Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I found these on All Recipes - my sisters blog all about her cookies made me crave some. I really think these just might be the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had! -janene cook

"Crisp edges, chewy middles."

RECIPE RATING:

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	10 Min
READY IN	1 Hr
Original recipe yield 4 dozen

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

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Submitted by Kris and Pat Hughes


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Andes Peppermint Cocoa Cookies

Submitted by Alisa Ringger

I’m so glad I tasted these cookies, now I can die happy.

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter

1 ½ cup packed dark brown sugar

2 large egg yolks

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

½ tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

½ cup special dark cocoa

2 cups Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350.

-In electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until fluffy (about 5 minutes).

-Add the yolks and vanilla extract.

-Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa. Add sifted flour mixture on low speed slowly to the creamed butter.

-Add the Andes Peppermint Chips. Place round balls (1 tsp.) on lightly greased cookie sheets.

-Bake 10 minutes. Let cool.

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Best Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Connie Bodily

3 1/4 c. sifted flour

2 1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

1 1/2 sticks butter

1 1/2 t. vanilla

1 1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 T. milk

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Cream butter, add vanilla and sugar; beat well. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then add milk. On low speed, add flour mixture. Beat only until well blended. Chill dough in waxed paper. Roll out on floured surface and cut into shapes, or roll into a long roll and slice. Bake on unbuttered cookie sheet at 400 for about 10 minutes--depends on the thickness you choose. You can sprinkle them with sugar before you bake, or frost them with buttercream frosting after they have cooled.

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Big Soft Oreo Cookies

Submitted by McKenna Nobbs

Cookie:

1 Devil’s Food Cake Mix
¾ cup shortening
2 eggs
Mix and bake at 350 for 8 minutes

Filling:

4 oz. Cream cheese
½ cup butter
1 ½ - 2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla

Chocolate.com Cookies

Submitted by Leisel Malan

Cream together:

1 c. margarine

1 1/2 c. sugar

Add:

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

Add:

2 c. flour

3/4 c. cocoa

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

Stir in:

1 C chocolate chips (Ghiradelli 60% cocoa chocolate chips - brown, blue, and gold bag)

1/2 C chopped walnuts

Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes - on an ungreased cookie sheet.

DO NOT OVERBAKE!!

Decadent Chocolate-chip Cookies

Submitted by Sandy Komma

Ingredients:

2-1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 cups chocolate chips or chocolate chunks (Ghirardelli Milk Choc Chips)
1-1/2 cups nuts, chopped (optional)

Preparation:
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar, then blend in the vanilla extract and eggs. Next, mix in the flour mixture and add your choice of chocolate chips or chunks and nuts This mix should be very chunky and thick. Scoop the cookie dough onto a cookie sheet with a large ice-cream scooper, dipping the scooper in water between uses to prevent sticking. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 12 to 18 minutes.

Janene's Very Own Never enough Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Janene Cook

When these come out of the oven you have to let them sit for a bit. They are so soft and gooey they fall apart...might be all the chocolate! But we love them.

Ingredients:

1 ¼ C. butter
2 C. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
2 C. flour
¾ C. Cocoa
½ tsp. salt

Mini semi sweet chocolate chips
White chocolate chips
Milk chocolate chips

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Blend into creamy mixture. Now add as many chocolate chips as possible in whatever variety you like. (we have also done peanut butter chips)

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. The allow to cool on the cookie sheet completely. Makes a nice gooier cookie that’s even better when cooled completely.

Mary's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Kim Judd

Ingredients:

1 pound butter, softened (a little bit)
Whole box dark brown sugar (appr. 2 1/3 cups)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 overflowing tablespoon vanilla
6 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 bags chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix butter and sugars, beat well. Add eggs and vanilla, beat. In separate bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking soda, then add to wet ingredients and mix well. Mix in chocolate chips. Shape cookies into little balls and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

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McIntosh-Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted by Kate Lawrence

Ingredients:

1½ c sugar
1 c margarine (or 2 sticks butter)
1½ c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
2 large eggs
2 med. McIntosh apples, peeled, cored and diced (about 2 cups)
3 c quick cooking oats, uncooked
1 c dark seedless raisins
¾ c chopped walnuts

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Beat sugar, margarine until light and fluffy. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, and eggs. Beat until blended. With spoon stir in apples, oatmeal, raisins and nuts. Drop ¼ c batter 3 inches apart. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Melissa's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Melissa Nobbs

1 cup butter
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
-----mix together then add-----
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
---mix together the following then add to above---
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups chocolate chips
Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes

Molasses Cookies

Submitted by Jan Shipley

This recipe makes perfect looking cookies. I use a baking stone.

