a spoonful of cinnamon
You know when you tweak and tweak and tweak a recipe to fit your family’s preference until you finally feel that it can’t be improved upon? There are only a few recipes that I feel that way about and this is definitely one of them.
Want to know the secret ingredient (besides a Southern amount of butter) that makes these chocolate chip cookies so delicious? A spoonful of cinnamon. It truly makes all the difference!
I like to double the recipe below, bake two dozen, and roll the other few dozen into balls and freeze them for later. It’s nice to be able to just pull out a few cookies to bake whenever you want instead of having to prepare a large batch every time.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened*
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat sugars, butter, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt (dough will be a little stiff). Stir in chocolate chips.
On a lightly greased cookie sheet (or Silpat), drop medium to large-sized spoonfuls of dough about two inches apart.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool 1 to 2 minutes and enjoy until you need to put on a pair of stretchy pants!
*When I double this recipe, I like to use a tad more butter. So, for two batches, use two and a quarter cups of softened, unsalted butter.
mmm, i will be making these.
Pregnancy craving, Beck?!
YUM!!! Wish I had one now!
Come see me and I’ll make you a batch
Oh yeah! Cinnamon with chocolate….yep….good!
I know, right! I’m going to start sprinkling it in my hot chocolate!
Thanks, Jen! I am always looking for a good recipe for THE PERFECT Chocolate Chip Cookies. : )
You are welcome, Sarah! And please let me know how you like them!
This is the exact recipe my mom always used–the “original tollhouse recipe”–except of course, for the **brilliant** addition of cinnamon. (and the original calls for a whole tsp. of salt). I always thought it couldn’t be improved upon, but I am happy to be wrong! I only wish you had posted this two days ago, as I just used our last treasured bag of choc chips from the states to make cookies YESTERDAY. (Where were you when I needed you?!)
And I love you.
I love that me and your mom like the same kind of cookies! However, the original recipe for this cookie didn’t come from toll house- it came from an old Betty Crocker cook book that I have, but maybe they are very similar! And sometimes, when I double the recipe I like to add just a tad bit more butter than it calls for
Two words: PAULA and DEAN.
I actually use half shortening and half butter to keep the cookies from flattening out too much in my oven. Seriously, we should write a book on this, huh?
Oh dear sweet, Paula Dean. Maybe I should cut back on the butter since she is now a diabetic? And shortening, Bets? I would never have thought you to use shortening! You seem like you’d be butter all the way!
You wrong me, Brutus, every way you wrong me. I love shortening and what it does for my pastry! But seriously, I was having troubles with the too-flat cookie thing until I took my (genius) mommy’s advice and put in half shortening. And my troubles were over. (Saves money too–seriously, who can afford butter?? I need to save my butter money for the butter that I eat plain by-the-stick county-fair fashion.)
0-P.S. are you saying I’m fat?
Oh this is too funny! Brutus?! I had a good chuckle. Now, before you take offense, Bets, know that two of the fluffiest cookie makers I’ve ever known in my life both use shortening. I’m certainly not judging, I was just surprised a bit, that’s all. I didn’t think you’d be a fan of the flavor. But, like you, I’m not a fan of flat cookies either, that’s why I love this recipe. Just the right amount of flour and softened butter to make them fluffy, a bit crispy on the outside and oh-so-gooey on the inside. And am I saying you are fat?! Certainly not! But your stomach does seem to be sticking out these days. Wonder why? Too many cookies, I bet!
Love you.
I’m totally making these. ASAP. I need chocolate chip cookies always in my life.