The Best Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies are crispy, chewy and soft. They have a ton of delicious flavor due to adding extra vanilla, salt and brown sugar. This is my go-to recipe for cookies!
I could eat all the cookies in the world.
If they’re chocolate chip. Well…I take that back. Cookies are my thang, one of my favorite sweet indulgences and one of my very favorite desserts to make. So yes. I could eat all the cookies in the world.
What’s your favorite sweet treat?
Chocolate chip cookies are easily my favorite, which is why I am so ecstatic about this bakery style chocolate chip cookie recipe!
These are one of my best cookie recipes ever and I have made quite a few!
The BEST! Why? Because they are the perfect size – on a scale from 1-10, 1 being the smallest cookie and 10 be the largest, they’re like a 6 or 7. Not too big but definitely not too small (who wants a small cookie anyway?) They’re crispy on the outside and incredibly chewy and delicious on the inside. The perfect combo for any cookie, right?
And they bake up beautifully – they don’t get flat or stay in a clump, they spread nicely and, and are perfectly chewy.
Ugh, I love these!!
See? I mean check.these.out. I did put the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or so. I typically chill all of my cookie dough recipes as I find they bake up much nicer that way.
Plus. Chilled cookie dough? Yes please!
Now, if you like a crispier cookie, you could bake these a little longer than I did. I am a sucker for gooey soft cookies so I kept mine just slightly browned on the edges.
Oh what a beautiful a thing. Look at all those chocolate chips! They create mounds of delicious gooey chocolate and give the cookies that bakery style look.
I have to mention – these are amazing warm, with ice cream and FROZEN. Yes, I put some in the freezer and munch on them at night.
Those are the best nights ever.
You HAVE to make these. Please!
SHOP THE RECIPE – HERE ARE SOME ITEMS I USED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE.
Cookie Dough Scoops (set of 3) – I use these all time when baking cookies. My cookies always turn out the same size and it saves a ton of time. They are also great for scooping muffin and cupcake batter as well as ice cream!
Non-stick baking mat – These help cookies not stick to the pan and help minimize trash!
KitchenAid Mixer Artisan Series Mixer – This one is a no brainer. I love my KitchenAid Mixer. It’s simple to use and does a wonderful job of mixing all kinds of doughs, batters, etc.
Nielsen-Masey Pure Vanilla Extract – This vanilla extract is just the best. It will take your flavor to the next level and a little goes a long way.
Silicone Spatulas – These are wonderful for all types of cooking, but I love a good spatula to scrape the bowl while mixing. It’s important to get all the dough incorporated and a strong spatula is the way to do it!
The Best Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies are crispy, chewy and soft. They have a ton of flavor due to adding extra vanilla, salt and brown sugar. This is my go-to recipe for cookies!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled (may need an additional 1/4 cup if dough seems too wet).
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar (you can use light, but I prefer dark)
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a non-stick silicone baking mat; set aside. (The cookies do require chilling time, so when you are ready to bake, prepare the pan and preheat the oven.)
- In a medium bowl mix together dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside. To measure flour, spoon it into your measuring cup until it's mounded over then use a straight edge to level it off.
- In a stand-alone mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (hand-held mixer works, too), cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla extract, and eggs and mix well until dough looks smooth and pale in color, scraping down sides of the bowl as necessary.
- With the mixer on low-speed, slowly add the bowl of dry ingredients and mix just until the dough comes together. Overmixing can cause tough and flat cookies.
- Lastly, stir in the chocolate chips by hand to prevent overmixing.
- Measure 3 tablespoons of dough (a cookie dough scoop is helpful for this) and place on cookie sheet, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. You can refrigerate overnight or freeze them if you want to bake them later. Chilled dough bakes better. If the dough is too warm, the cookies can flatten out.
- Place 6 chilled cookie dough balls (I do 6 at a time so they don't spread into each other) on the baking sheet and bake for 9-12 minutes (baking time will depend on your oven. Mine bake for 11-12 minutes) until edges are golden and the center is still pale in color.
