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Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft!)

By:Nagi
Published:2 Jun '17Updated:1 Jun '21
276 Comments
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A terrific chocolate chip cookie recipe that is dangerously easy and makes soft, buttery cookies! No creaming butter, no beater required, no refrigeration, no rolling dough into balls and these are not too sweet. The hardest part is waiting for the cookies to cool. Watch the video and see my mother getting in trouble for trying to swipe one off the tray!

Miracle SOFT Chocolate Chip Cookies that are almost impossibly easy - no creaming butter, no beater, no refrigeration, no rolling dough. These are magical! www.recipetineats.com

Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe

A long awaited reader request…. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had people writing in asking for my chocolate chip cookie recipe!

In truth, I was sitting on it because I wanted to make sure I tested it properly for different measures in different countries. If you’ve ever tried a cookie recipe written by someone in another country and had it fail miserably, chances are that it’s because of the difference in cup, tablespoon and teaspoon measures between countries. As an example, 1 standard Australian cup of flour is 150g/5.3 oz whereas 1 standard US cup is 120g / 4.5 oz.

For most recipes, the difference between measures is not enough to affect the recipe or the difference is proportional across the whole recipe so it still works fine. However, for baking recipes, you really have to be careful. Especially cookies and cakes.

So that’s a little tip for you when using baking recipes – check the country of origin of the writer. If it’s not your country, proceed with caution! 😉

Oh – in case I forgot to make it really clear – yes I’ve tested this recipe using Australian & rest of world cups (all exc US are very similar) and US cups and weight measures.

Oh – and this is based on a Cooks’ Illustrated tried and tested recipe. That always helps!

Miracle SOFT Chocolate Chip Cookies that are almost impossibly easy - no creaming butter, no beater, no refrigeration, no rolling dough. These are magical! www.recipetineats.com

This chocolate chip cookie recipe may be a little different to most you’ve come across. It’s unique in that there’s no creaming butter, no electric beater is required, there’s no refrigeration of the dough (unless it’s stinking hot where you are!) and there’s no rolling dough.

Dump and mix. The batter will be quite soft at first because of the melted butter, but after 5 minutes or so, it firms up into a soft dough that can be scooped onto the baking tray and it holds its form perfectly. Using an ice cream scooper with a lever (seriously handy kitchen utensil – cookies, pancakes, MEATBALLS), it’s super quick to dollop the dough into perfect round mounds that spread into beautiful round cookies.

I’ve tried to capture how soft these cookies are in the recipe video (below the recipe). I hope I’ve succeeded. I also hope I’ve succeeded in showing you how straight forward these are to make.

Dangerous. I should have called these Dangerous Choc Chip Cookies.

Happy weekend everyone! – Nagi xx


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Miracle SOFT Chocolate Chip Cookies that are almost impossibly easy - no creaming butter, no beater, no refrigeration, no rolling dough. These are magical! www.recipetineats.com

PS That moment when I smack my mother’s hand in the video….. I have been wanting an excuse to do that all my life….

PPS This recipe makes big cookies about 10cm/4″ wide. I have a cookie baking session planned this weekend and plan to test out different sizes for bake times and will update the recipe! <– Said baking session took place, recipe updated for directions for small cookies!

PPPS I don’t know why it is but my recipes always seem to come out with odd numbers. This recipe makes 13 cookies. THIRTEEN. My trays fit 6 each perfectly. Which means I have to have a third tray…..for just ONE cookie. 🙄

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Miracle SOFT Chocolate Chip Cookies that are almost impossibly easy - no creaming butter, no beater, no refrigeration, no rolling dough. These are magical! recipetineats.com

Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Author: Nagi
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 22 mins
Total: 32 mins
Sweet
Western
4.97 from 109 votes
Servings13
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RECIPE VIDEO ABOVE. These may well be the easiest chocolate chip cookies in the world! These are big, soft, buttery and are made without a beater, no creaming butter, no refrigeration required and no rolling the dough into the balls. Adapted from Cooks Illustrated. Makes 13 large or 26-30 small. {This recipe will work no matter which country you live in - see Note 5. High altitude baking - see Note 6.}

