The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies In The World
This recipe has been passed down in my family for generations. It truly is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever baked.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- One 200g marabou chocolate bar or at least half bag chocolate chips (6 oz)
Instructions
- Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (unless you plan on chilling the dough first).
- Cream the butter, shortening, and white sugar until thoroughly mixed, 3-5 minutes.
- Add the brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly add flour mix to the butter and sugar mixture, mix until the batter is smooth. If the batter sticks to your finger, add more flour until it doesn’t.
- Cut 200g (7oz) Marabou Milk Chocolate into desired sized pieces and add them to the dough. If using chocolate chips, add half a bag.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into 1 to 2 inch balls.
- Place dough balls on cookie sheet, two inches apart.
- Skip to step 13 if you don't want to chill the dough.
- Cover cookie sheet with plastic wrap and chill for 1-2 hours in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Take out your chilled dough, remove the plastic wrap, and place cookie sheet in the oven.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on how soft you like your cookies.
- Let cookies cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Pour yourself a glass of cold milk, grab a cookie, and get cozy.