- If your cookies are flat use this tip! - Place a round cookie dough cutter or glass bowl that's a little larger than the cookie over each just baked cookie and gently swirl it in a circular motion. This allows the edges to be tucked in creating a round cookie that sets up neatly. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
It’s common for chocolate chip cookies to turn out flat. Here are a few helpful tips. Do not overmix the dough, just mix enough for it to come together and stir the chocolate chips in by hand. Chill cookie dough so that’s it’s very cold – you can even put it in the freezer to chill even further – if the dough is room temperature or warm, it will spread faster when baked.
You may have under measured the flour a bit – add more if needed – the dough should not be sticky or soft but not so crumbly that you can’t form it into a ball.
Lastly, do not put cookie dough on a warm cookie sheet – make sure that the cookie sheet has cooled or use a new one for the second batch. With all this said, the flavor of the cookies will not change even if the cookies spread! I make these all the time and they don’t flatten out on me, but I follow all the tips above to prevent flat cookies.
Cookies will last 3-4 days, covered, at room temperature. Cookies and cookie dough can be frozen for up to 3 months. No need to thaw frozen cookie dough before baking. However, they may take an additional 1-2 minutes to bake.
This recipe makes about 22 cookies, give or take depending on how you measured the dough.
This recipe has been updated September of 2025.
This is a recipe I’ve used for years! I got it from my sister after tasting hers. I had always used the recipe on the back of the chocolate chips but it always spreads too thin! These really are the best! So glad to see they are being shared!
SO glad you like the cookies Jennifer!!
Hi Jessica,
I bake a lot and I am always looking for a great chocolate chip cookie recipe. This recipe is by far the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made. Thank you so much for sharing!
Wahoo! So glad that you liked it! It’s my favorite recipe yet!
I’m in the middle of putting this recipe together, looks yummy. But I just have a question. All recipes generally recommend to preheat the oven, but, do you find it not a waste of energy to preheat the oven before putting everything together, and then letting the dough sit in the fridge for one hour? Will wait to preheat my oven. I’m excited to see how these turn out, yours look perfect.
Hello! Go ahead and wait to preheat your oven. I would suggest preheating 10 minutes before you want to bake them. Make sure the dough is very chilled! You will love these! Enjoy!
I still loved the recipe, very delicious cookie crispy edges and soft chewy middle. I made half the bowl Wednesday night and left the rest in the fridge and now it’s Friday and I’m making the rest but it’s still the same, even after being in the fridge for so long. Maybe the freezer is with a shot! I don’t know if it’s because we live just north of Houston and it’s so hot and humid here or what, but…oh well. They are very good cookies and they won’t last long here anyways. I made them for my kiddos teachers for a back to school gift and they all loved them and asked for the recipe!
So glad that you still enjoyed them! I really think the humidity had something to do with it because I make them all the time! You can even try chilling them over night…that might help!
Hi Christi! Sorry they didn’t turn out again! Glad that they still taste good and are crispy and chewy – that’s the most important part! Maybe it’s your oven? You can try baking them at 350 instead and see if that helps? It might increase the baking time a few minutes but maybe it will work. I will re-test the recipe to see what works to make them fluffier for you – I want to makes sure you enjoy them and make them again and again! 🙂
I just made these and was hoping for thick full cookies but mine are flat as a pancake 🙁
Hi Christi! I’m so sorry they’re flat. I just made these the other day and they baked nicely for me. The only thing I can think of is that your dough was too warm. Try refrigerating for longer or even putting it in the freezer for awhile. The dough shouldn’t stick to your fingers. Hope that helps!
Just made, yum!!! So glad I doubled the recipe:)
So glad you liked them Julie!!
I’ve found that the butter makes all the difference in a chocolate chip cookie recipe! When I switched from a major US brand to Irish Kerry Gold butter—oh my gosh!!! 🙂
Yes! good ingredients always make a difference!
I can’t stop staring at these, they look PERFECT!
Thank you!
Thank ya! 🙂
Well, now all I’m going to be able to think about today is cookies!!! I love crispy chewy cookies full of chips!!! These look incredible!!!
Thanks Jocelyn! 🙂
I remember seeing these on IG and being REALLY excited about them! And they do not disappoint – they look like cookie heaven! Pinned!
Thanks Taylor!