Chocolate Chip Cookies without Brown Sugar
These easy chocolate chip cookies without brown sugar will quickly become your new favorite recipe. They're soft, chewy, and oh so delicious.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 16 Cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1 stick softened butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees f and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add your softened butter and white sugar. Beat on high speed until creamy and paler in color
- To the butter mixture, add the vanilla extract and egg and mix on medium speed until well incorporated
- Turn the mixer off, and, to the wet ingredients, add the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Start on low speed and gently incorporate them.
- Once the flour is JUST combined, turn the mixer off and remove the bowl
- Use a rubber spatula to gently fold the chocolate chips in, then use a cookie scoop to portion out the cookies into 2 tablespoon sizes
- Roll the portioned dough into balls and place each one 2 inches apart on your prepared baking sheet and top with extra chocolate chips if desired
- Bake in the preheated oven for 9-10 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden brown. Take the baking sheet out of the oven and let the cookies cool for 4-5 minutes
- Use a flat rubber spatula to transfer the baked cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling, and follow directions 7-9 for the remaining cookie dough balls
Notes
- Use room temperature butter
- Really cream the butter and sugar until light and paler in color
- If you don't have a stand mixer, an electric hand mixer will work
- Don't overmix the dough once the dry ingredients are added or else your cookies will be dense and tough
- Fold the chocolate chips in by hand so they don't break
- Make the cookie dough the night before to save time. Just let the dough come to room temp before baking
- Bake for 12-13 minutes if you like a crispy cookie
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container on the counter for 3-4 days