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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cookies

    Alice’s Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookie

    Published by Melissa on October 9, 2009 | Updated June 15, 2022 | 38 Comments

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    I think every good cookie platter should include a delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie. So when I saw Alice’s Best EVER chocolate chip cookie recipe, I decided to make it my week #2 cookie for my 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies.

    Alice bragged on her blog, Savory Sweet Life, that her cookies were “all that and a bag of pretzels.” Declaring them the best chocolate chip cookie EVER. Her secret is to use more brown sugar giving it more “caramel type chewiness and more depth than the traditional Toll House type of recipe.”

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    So is it the best chocolate chip cookie EVER? I put the question to my family and they all said it’s good, but it’s not as good as your chocolate chip cookie recipe. By that they mean Martha Stewart’s Oatmeal Toffee Cookies, which are loaded with chocolate chips, toffee, oatmeal and dried cherries and not really a fair comparison. But it definitely is a delicious chocolate chip cookie and will make a great addition to my cookie platter! Thanks Alice!

    Be sure and stop by Megan’s from Megan’s Cooking, April’s from Abbys Sweets, and Megan’s from My Baking Adventures to see their week #2 cookies. Only 11 weeks until Christmas!

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    Alice’s Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookie

    Author: Melissa Griffiths
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    Ingredients

    • 2 sticks of salted butter softened
    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1 ½ cup brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 3 cups 12 oz all-purpose flour *If at all possible, please weigh the flour (I used 1 oz more flour for high altitude baking)
    • 1 tsp. smallish-medium coarse sea salt *please do not use table salt the sea salt gives the cookies a nice flavor and hints of texture.(I thought it was a little salty and would use less salt next time)
    • 1 tsp. baking soda
    • 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
    • 2 cups/16 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips *I use Nestle Toll-House

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 360 degrees.
    • Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until it is nice and fluffy (approx. 5 minutes on medium speed on a K-5). Add both eggs and vanilla and beat for an additional 2 minutes. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt, and flour until cookie batter is fully incorporated. Finally add chocolate chips until well distributed. The cookie batter should be somewhat thick. Drop about 2 tablespoons of dough or use a medium cookie scoop and plop the batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
    • Bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges are nice and golden brown. Remove from heat and allow the cookies to stay on the cookie sheet for an additional 2 minutes. Pick up the parchment paper with the cookies still on top and transfer to a cool non-porous surface. Allow the cookies to cool on the paper for at least 3 minutes before serving
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    1. Tami

      October 11, 2009 at 9:01 pm

      MMM! Another good-looking chocolate chip cookie. One can never really have too many GOOD chocolate chip cookie recipes!

      Reply
    2. Deeba @Passionate About Baking

      October 11, 2009 at 2:47 pm

      How delicious they look Barbara. I'm always game to try another choc-chip cookie recipe. Can never have enough! YUM!!

      Reply
    3. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      October 11, 2009 at 1:37 pm

      Hehe true anything with chocolate and toffee chips, oatmeal and cherries is just going to win by virtue of those ingredients! 🙂

      Reply
    4. Judy

      October 11, 2009 at 8:43 am

      There are so many CCC recipes, and I love them all. My fave so far is the Levain Bakery clone (on my blog). This one looks yummy, I like the brown sugar idea and chewy is good.

      Reply
    5. petite nyonya

      October 11, 2009 at 6:48 am

      Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks easy & tempting enough to try baking some!

      Reply
    6. the ungourmet

      October 11, 2009 at 5:11 am

      I love my cookies on the chewy side. These do look terrific.

      My husband has a co-worker who's wife whips up cookie plates every Christmas. It's always such a yummy treat!

      Reply
    7. Cinnamon-Girl Reeni♥

      October 11, 2009 at 1:07 am

      I bet there's lots of chocolate chip cookies that could be considered the best! These look really good – definitely worth a try!

      Reply
    8. Memória

      October 10, 2009 at 7:45 pm

      These look great!! I'm going to have to take a look at the other cookies you mentioned, though.

      Reply
    9. teresa

      October 10, 2009 at 1:25 pm

      mmmm, i just might make these today, they look fantastic!

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    10. Trish

      October 10, 2009 at 2:44 am

      Oh gosh…just when I was 'over' the chocolate chip cookie craze…grin…here comes Barbara with another great recipe. Sigh….with the son gone I am thinking I will have to be handing out cookies at the corner of the street…grin! Love chocolate chip cookies no matter what kind so I am game to try them all. I am going to hope over to your family's favorite though…and check it out!

      Reply
    11. Anncoo

      October 10, 2009 at 2:13 am

      This is perfect…I am sure my kids at home would definitely love this. Thanks for sharing 🙂

      Reply
    12. Bunny

      October 10, 2009 at 1:44 am

      Oh how I love chocolate chip cookies, these look terrific!

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    13. Nutmeg Nanny

      October 10, 2009 at 1:09 am

      Great looking cookies!

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    14. Katy ~

      October 10, 2009 at 12:50 am

      I'm a Tollhouse CCC girl when I make them. The idea of additional brown sugar does sound appeal, though. Love brown sugar, grins!

      Reply
    15. Joyce

      October 10, 2009 at 12:29 am

      I agree with your family that the Mom in the house always makes the best choc chip cookies. I use my Moms recipe which is the Toll House recipe but honestly mine never ever taste as good as my Mother's. The secret is lots of TLC for the PERFECT cookie!
      Joyce

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    16. Mags

      October 10, 2009 at 12:19 am

      I guess this means that we only have 11 weeks now until Christmas? Seems like only yesterday you were telling us there were 12! I need to get busy!

      Those cookies look divine, but then I've never met a chocolate chip cookie that didn't.

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    17. Megan

      October 09, 2009 at 11:51 pm

      Ah , the perfect chocolate chip cookie is very subjective. I like 'em thick and soft, some people like them thin and crispy. At any rate, though, those look good.

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    18. April

      October 09, 2009 at 11:50 pm

      I agree that there should be a CC cookie on the platter. These look good, I need a couple with a big glass of milk.

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    19. Palidor

      October 09, 2009 at 11:24 pm

      They look wonderful! There's probably no such thing as the "perfect" chocolate chip cookie, as everybody has such individual preferences.

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    20. charonfamily

      October 09, 2009 at 10:36 pm

      Hi.

      I think I am your clone. Glad I am not the only Barb that bakes. 🙂

      Barb

      http://www.barbbakes.blogspot.com

      Reply
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