Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
These bakery style chocolate chip cookies are super thick, soft, and delicious! They’re incredibly easy to make too – no mixer required!
Over the last 10 years I’ve shared a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes, like chocolate chip pudding cookies, eggless chocolate chip cookies, and brown butter cookies too.
Today’s recipe is probably one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes to date though. These cookies are super thick (each one is 1/3 cup of cookie dough!), incredibly soft, and full of melted chocolate chips in every single bite.
After multiple rounds of recipe testing, I can confidently say these cookies are better than anything you could ever buy at a bakery or cookie store. An added bonus – you don’t even need a mixer to make them!
What You Will Need
This cookie recipe is based off of my classic chocolate chip cookies, but with a few modifications to get them thicker, softer, and chewier:
- Flour: In my recipe testing I found that a mix of all-purpose flour and cake flour was the best combination. All-purpose flour helps to provide structure while the lower protein content in the cake flour helps to keep the cookies ultra soft. If you don’t have cake flour, you can use my cake flour substitute or weigh out 400 grams (a little over 3 cups) of all-purpose flour. Keep in mind that if you only use all-purpose flour, the cookies won’t stay quite as soft over time.
- Egg Yolk: The extra fat in the egg yolk adds more richness to the cookies and keeps them soft as well. Don’t skip it!
- Butter: For most of my cookie recipes, I use softened butter. To simplify these cookies and make them a little chewier, I opted to use melted butter instead. Just make sure to let your butter cool slightly before mixing in the sugar.
- Chocolate: I personally prefer to use half regular and half mini chocolate chips so that there’s more chocolate in every single bite of these cookies. If you want to make these cookies even more decadent, feel free to chop semi-sweet or dark chocolate bars and use that in place of the chocolate chips.
- Vanilla Extract: In my classic cookies, I only use 2 teaspoons of vanilla. For this recipe we’re amping up that flavor with 1 tablespoon. I highly recommend sticking with pure vanilla extract – avoid using imitation vanilla.
How To Make Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Whisk together your dry ingredients: Add the cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to a large mixing bowl and whisk until well combined.
- Whisk together the wet ingredients: Allow your melted butter to cool slightly, about 15 minutes. Then, whisk in the brown sugar and granulated sugar followed by the eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips: Make sure to mix in the dry ingredients until just combined, then gently fold in the chocolate chips. You don’t want to overwork the dough!
- Scoop & chill the cookie dough: Use a large ice cream scoop or 1/3 cup measuring cup to scoop the cookie dough onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cover tightly and chill the dough for at least 3 hours.
- Bake: I typically bake my cookies for about 15 minutes. You’ll know the cookies are done when the edges are lightly browned and the tops look set.
Recipe Variations
I personally love to just use chocolate chips in these cookies, but you can easily customize them to really make them your own! Here are a few different ideas to try:
- Butterscotch: Use an equal amount of butterscotch chips.
- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut: Use 1 cup of white chocolate chips and 1 and 1/2 cups of chopped macadamia nuts.
- M&M: Use 1 and 1/2 cups of chocolate chips and 1 cup of M&M candies.
- White Chocolate Cranberry: Use 1 and 1/2 cups of chocolate chips and 1 cup of sweetened dried cranberries.
Baking Tips
- Once you melt the butter, make sure to let it cool for at least 15 minutes. This will ensure that it doesn’t melt the sugars in your cookie dough.
- I love to use this ice cream scoop for measuring out my cookie dough. If you don’t have a large scoop, a 1/3 cup measuring cup works too.
- Make sure to use room temperature eggs. If your eggs are cold, just place them in a bowl of warm water for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Don’t skip chilling your cookie dough! This will allow the flavors of the cookies to come together and give the melted butter time to firm back up so your cookies don’t spread too much in the oven.
More Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes To Try!
- Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Chocolate Chip Cookie In A Mug
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Single Serve Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie
Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
These bakery style chocolate chip cookies are super thick, soft, and delicious! They're incredibly easy to make too – no mixer required!
