{"id":37,"date":"2026-09-29T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:20:47","slug":"chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/chocolate-chip-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These classic cookies have golden edges and a softer middle. Chilling the dough briefly helps control spreading, and leaving the cookies on the tray after baking lets them finish setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuisine:<\/strong> American | <strong>Prep:<\/strong> 15 minutes | <strong>Cook:<\/strong> 24 minutes | <strong>Yield:<\/strong> 18 cookies<\/p>\n<p>Additional chill: 30 minutes; initial cooling: 10 minutes. Cook time covers two batches.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>115 g unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>100 g light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>75 g caster or granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>190 g plain flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp fine salt<\/li>\n<li>150 g chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Beat butter and both sugars until creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk flour, baking soda and salt separately, then stir into the butter mixture just until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Chill dough for 30 minutes. Heat oven to 180\u00b0C \/ 350\u00b0F and line two baking trays with baking paper.<\/li>\n<li>Divide into 18 portions, about 35 g each, and place at least 5 cm apart. Bake one tray at a time for 10\u201312 minutes until edges are golden and centers look just set.<\/li>\n<li>Leave on the tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Repeat with the second tray.<\/li>\n<li>Allow about 1 hour 20 minutes overall, including chilling, two baking batches and initial cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Cook\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<p>Measure flour by weight and avoid overbaking. Store fully cooled cookies in an airtight container; freeze extra dough portions for another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These classic cookies have golden edges and a softer middle. Chilling the dough briefly helps control spreading, and leaving the cookies on the tray after baking lets them finish setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}