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WATCH: A Guide to Baking Your Favorite Kind of Chocolate Chip Cookie

Learn how to make chocolate chip cookies exactly the way you want them.

By Catalina Altomonte | Oct 14, 2016

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The ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipe is different for everyone. Bake your favorite kind of cookies, exactly the way you want them, by learning how to make small tweaks in a recipe. The great thing about baking at home is that you have control over the flavor and texture of your goodies-so use every chance you get to make sure everything turns out just how you want them to.

Understand how a cookie recipe works through our guides below: we cover everything from ingredients to techniques to help you get the cookie results that you want. How do you like them-chewy, crumbly, or crispy?

Check out our cookie cheat sheet for full details on how to bake your favorite kind.

ILLUSTRATOR Riell Santos

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

1 ½ cups bread flour, sifted

1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted

½ teaspoon baking soda

Pinch salt

1 cup butter, softened

1 ½ cups brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon molasses

1 ½ cups chocolate chips or chunks

Crumbly Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

2 ¾ cups bread flour, sifted

½ teaspoon baking soda

Pinch salt

¾ cup butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 ½ cups chocolate chips or chunks

Thin and Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, sifted

½ teaspoon baking soda

Pinch salt

¾ cup butter, softened

1 ¼ cups white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 ½ cups chocolate chips or chunks

Directions:

1 Preheat oven to 350F.

2 In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk flours, baking soda,and salt together. Set aside.

3 In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter together with a hand mixer until light and fluffy, around 5 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat on medium speed until just combined.

4 In 2 batches, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Mix on low-medium speed until just combined. Do not over mix.Fold in chocolate chips.

5 Scoop dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Top with more chocolate chips and sprinkle with a little sea salt. Bake for 18-20 minutes for chewy cookies, 20-22 minutes for crumbly cookies, or 21-23 minutes for crispy cookies, until firm to touch and slightly golden brown at the edges. Cool on a wire rack.