Ingredients
Servings: 16 cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour spooned & leveled (250 grams)
- 1 ⅓ cups cake flour spooned & leveled (150 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled for 15 to 20 minutes (2 sticks; 230 grams)
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar (200 grams)
- ½ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (340 grams; I use half regular and half mini chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cake flour, baking soda, and salt until well combined. Set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, gently stir together the cooled melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Then, mix in the eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Mix in the dry ingredients until just combined, then gently fold in the chocolate chips until fully incorporated into the cookie dough.
- Using a ⅓ cup measuring cup or a large ice cream scoop, measure out 3-ounce balls (85 to 90 grams) of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Cover the cookie dough balls tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Remove the baking sheet with the cookie dough from the refrigerator. Line two to three more baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Place 5 to 6 balls of cookie dough onto each baking sheet, making sure to leave a good amount of room between each one.
- Bake for 14 to 17 minutes or until the tops of the cookies are set and the edges are lightly browned. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 15 minutes, then carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
Notes
Storage Instructions: Cookies may be covered tightly and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
Freezing Instructions: Baked cookies will freeze well for up to 3 months, thaw to room temperature before serving.
Cookie dough balls may be frozen for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
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Can I make the cookie dough and shape the cookie balls a day a head and bake the next day?
Yes, that would be okay. Just make sure to store them in the fridge in an airtight container (or covered tightly with plastic wrap).
A question…do I bake the cookies straight from the chiller? Or is the preheating time of the oven enough to bake the cookies from the chiller?
I’m not quite sure what you’re asking? You need to chill the cookie dough for at least 3 hours before baking.
I weighed each scooped cookie and got the right amount. They baked high and nicely. Before baking I took 3 dough balls and made them smaller. They baked the time suggested also for the smaller cookie.
Good recipe.
Cookies had a good taste but they came out like biscuits. I triple checked the recipe and followed as written. They did not spread at all. I even tried leaving them out to warm up a little. Very disappointed because was going to serve them for Super Bowl party.
If you followed the recipe exactly they shouldn’t have turned out like biscuits. That can happen if you didn’t measure your flour correctly, your ingredients weren’t at the correct temperature, your oven temperature was too high, or you used baking powder instead of baking soda. Keep in mind that even small adjustments to the recipe (like using less sugar or larger eggs) can also affect how the cookies turn out.
I made these and they were so good, I must have made them a little too big cause I only got 13, they are a pretty big cookie…can I make them smaller? If so what about the cooking time? Thanks so much. ~Di
Yes, that would be fine! Baking time will just depend on how large you scoop them. For 1.5 to 2 tablespoons, baking time is usually about 10 to 12 minutes.
I’ve been looking for the perfect chocolate chip cookie and I’ve finally found it in this cookie!!!! The absolute best!!!!!!
Thank you, Dana!
I made these cookies this afternoon, refrigerated dough for 3 hours, baked 1/2 and froze 1/2 the dough. My goodness, they are delicious! Only addition was 1 tsp of espresso powder. Measured out 90 gram of dough per cookie for a total of 16 cookies.
Thank you, Teresa! So glad you loved the cookies!
I wish you had a printable recipe for Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies. To print it, half the page is empty and you have to print out 21 pages which includes all the ‘fluff’. I can’t seem to find a place to simply print the recipe and instructions. Thanks
I do have an option to print the recipe, all you have to do is click “print recipe” in the recipe card. Or you can click here to pull up the printable recipe.
These cookies taste delicious! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.😊
Can you use all regular flour instead of the cake flour?
Yes, you can use my cake flour substitute here or weigh out 400 grams (a little over 3 cups) of all-purpose flour.
Is there an added benefit to NOT using a stand mixer? It seems that, when making cookies, when I mix in the flour by hand, it leads to a fuller, fluffier cookie versus a sense one. Just wondering your thoughts.
It’s an added benefit if you don’t have a mixer or you don’t want to use it. If I’m using softened butter, then I do prefer to use a mixer. Since this recipes uses melted butter, it makes it much easier to mix by hand. If your cookies are more cakey when you mix it by hand, it could be that you’re over mixing the wet ingredients.