Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

This quick and easy Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe is one of the recipes I make most often. These cookies bake up with crisp edges, soft centers, and lots of chocolate chips.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 9

Total Time 19

Servings

Calories 213kcal

Author Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter (56g) *very soft with some melted spots (see notes)
3 tablespoons granulated sugar (38g)
3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar (38g)
1 large egg yolk (19g)
¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
⅔ cup all purpose flour (86g) spooned and leveled
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup chocolate chips plus extra for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl, using a silicone spatula, stir together butter and both sugars until well combined (at least one minute). Add the egg yolk and vanilla, stirring until combined.
Sprinkle the flour, baking soda, and salt over the flour. Stir until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Scoop the dough into generous 2-tablespoon mounds. Place on the baking sheet a few inches apart (you should have 5-6 dough balls). If desired, press some additional chocolate chips onto the tops. Mound the dough balls higher rather than wider to ensure they won't spread too thin. Bake for about 9-12 minutes**, until the edges are beginning to get golden brown and the centers are still slightly under-baked. Place the baking sheet on a wire rack and let the cookies cool and firm up.

Notes

*Your butter should be very soft with some melted spots. Not fully melted (or the cookies will spread too much) and not chilled (or the dough won't mix together smoothly). I cut chilled butter into 4 pieces and microwave it for 25 seconds. It should look like this:

Softened slightly melted butter in a glass bowl next to a red napkin.

**This is the bake time I used for cookies made with two tablespoons of dough. If you make yours bigger or smaller, adjust the baking time by a couple minutes either way.

Recipe update May 2024: I added more precise measurements, including weights. I also made a slight adjustment to the temperature of the butter and the quantity of sugar which produces a more consistent result. See previous recipe here.

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