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups plain / all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda (bi carb soda)
  • 175g / 12 tbsp unsalted butter , cut into 2 cm/ 4/5" cubes (1.5 US sticks / 6 oz)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed (light or dark) (Note 1)
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar (US: granulated sugar)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips , separated (US: semi sweet chocolate chips or chunks)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180C / 350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan / convection). Place oven shelf in the middle of the oven.
  • Line 2 trays with baking / parchment paper.
  • Whisk the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
  • Place the butter in a large heatproof bowl. Microwave until the butter is almost fully melted (25 sec for room temp butter, 40 sec for fridge cold butter on high).
  • Whisk to finish melting the butter. (Note 2)
  • Add brown and white sugar, whisk energetically for 15 seconds.
  • Add egg, yolk and vanilla, whisk well for 15 seconds.
  • Add flour mixture and mix until flour is almost fully incorporated.
  • Add 1 cup chocolate chips, stir to disperse and flour is fully incorporated. Batter will be quite loose.
  • Stand for 5 minutes for batter to firm up a bit so it is scoop-able into mounds. (Note 3)
  • LARGE COOKIES: Scoop up a level ice cream scoop / 3 tbsp / 1/4 cup (Note 4) and place on baking trays 5cm / 2" apart - 13 balls. Top with remaining choc chips (these remain on surface once baked = prettier).
  • SMALL COOKIES (26 - 30): Scoop up 1.5 tbsp (heaped tbsp measure) OR 1/2 an ice cream scoop (this works well). Place on baking trays 4cm / 1.75" apart, top with choc chops.
  • Bake 1 tray at a time. LARGE COOKIES: Bake for 8 minutes, then rotate the tray and bake for 3 minutes (11 minutes in total). SMALL COOKIES: Bake 6 minutes, turn then bake 3 minutes (9 min total). The cookies should be just golden on the edges and pale golden on top. They will be slightly puffed up.
  • Cool on the tray - they finish cooking. They will lose the puffiness while resting. Dig in and get your cookie fix!

Recipe Notes:

1. I switch between light and dark brown sugar, I use whatever I have. If I had both, I probably use light over dark more often. The flavour difference is not noticeable to me. Light brown sugar will produce a slightly paler cookie which does suggest its softness.
2. If the butter is fully melted in the microwave so it's transparent when you take it out, the cookie is not quite as soft. Not a deal breaker, just a little tip that makes a difference!
3. FIRMING UP BATTER: While the butter is warm, the batter is quite loose (see video). Standing for just 5 minutes firms up the batter, turning it into a soft cookie dough so when you drop mounds onto the tray, they stay in a mound shape. If it is super hot where you are, you may need to refrigerate for a bit.
4. A standard ice cream scooper is 3 tablespoons. The ones with levers like what I use in the video are a terrific utensil that I use more frequently for things like cookies, pancakes and even meatballs more than I do ice cream!
You can also make smaller cookies and I will update this recipe with a guide for baking times for different size cookies in the near future - there are cookie baking plans for this weekend!
5. HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING - a reader at 7200 ft reported that this worked perfectly with the sugar reduced to 3/4 cup (total).
DIFFERENT COUNTRY CUPS: No need to do any calculations to adjust, this recipe will work no matter which country you are in with the exception of Japan, please use weights provided.
Background: Measuring cups and teaspoons can differ between some countries. For most recipes, the difference is not material enough to affect the recipe. However, for baking recipes, it does make a difference. I've tested this recipe with US cups, Aussie cups (which is very close to rest of world) and weights. No difference!
6. STORING: Keeps great for 3 days in an airtight container and they freeze well too. Dough keeps great in the fridge for 3 days - it will firm up so roll into balls and place on tray, then add 1 minutes to the bake time. Cooked cookies freeze great - defrost before serving.
7. HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING: I'm thrilled to share that a reader, Marg (4 June 2017) who lives at high altitude (985 m/3200 ft) made the following adjustments: reduced total sugar to 1/2 cup (1/4 each brown and white), increased oven to 170C/340F, and used 2 eggs (to avoid having left over egg white). She said  the cookies spread a bit because she used 2 whole instead of 1 yolk + 1 egg per recipe, but they were not flat, were soft and she didn't miss the sugar. Would love to hear if anyone at high altitude makes this using 1 whole + 1 yolk + Marg's other adjustments!
The Cooks' Illustrated recipe I adapted my recipe from doesn't prescribe exact adjustments, but provided a guideline which Marg based her adjustments on: "For High-Altitude Baking: Problem: Cookies spread too much in the oven. Solution: Use less sugar. Increase the oven temperature and decrease the baking time. Problem: Cookies are too dry. Solution: Add an extra egg or yolk."
8. This is adapted from a Cooks' Illustrated recipe. I reduced sweetness (plus this made it a touch softer), cut out a step to brown butter (which they do to add more flavour which I don't miss when I exclude) and I reduced the butter a touch which I find makes the dough slightly quicker to make and consistently yields a better scoop-able dough without affecting the butteriness of the cookie. So...erm, I did actually change it quite a bit over the years. This recipe is my idea of a perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie that happens to be very simple to make!
9. Yes, this makes 13 large cookies. It is so annoying because my trays fit 6 each! Nutrition is per giant cookie, halve it for small cookies.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 74gCalories: 325cal (16%)
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276 Comments

