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.
What kind of cookie sheets do you use? I use Cushion-Air and find that I need more flour when I use those sheets. Thank you!
I use Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum!
Hello, these cookies are delicious! How long do you usually leave the eggs and butter out of the fridge to let it soften and get to room temperature? Also do you do any video tutorials for your recipes?
Thank you! Did you make them? I usually leave butter out overnight if I know I am going to need it the next day. Leave an egg out for about an hour to cool off – if you forget, you can always put the egg in warm water for a few minutes to cool it off as well. I don’t have a tutorial – sorry! Hopefully the directions and tips help explain it well enough.
I did make them! Well I made 2 batches. One with full size chocolate chips and one with mini chocolate morsels, both semi sweet. They were both amazing! My hand mixer I was using was struggling badly, but then again I left the butter out for about 45 minutes because I thought it would have been soft enough. Next time I will put the butter out overnight! Best recipe I have ever had! Will definitely be following your blog from now on!
I was in the process of prepping this recipe and I realized I had seen this recipe before. This is the same recipe that can be found on the back of a box of Blue Bonnet butter. The only difference is that you swapped the quantities of the sugar and brown sugar.
I had no idea! I like to add more brown sugar to my cookies because it makes them chewier. 🙂
Winner!! I’ve been trying recipe after recipe and have never been able to get the soft, chewy cookie I want…until now! Thank you so much!!
You’re welcome!
BEST COOKIE EVER. Thank you for sharing this recipe. It is my new favorite!
You’re welcome!!
I have been trying to be a gluten free person for about 4 years now and have not seen any real improvement in my body. That being said, I grew up baking with all purpose flour and sugar and chocolate chip cookies were my favorite thing to bake and of course eat. I decided to try this recipe today. I used unrefined coconut oil in place of the butter and only 1 cup of organic sugar. Let me tell you as soon as they came out of the oven I transferred several to a plate and my husband and I enjoyed them after supper. We both agreed that they tasted just like the ones I used to bake. These are excellent!!!!! Thank you for this recipe. It will be my go to on my cookie board on Pinterest.
I have just tried this recipe as is and it turned out right
Thanks so much
great!!
You forgot to tell us how many eggs in the recipe.
Hi! It’s in there! I think you might have overlooked it, but the recipe calls for 2 large eggs. Enjoy!
Hi is it fine if I use 1 cup of chocolate chip also can I use wax paper or foil.Do they have to be chilled.
Hi is it okay if I put 1 cup of chocolate chips and bake it with the wax paper or foil.
Hi Avery! Yes, 1 cup of chocolate chips is fine. I would not use foil and wax paper shouldn’t go in the oven so instead just butter your pan so the cookies don’t stick.