How to Make Home Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies from Scratch

Everyone loves eating cookies. Home baked chocolate chip cookies make wonderful gifts during the holiday season, or for any special occasion. What could be a better snack to accompany a tall cold glass of milk, than fresh hot home baked chocolate chip cookies?

Baking and holidays go hand in hand; memories of loved ones are always based around food and festivities. Start to create your own family traditions, baking. Warm kitchens always seem to bring out the best in most people.

I have put together an easy and delicious, can't miss recipe for fresh home baked chocolate chip cookies. So whip up a batch for the ones you love today.

Hardware Required:

1 Large mixing bowl

1 Metal whisk

1 Medium mixing bowl

1 Tablespoon

1 Electric mixer

1 Rubber spatula

1 Wooden spoon

1 Rubber heat resistant spatula

1 Measuring cup

1 Wire rack

1 Baking sheet

Ingredients:

4 ¾ cups flour

1 ¾ cups packed brown sugar

2 tsp. baking soda

3 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 tsp. salt

4 eggs

4 sticks salted butter

4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 ¾ cups white sugar

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350º

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; mix with a wire whisk to combine dry ingredients.

In a large bowl, beat softened butter, white sugar, brown sugar and pure vanilla extract with an electric mixer until al ingredients are combined and creamy. Remember to scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula at least once during beating.

Add one egg at a time and beat with electric mixer after each addition, until blended well.

Beat in flour mixture gradually, about ¼ mixtures at a time, until all dry flour mixture is combined.

Mix with a large wooden spoon, stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips until all cookie dough and chips are combined.

When oven is preheated to 350º and cookie dough is mixed, it is time to bake. Drop dough onto cookie sheet using a tablespoon and a mini rubber spatula. *Do not grease cookie sheet.

Bake raw cookie dough for about 12-14 minutes if you desire smaller cookies, cook time will be less.

Bake until cookies turn golden brown and remove from oven.

Leave cookies on baking sheet for at least 1 to 2 minutes. This gives the cookies time to set and prevents breakage when its time to transfer them to wire racks for cooling.

After 1 or 2 minutes, the cookies are ready to cool on wire racks. Remove cookies from baking sheet using a heat resistant rubber spatula, metal spatulas will potentially scratch the baking sheet and if it is a dark coated non-stick baking sheet there is a potential threat of chipping the non-stick surface, which isn't good for your baking sheet, nor is it something that should be ingested. Place cookies face up on a wire rack and cool completely.

Before dropping anymore cookie dough on baking sheet, wipe off any remaining baked on cookie dough from backing sheet with a clean dry towel or paper towels if you prefer. I try to use a cloth towel to cut back on paper waste.

When the baking sheet is wiped clean, continue to drop raw cookie dough the same as before and continue to follow the previous directions until all raw cookie dough is baked and your cookie jar is filled to the brim with fresh warm home baked chocolate chip cookies.

Safety Tips

Never leave cookies in oven unattended.

Never let children lick electric mixer beaters, they may find themselves face to face with tasty beaters that are still plugged into an electrical outlet. Little fingers and tongues can get caught up in beaters. Instead, give them a special sample of cookie dough as a topping on some vanilla ice cream. This will also help to prevent over eating of the cookies while baking.

Never leave children unattended when using on oven, stove or any electrical equipment.

Recycling Tip:

Don't toss away empty cookie tins and baskets, recycle them. Your delicious home baked treats deserve a decorative storage container and the environment will stay a little cleaner.

Other Tips:

Remember, any form of baking is an expression of yourself, bake to your liking. Mix and match your favorite recipes to create unique personal recipes you can hand down through the generations. Food brings people together; use it to bring the ones you love together for every occasion.