The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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You probably have many recipes for chocolate chip cookies. I do too, but I keep coming back to these. They really are the best!

Best Chocolate chip cookies

Makes about 30

Ingredients

230g/ ½ pound (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened

173g/ 1 cup brown sugar

166g/ ¾ cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

300g/ 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

275g / 1½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

Fleur de sel, for finishing

A few notes on making these:

These really are the perfect chocolate chip cookies—they bake up large and chewy.
A food scale makes ingredient prep super easy.
Dough can be made and rested for a few hours up to a day in the refrigerator—I recommend because they scoop easier and bake up better when chilled.
Use a scoop for less mess and perfectly portioned cookies.
Parchment paper on the baking sheet ensures the dough won’t stick and makes cleanup easy.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°
Line a cookie sheet with parchment
Cream butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
Sift dry ingredients together and stir in, mixing thoroughly. Add chocolate chips to dough, and scoop cookies on to sheet.
Bake on the lined cookie sheet, on the middle oven rack for about 15 minutes.
Remove from oven while centers are slightly soft and sprinkle with fleur de sel, if desired.
Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring cookies to a rack to cool completely.