Satisfy your sweet tooth with this delicious and easy chocolate chip cookie recipe. Perfect for any occasion, these cookies are sure to be a hit with everyone! And you won’t believe what the secret ingredient is!
My darling friend Kim had a nanny helping her out one day and my daughter along with hers made cookies with this sweet nanny. Thankfully, I was the happy recipient of a delicious treat! One secret totally makes these cookies irresistible!!
Do you have a single go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe, or do you have different chocolate chip cookie recipes for different occasions? Sometimes I want thick gourmet chocolate chip cookies, so I go with our Levain bakery copycat recipe. Other times I want that tender, perfectly chewy chocolate chip cookie, so I go with our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. If I have vanilla pudding on hand, I’ll make our chocolate chip pudding cookies. It just depends!
Well, this CCC recipe is super quick and easy, the the surprise ingredient is something you’ll have on hand already, but you’ve probably never thought to add it to a chocolate chip cookie before.
Ingredients for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here is the list of ingredients you will need to make these delicious cookies including the surprising secret ingredient:
- Light Brown Sugar: adds richness and sweetness
- Granulated White Sugar: adds sweetness
- Butter: adds fat and rich flavor, shortening or a combination of butter and shortening can also be used
- Eggs: gives the cookies structure
- Flour: just regular all-purpose flour works great
- Baking Soda: gives the cookies their rise and fluffiness
- Salt: enhances all the other flavors
- Cinnamon: The secret ingredient!
- Cinnamon Sweet Thins: Just to add some more cinnamon flavor and a little texture! You can use cinnamon graham crackers or our personal favorite Read more