Yield 4 doz.

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar

¾ cup oil

¼ cup Grandmas original molasses

1 egg

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground ginger

½ tsp. ground cloves

¼ tsp. salt
Directions:
* Preheat oven to 375 degrees
* Combine brown sugar, oil, molasses and egg. Beat well (I use kitchen-aid mixer)
* Stir together flour baking soda, cinnamon, ginger cloves and salt
* Gradually blend into molasses mixture.
Roll ball of dough in sugar and place on stone or greased cookie sheet. COOK 10 – 12 min

No Bake Chocolate-Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted by Elizabeth Merrill

Mix 1/4 cup cocoa, 2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 t. vanilla, and 1/2 cup milk in medium saucepan. Bring to boil and let boil while stirring for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup peanut butter and 3 cups quick oats and stir well. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets or wax paper and let cool.

No Bake Cookies

Submitted by Julianna Denardo

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 tsp. Cocoa
4 tblsp. Butter
¼ cup milk
Boil…stir
1 ½ cups oats
1 tsp. Vanilla
½ cup peanut butter

Orange Cookies

Submitted by Trixie Rife

Ingredients:

2 C sugar
1 C Crisco (has to be vegetable shortening, butter or margarine doesn’t work as well)
Cream together
Add 2 eggs
Juice from 1 large orange (1C OJ)
1 C buttermilk or sour cream
4 C of flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Bake at 400 for 11-12 minutes
After cookies have cooled slightly drizzle with icing.
Icing
1 C powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons orange juice

Directions:

Make the icing thick, you may need more sugar. I usually juice half of an orange and then put in enough powdered sugar to make a thick icing. I don’t measure it.

Pumpkin Cookies

Submitted by Shelli Nye

¾ cup shortening

1 cup sugar

2 eggs and 1 egg white

15 oz. can pumpkin

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. pumpkin spice - (OR ½ tsp. nutmeg and ½ tsp. cloves)

3 cups flour

Lots of chocolate chips

Cream the shortening and sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time beating after each one. Add the rest of the ingredients. The batter will be thick and sticky and fluffier than regular cookie dough. Spoon the dough by the teaspoonful onto the cookie sheet. Smaller bite size cookies bake better and are addictive!

BAKE @ 375 for 12 minutes (Don’t overcook and dry them out.)

Rolled Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Jaimee Hoke

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. margarine
3 eggs
1 t. vanilla ext.
½ t. lemon ext.
4 1/2 c. flour
1 t. soda

Directions:

Work in flour with a spoon or fork. Use hands for very short time. Chill 1 hour. Roll out on flour and sugar mix. Cut about ½” to ¾” thick. Experiment for own taste, thickness and flavorings. Bake till firm and golden.

Soft Ginger Spice Cookies

Submitted by Heather Hancock

Our absolute favorite cookies, we wait all year for fall to have these (psst, don’t skip the crystallized ginger, it’s key!)

2 cups flour

2 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ground cloves

3/4 tsp. salt

3/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger (usually in the produce or spice aisle)

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 egg

1/4 cup mild light molasses

sugar

Combine the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves and salt in a medium bowl, whisking to blend. Mix in the crystallized ginger.

Using an electric mixer, beat the brown sugar, shortening and butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add the egg and molasses and beat until blended. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter 2 baking sheets. Put the sugar in a shallow dish. With wet hands, form the dough into 1 1/4” balls and roll them in the sugar to coat completely. Place the balls on the baking sheets, spacing them 2” apart.

Bake the cookies until they’re cracked on top but still soft to the touch, about 12 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer to cooling racks. Makes about 30.

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Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Jenny Pearson

Ingredients:

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup heavy cream
Flour to stiffen (about 6 cups)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3½ teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
Buttery Decorator Icing (below)

Directions:

Cream shortening and sugar with beater; add eggs and vanilla. Mix baking powder with flour, soda, and salt and add alternately with cream. Use enough flour to roll without being stiff. For softer cookies, bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes; for crispier cookies, bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Frost with Buttery Decorator Icing.

Summer Kiersey's Christmas Cookies

Submitted by Kelly Jacobson

Ingredients:

(The best sugar cookies ever!)
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup sour cream
3 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
About 6 cups of flour
Mix. You can refrigerate the dough or use it right away. Roll about ¼ inch thick and cut out with cutters. Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 to 12 minutes. If they brown they have cooked too long. They should look white when done and have the texture of cake.