Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy-centered, crispy-edged cookies with deep brown butter flavor and melted chocolate chips. A 45-minute total recipe that tastes like it came from a professional bakery.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 3g
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (1.5 sticks) butter
- ¾ cup, packed brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1.5 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- 2
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, swirling occasionally, until foam subsides and it turns deep golden brown with nutty aroma, ~6 minutes.
- 3
Pour browned butter into a bowl. Stir in brown sugar and let cool 5 minutes until just warm to the touch.
- 4
Whisk egg into the butter mixture until fully combined. Stir in flour and salt until no dry streaks remain.
- 5
Fold in chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto both sheets.
- 6
Bake for 11–13 minutes until edges are golden brown but centers still look slightly underbaked. Rotate sheets halfway through.
- 7
Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tools you’ll need
- small saucepan
- two baking sheets
- parchment paper
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- rubber spatula
- wire cooling rack
- oven
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