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Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Total Time

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

4 dozen

Updated: Sep. 12, 2024
Infused with richly flavored browned butter, these chocolate chip cookies are chewy and soft just the way they should be. I think they’re the very best cookies you’ll ever eat. You can even make them without a mixer. —Grace Vallo, Salem, New Hampshire
Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies
Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • Sea salt, optional

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Let cool 10 minutes.
  2. Beat brown sugar, sugar and browned butter in a large bowl until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets.
  3. Bake until set and edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. If desired, sprinkle with sea salt. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 103 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 86mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.