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Using our new measuring skills, we will now make these delicious cookies!

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Photos updated in 2016.

Nearly everyone has their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Whether it's the go-to, no-failer on the back of the yellow Toll House bag, or the scribbled masterpiece hiding on a ripped up piece of paper in your grandmother's recipe book... everyone's got their own.

The chocolate chip cookie - a household favorite, an iconic dessert staple, a timeless classic, an unbeatable and unparalleled snack, warm, cold, dunked in milk, in dough form, in baked form, in ice cream, on ice cream, small, and large - no one can resist the comfort of a chocolate chip cookie.

It's been my mission for months now to find that perfect recipe. The recipe I can bake again and again for years. I've lost sleep, I've burnt dough, I've tested and retested and retested... and retested countless times.

I've eaten more chocolate chip cookies this past month than I'd care to share. But today, I finally got it right. The stars aligned. Hallelujah! A chocolate chip cookie recipe that I'll treasure for years.

The perfect ratio of chip to dough. The perfect softness.

I always like to use more brown sugar than white in my cookie recipes. It gives the cookies a chewy texture, and less of a crisp. And for this recipe, I used DARK brown sugar. Light vs dark brown sugar is mostly interchangeable in dessert recipes. But I find that dark brown sugar gave these cookies a rich aroma and unique depth of flavor. It also keeps the cookies super soft, even the next day.

And these cookies are thick, so fluffy, and so puffy. It's the cornstarch that gives these cookies an unbelievable lift. Yep, cornstarch. I was skeptical, but now I'm a believer. It is the easiest recipe. Don't forget to chill the dough! It will give your cookies the best flavor, as well as guarantee thickness.

PS: You could even try them with mint chocolate chips. I usually find these chips around the holidays and stock up to last me several months into the new year.

Sometimes the simplest of recipes are what stick. I really don't need to convince you. It's a chocolate chip cookie. THE chocolate chip cookie.

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Photos updated in 2016. Nearly everyone has their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Whether it's the go-to, no-failer on the back of the yellow Toll House bag, or the scribbled masterpiece hiding on a ripped up piece of paper in your grandmother's recipe book... everyone's got their own.

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