A recipe for chocolate chip cookies?

Question

I always make the nestle tollhouse ones and they get kinda hard after a day. I want a recipe for gooey doey soft cookies from scratch

Answer 1

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies:

25 min 15 min prep
7 dozen

2 cups margarine (stick margarine only)
1 1/3 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips

1. Mix flour, soda and salt in a bowl; set aside.
2. Cream together margarine and sugars.
3. Beat eggs into sugar mixture.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Beat until fluffy.
6. Add the dry ingredients.
7. Add chocolate chips.
8. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes .
9. Cookies should be brown around the edges and will finish cooking on the sheet when removed from the oven.

Answer 2

Remember, always take the cookie a couple of minutes before the time from the oven.
This cookie is incredible:

Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip

"These cookies are the pinnacle of perfection! If you want a big, fat, chewy cookie like the kind you see at bakeries and specialty shops, then these are the cookies for you!"


2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks

Answer 3

Canadian Living's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour (for a firmer cookies, add about 1/4 cup more flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate chips (President's Choice)
1 cup walnuts, chopped (I'd add more chocolate chips if you do not include pecans) (optional) or pecans (I'd add more chocolate chips if you do not include pecans) (optional)

Procedures:

1.In a large bowl, cream together butter and shortening; gradually mix in sugars, creaming thoroughly.
2.Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3.Combine flour, baking soda and salt; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
4.Chill for a few minutes or let stand at cool room temperature for 30 minutes.
5.Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.
6.Flatten slightly and smooth edges to make 1/2-inch thick cookie.
7.Bake in a 375°F oven for 8-9 minutes or until golden brown around the edges and still slightly under-baked in the centre. Let stand on baking sheet for 5 minutes; remove to racks to let cool completely.

Time: 8 mins.
*makes 50 cookies

Answer 4

I use the nestle recipe but add a package of jello instant vanilla pudding.... it's yummy!

Answer 5

If they get hard then just put a peice of sliced apple in the container you store them in to keep the moisture in the air.

Answer 6

just add about a half Cup more butter

Answer 7

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