New York–Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thick, gooey-centred cookies with crisp edges and pools of melted chocolate. The 24-hour chill is non-negotiable.
Utensils
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour280 g
- Baking soda5 g
- Fine salt6 g
- Unsalted butter (softened)225 g
- Light brown sugar200 g
- Caster sugar100 g
- Eggs110 g
- Pure vanilla extract10 ml
- Dark chocolate (70%), roughly chopped300 g
- Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Whisk flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl; set aside.
2 min
- 2
Beat butter and both sugars on medium-high until very pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
5 min
- 3
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla.
2 min
- 4
Reduce to low speed and mix in flour mixture just until combined. Fold in chocolate.
2 min
- 5
Cover dough and refrigerate at least 24 hours (up to 72 hours for deeper flavour).
4°C
- 6
Preheat oven to 175 °C. Scoop 60 g balls onto parchment-lined sheets, spacing 7 cm apart.
10 min · 175°C
- 7
Bake 12–14 minutes until golden at edges but still underdone in the centre. Immediately top with flaky salt.
14 min · 175°C
- 8
Cool on the sheet for 10 minutes — they continue to set as they cool.
10 min