How to Make Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies from Scratch

Chocolate chip cookies are a favorite among many people. This is because they are so delicious and simple. Fortunately, they are simple to make as well. Here we will tell you how to make delicious chocolate chip cookies.

Start by creaming together cups of granulated sugar and cups of brown sugar together with 1 cup of butter. You could use shortening or half shortening, half butter, if you don’t have enough butter for the recipe.

Next, add in 2 eggs and a teaspoon of vanilla. Mix it together very well, but you don’t need to beat it for any length of time. You can use an electric mixer, stand or hand, if you have one and want to make it easier.

In a different bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Mix together a teaspoon each of baking soda and salt with 2 cups of flour. Stir it together thoroughly and get out the clumps.

Once the dry ingredients are mixed, slowly add them to the wet ingredients and little bit at a time and stir it in. If you are using an electric mixer, use the dough hook so that it mixes in thoroughly.

Now you can stir in 2 cups, or 12 ounces of semisweet chocolate chips. After you’ve stirred in the chocolate chips, refrigerate it for at least 2 hours or overnight. Cold dough will make better cookies because they won’t flatten out on the pan.

When the dough is chilled, roll it in to 1 to 2 inch balls and place them two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake them in the oven at 350 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on the size. Make sure the cookie sheets are cooled before you put the next batch on so that they don’t melt flat on the pan before they get in the oven.

Remove them from the oven and let the pan cool for about 3 minutes. Use a spatula to remove them from the cookie sheet and then place them on a wire rack to cool. Serve them warm with milk or let them cool completely and store them in a cookie jar for later.