I like sugar cookies and I like chocolate chip cookies…so why not mix the 2? You get the perfect of each worlds.

Chocolate chip sugar cookies are an ideal marriage of two beloved cookies, with a lighter, extra delicate texture than a conventional chocolate chip cookie however nonetheless full of the irresistible chocolatey goodness all of us love.

The cookies are gentle and chewy, with a slight crispness across the edges. The sugar creates a barely crunchy outer layer, whereas the within stays tender.

The cookie base is buttery and wealthy, with a vanilla-forward taste that enhances the sweetness of the sugar. The mini chocolate chips add bursts of intense chocolate taste, making a decadent distinction to the cookie’s gentle, sugary style.

These cookies are simple to make, you don’t have to sit back the dough, and everybody LOVES them. Make a batch for birthday events, the vacations, sport day, or ANY day! They’re irresistible!

What You Must Make Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies

• All-purpose flour: I exploit unbleached flour. To measure, fluff, spoon, and stage. By no means pack flour within the measuring cup or your cookies will prove puffy and dry.
• Cornstarch: Cornstarch makes the cookies extra tender and provides them a barely “melt-in-your-mouth” really feel.
• Baking soda & baking powder: Examine the date and ensure they’re contemporary!
• Salt: Salt enhances the entire flavors!
• Butter: Use unsalted butter that’s at room temperature. Be certain the butter isn’t too heat or your cookies will unfold. The butter ought to barely give when pressed together with your thumb.
• Sugar: For this cookie recipe, you solely want granulated sugar. Granulated sugar promotes this crispness as a result of it dissolves and caramelizes evenly throughout baking, serving to the cookie obtain a lightweight, crisp exterior whereas preserving the within gentle. The cookies are additionally rolled in sugar to make them further fairly!
• Egg & egg yolk: I exploit an egg and egg yolk to make the cookies further wealthy, gentle, and chewy!
• Vanilla extract: Use 1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract, it’s not a typo. You need the cookies to have a robust vanilla taste.
• Mini chocolate chips: Mini chocolate chips are smaller, so that they distribute extra evenly all through the cookie dough. This helps be certain that each chunk has somewhat little bit of chocolate.
• Flaky sea salt: For sprinkling on prime of the cookies, the right completion.

Methods to Make Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper and put aside.
• Whisk collectively dry elements. In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Put aside.

• Cream the butter and sugars collectively. Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium velocity for 1 minute. Add 1 ¾ cups of the sugar and beat till gentle and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Cease and scrape down the perimeters of the bowl with a spatula, as mandatory.
• Add the egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract and blend till effectively mixed.

• Add the dry elements. With the mixer off, add the dry elements. Combine on low till simply mixed.
• Stir within the mini chocolate chips with a spatula. Don’t over combine.

• Type dough balls. You should utilize a cookie scoop or spoon to kind cookie dough balls. Use 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie. 
• Roll in sugar. For an additional contact of sweetness and a slight crunch, roll your dough balls in granulated sugar earlier than baking. It will give the cookies a shiny, barely crunchy exterior that enhances the chewy inside. Place on the ready baking sheet, about 2 inches aside.
• Add extra chocolate chips. Gently press further mini chocolate chips on prime of the cookie dough balls.

• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or till the cookies begin to crack. Examine early, each oven is completely different. Sugar cookies are inclined to dry out shortly if overbaked. Take away them from the oven when the sides are golden, and the middle remains to be a bit gentle. The cookies will agency up as they cool on the baking sheet.

• Take away the pan from the oven and sprinkle with flaky sea salt, if utilizing. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for five minutes.
• Switch the cookies to a cooling rack and funky utterly.

Storing Ideas & Methods to Freeze

• Chilling cookie dough: You’ll be able to chill the cookie dough within the fridge for as much as 72 hours. Preserve the cookie dough balls in an hermetic container or you may wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and kind the balls after chilling. Simply let the dough sit out on the counter whilst you preheat the oven so you may simply kind the balls.
• Storing cookies on the counter: Retailer cooled cookies in an hermetic container on the counter for as much as 3 days.
• To freeze baked cookies: Be certain the cookies are utterly cooled. Place in a freezer bag or freezer container and freeze for as much as 2 months. If you will stack them, you may put a bit of parchment paper in between the layers. Thaw and eat and even eat the cookies frozen.
• To freeze the cookie dough: Place the cookie dough balls on a baking sheet. Freeze the balls for half-hour or till agency. Switch the balls to a freezer bag or freezer container and freeze for as much as 3 months. When able to bake, preheat the oven and bake! You don’t should thaw first, simply add a few minutes to the baking time.

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These gentle and chewy sugar cookies are dotted with mini chocolate chips, sparkly sugar, and a sprinkling of flaky sea salt. They simple to make and SO scrumptious!

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• Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper and put aside.

• In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Put aside.

• Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium velocity for 1 minute. Add 1 ¾ cups of the sugar and beat till gentle and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Cease and scrape down the perimeters of the bowl with a spatula, as mandatory.

• Add the egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract and blend till effectively mixed.

• With the mixer off, add the dry elements. Combine on low till simply mixed.

• Stir within the mini chocolate chips with a spatula. Don’t over combine.

• Put the ⅓ cup of sugar in a small bowl. Type the dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons per cookie. Roll every ball within the sugar till effectively coated. Place on the ready baking sheet, about 2 inches aside.

• Gently press further mini chocolate chips on prime of the cookie dough balls.

• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or till the cookies begin to crack. They are going to be gentle within the facilities and barely set across the edges. Examine early, each oven is completely different. Don’t over bake or the cookies received’t be gentle and chewy.

• Take away the pan from the oven and sprinkle with flaky sea salt, if utilizing. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for five minutes. Switch the cookies to a cooling rack and funky utterly.

Retailer the cooled cookies in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days. You can too freeze the baked cookies for as much as 3 months in a freezer bag or container.

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