Toll House Cookies

Toll House cookies bring the iconic favorite to your kitchen with chocolatey nostalgia and milk-dunking perfection! Super easy to make too!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword How Do I Make Toll House Cookies, How To Make Toll House Cookies, Toll House Cookies, Toll House Cookies Recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 9

Total Time 24

Servings Cookies

Calories 114kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar packed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs large
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 cup pecans (optional) chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Mix the dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside
Cream the butter and sugars: Cream butter and sugars together for 2–3 minutes, until the mixture is pale and fluffy — this incorporates air, helping the cookies rise slightly before settling into chewy centers. Add the vanilla extract and beat briefly to combine.
Add the eggs: Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing just until combined after each addition.
Combine: Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
Fold in the chocolate and nuts: Stir in the chocolate morsels and pecans (if using).
Optional Chill (for thicker, chewier cookies): Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours. Chilling allows the flour to fully hydrate and the butter to firm up, resulting in thicker cookies with richer flavor.
Scoop and bake: Drop dough by rounded tablespoons or use a medium cookie scoop onto prepared baking sheets, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart.
Chilled dough: Bake 11–13 minutes.
Unchilled dough: Bake 1o–11 minutes. Bake until the edges are golden brown and the centers still look slightly soft.
If a reader uses a much larger dough portion (e.g., ¼ cup or more) bake time may increase to 13-14+ minutes at 375 °F (or you could drop oven temp slightly to 350 °F and bake ~12-14 minutes) for best results.
Cool: Let cookies rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

For crispy, larger, and spread out cookies, cook on upper rack for 9 minutes.
For smaller soft cookies, cook on middle rack for 9 minutes.
After cookies are taken out of the oven, remove after 2 minutes from cookies sheets or cookies will stick.
As the batter warms, cookies will become thinner.

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