  1. Kay Saye says

    December 10, 2022 at 8:15 am

    Hi Nagi
    I,m thinking of making a large batch of choc chip cookies and I am going to freeze them ,would this work well as a dough ?
    cheers Kay

    Reply
  2. Shaz says

    October 9, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    5 stars
    Love this recipe. My 11 year old daughter Is regularly making this recipe. She even reheated it in the microwave for 10 seconds in the following days and it was like they were fresh out the oven! Delicious

    Reply
  3. Vikki says

    August 2, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    Made these and they were great! Question- what is the best way to defrost? Just leave them out? Reheat in oven from frozen? Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Amelia says

    July 5, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Nagi this recipe turned out so good! I topped them with M&Ms for colour and they came out excellent! Everyone was saying how they were like expensive cafe cookies. Thanks so much for your recipes, they are legit life changing!

    Reply
  5. Jenny says

    May 12, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    5 stars
    Your recipes never fail! Love all the extra tips and tricks. Made these cookies today, so yum and not too sweet. Thank you Nagi xx

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      May 12, 2022 at 1:56 pm

      They are super popular at RecipeTin Meals too! Enjoy!! N x

      Reply
  6. Kay says

    April 6, 2022 at 1:21 pm

    Hi Nagi – I’m excited to try this chocolate chip cookie recipe! My question is- Can this recipe be used as is for a cookie cake? (I think a cookie cake is more popular in the US then other places) Do you know if I put this enter batch into a 8 or 9 inch pan, can I make a cookie cake out of this? So I’d basically be making one extra large cookie instead of 13? Also – need to add some walnuts. Will that be okay? My husband has requested a cookie cake for this bday. Thank you so much!
    Kay
    p.s – my kids and I make and enjoy your moist vanilla cake recipe!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      April 6, 2022 at 4:37 pm

      Hi Kay – yes this should work as a cookie cake but I don’t know how long you will need to bake it as it will take longer than smaller cookies! N x

      Reply
  7. Maddy says

    March 13, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    5 stars
    Once again, another recipe that turned out fantastic!! I can always rely on your recipes Nagi! Thank you x

    Reply
  8. Nadia says

    February 26, 2022 at 4:13 pm

    5 stars
    Nagi, all your recipes are so reliable. I knew I wanted soft choc chip cookies and I’m so glad I checked to see if you had one.

    You go above and beyond to make sure your recipes are perfect, and they usually are!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      February 27, 2022 at 2:02 pm

      Thanks Nadia – that means a lot. I work REALLY hard to be sure that all of my recipes work before I post them! N x

      Reply
  9. Aj says

    February 23, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    5 stars
    Hot damn these were delicious! Made these with my little man(3). Super easy, quick and kept his attention till the end.
    Agree, hardest thing was waiting for them to cool!

    Reply
  10. Justine says

    January 28, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    Love these cookies. My daughter wanted coffee cookies so we made these with a teaspoon of decaf coffee in them. They were great but she wants 2 teaspoons of coffee for the next batch.
    Daughter is 11.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 28, 2022 at 3:20 pm

      A caffeine fiend in the making!! ☕️ N x

      Reply
  11. Sarah says

    January 23, 2022 at 4:11 pm

    5 stars
    Sooo good me and my daughter made it so easy and yummy!

    Reply
  12. Navaa says

    December 20, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    Hi Nagi. I would like to know how should I melt the butter if I don’t have a microwave oven?

    Reply
    • Nadia says

      February 26, 2022 at 4:17 pm

      Just put the cut up butter in a pot on low heat. Melt it slowly. When there’s only some solid bits left, turn off the heat and whisk until the rest of the butter has turned to liquid. Make sure you don’t burn the butter!

      Reply
  13. Chelsea says

    December 17, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    5 stars
    So easy and so delicious!

    Reply
  14. Ruth says

    November 24, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    Excellent recipe! Super easy to follow instructions and with a video too. Made delicious 15 big cookies. Thanks Nagi

    Reply
  15. Keira says

    November 13, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    Hi Nagi!
    Wasn’t too sure if this was asked already but can you possibly make the dough and roll it into a log and freeze it for when you need it?
    Made them today and have already eaten 5 out of 13, amazing as always xx

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      November 14, 2021 at 5:03 pm

      Hi Keira – yes they freeze well – see Note 6. You can also scoop them into balls, freeze on a cookie sheet then pop them into a freezer bag and then you always have them ready to throw in the oven as many as you need! They just need a few minutes extra baking if frozen or fridge cold. N x

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