate chip cookies I've ever had. If you follow the recipe and use fresh ingredients, they will turn out perfect. The few people who have given negative reviews are obviously doing something wrong. I've made these 4 times with perfect results each time.
     
  5. If you like thick, dry, cake-like cookies that do not spread out, then these are for you!<br/><br/>I hesitated to give this a one star rating, but the overall ratings are not accurate. Even some of the people that said they would not make this again gave it a 4 star rating. I trusted the ratings (without reading them) and tried it, but I have no idea why other people said they liked them so much. <br/><br/>As soon as my husband bit into it, I could tell he didn't like it. ...And I had to agree with him.... Way too much flour for us! ...going back to the trusted Nestle's Toll House recipe....
     
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Tweaks

  1. I did not start the recipe yet because I'm in progress of the best chocolate chip cookies ever.
     
  2. I omitted the nuts (never use them), and used 3/4 cup light brown and 1/4 cup dark brown sugar just to give them a little more flavor and chew. I do this to all the recipes if they just call for light brown sugar. Will add a little more salt next time. I used Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Chocolate Premium Baking Chips and used only 2-1/2 cups. Three cups is waayyy too much in my opinion. Even 2-1/2 is a little much. Might do 2-1/4 next time.
     
  3. I found the original recipe not as good as I was hoping. <br/><br/>I changed: <br/>1/2 cup of white sugar instead of 3/4<br/>Made sure to use unsalted butter<br/>Decreased the flour to 2.25 cups<br/>1/2tsp baking soda, 1/4tsp baking powder<br/>1tsp kosher salt <br/><br/>Came out much better.
     
  4. I have made these cookies for many years and they are always a hit. I use pecans because they are cheaper than walnuts and I always have them in my freezer. These cookies are my families absolute favorite. Unlike some cookie recipe's you really need to stick to the actual measurements of these ingredients. I suggest not to substitute margarine for butter. These are easy and delicious every time.
     
  5. Did everything the recipe said, minus using margarine instead of butter. I'm not sure if that was the big issue, but I didn't care for these cookies. They were very flour-y and cake-like. Moist, yes, but just weren't that great. The chocolate chips I used seemed to save them (Hershey Milk Chocolate chips - half a bag). I'll try another recipe and use butter next time. A little lackluster.
     

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