Sharing 25 Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, including classic, salted caramel, brown butter, pumpkin, paleo, New York Times and more!
Oct. 1st is National Homemade Cookies Day! I think we can all agree that chocolate chip cookies are the best homemade cookies there are. So do yourself a favor and browse this collection of the 25 best chocolate chip cookie recipes and bake a recipe or two to your heart’s content!
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“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.”
-James Beard
The History of Cookies:
From Wikipedia:
Cookie-like hard wafers have existed for as long as baking is documented, in part because they survive travel very well, but they were usually not sweet enough to be considered cookies by modern standards.
Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors.
Cookies came to America through the Dutch in New Amsterdam in the late 1620s. The most common modern cookie, given its style by the creaming of butter and sugar, was not common until the 18th century.
Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These cookies are super easy to make. They are loaded with chocolate chips and have a wonderful soft texture.
Soft Batch Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies by Averie Cooks: These cookies are made with a combination of butter and cream cheese, which makes them extra rich and delicious!
Baileys Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These are delicious chocolate chip cookies with Baileys Irish Cream liqueur mixed in.
Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies by Handle the Heat: This cookie features golden brown edges with ooey gooey centers.
Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These cookies are not cakey. They are a medium-to-firm cookie, thank goodness!
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Boy: Sea salt, caramel and chocolate chips happen to be the perfect combination!
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: Brown butter adds a rich and nutty flavor to chocolate chip cookies!
Chocolate Chip Cookies for One by Recipe Boy: This is a scaled-down version of the best gooey chocolate chip cookies.
Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt by Recipe Girl: This is a pretty incredible chocolate chip cookie recipe with great flavors!
Cinnamon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies by Stephanie’s Sweet Treats: These are super chewy cinnamon cookies filled with brown butter, pecans and chocolate chips.
Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies by Recipes For Holidays: These are the best chocolate chip cookies with instant vanilla pudding added to the cookie dough.
Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies by I Heart Eating: These soft double chocolate chip cookies are prepared in one bowl and can be made in about 20 minutes!
New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: This is the very best chocolate chip cookie recipe. They’re seriously the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever eaten.
Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies by Cambrea Bakes: Made with browned butter, espresso grounds, and packed with chocolate, they are the best cookies for coffee lovers.
One Bowl Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: This is a very easy to make and easy to clean-up cookie recipe!
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies by Alyona’s Cooking: This recipe is inspired by the Bakery-Style Panera Bread Cookies!
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These are fantastic tasting cookies for any diet, but they’re an especially nice treat to make if you’re following a Paleo eating plan.
Graham Cracker Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipes For Holidays: This is an easy cookie recipe made with just 6 ingredients and no all purpose flour.
Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies by Broma Bakery: This is the ultimate salty and sweet treat!
Low Fat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These cookies are firm but not crispy. They’re a good substitute for the real deal if you’re watching your calories.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies by Mom on Timeout: Pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree work together to create an amazing pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Reeses Stuffed Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These are pretty much the most decadent, wonderful cookies you can ever imagine- especially if you’re a lover of chocolate and peanut butter!
Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies by Umami Girl: This is the famous cookie recipe that’s been delighting families for generations.
Malted Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies by Recipe Girl: These are a rich chocolate malt cookie with plenty of dark chocolate chips tucked inside.
Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookies by Mama Needs Cake: This famous cookie is easy to make at home with very simple ingredients and tastes just like the real thing!
FUN FACTS ABOUT COOKIES
- The catchphrase “that’s the way the cookie crumbles”, which means “that’s just the way things happen” first surfaced in print in 1955.
- The Cookie Monster is a muppet on Sesame Street.
- Chocolate Chip Cookies are the most popular cookie recipe.
- The OREO was the best-selling cookie of the 20th century.
- The average American eats 35,000 cookies over the span of their lifetime.
- People in the United States purchase over 2 billion cookies per year.