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20 chocolate chip cookie recipes

Chocolate chips cookies might be a crowd-pleasing classic, but these different recipes each put a unique spin on the chocolatey treat.

5. Overnight Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Pastry Chef's Baking
For a cakey texture to your chocolate chip cookies, store the finished dough in the refrigerator overnight.

  • By Caroline Kelly Staff Writer

By Carol Ramos, The Pastry Chef's Baking

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate chips

1. Cream butter in a large mixing bowl. Add sugars and mix for 5 minutes until creamy. Add in vanilla and eggs and mix well.

2. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture slowly, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Fold in chocolate chips. 

3. Portion into golf-ball-sized dough balls and store dough in an airtight container for 24 hours in the refrigerator. After the 24-hour period, you can freeze the dough or else bake the cookies.

4. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place cookie dough balls on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes. 

5. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.

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