I’m going to share the recipe first and then you can stick around for the background and other information if you so desire.
The World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, apparently
World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (according to ChatGPT)
Equipment
- KitchenAid You don't have to use a kitchen aid to mix your cookie dough, but you should.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 C All-purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 C Unsalted butter, room temperature (2 sticks)
- 3/4 C Granulated Sugar
- 3/4 C Packed Brown Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs, room temperature
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 C Semisweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, beat the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together on medium speed until creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop rounded balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Enjoy your cookies!
Notes
The Background Story
I stopped by the library while I was out doing errands for lunch. While I was there, I checked out “Cookie Perfection” by Martha Stewart. Why? Because when I’m planning meals for my kids’ school lunches I want them to have an “awesome dessert” every Friday. The rest of the week we do a couple oreos or a basic store treat, but I want Friday’s treat to be extra awesome–-since it’s the weekend.
Later that day, I had a meeting at work and the topic of ChatGPT came up. People were testing it out on a bunch of interesting and smart topics like: “Compare feminism from the 1950’s to today from a US perspective” or “explain the relationship between interest rates and the stock market.” You know, smart sounding things. My brain went immediately to “Give me the world’s best chocolate chip cookie recipe.”
For some background, any time I search the internet for a recipe, I always type “World’s best [whatever I’m wanting to make] recipe.” I do this because I want to make the world’s best whatever-it-is-I’m-going-to-make. In fact, I have a compilation of recipes in a Google Doc which I call the “World’s Best Recipe Book.”
Even though I want to make the World’s best whatever-it-might be, I’m not going to say I always accomplish that feat. This is probably mostly due to user error. If I had one philosophy for baking, cooking, or anything reallyhobby that I’m undertaking, it’s that something can be good without being perfect.
Recipe Review & Experience
I wonder how AI would know what the World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie should taste like? Obviously it’s never had any cookie and can’t make the comparison.
When I was making these, it seemed like a lot of salt. I also wasn’t sure if I creamed the butter and sugar together well enough. I also didn’t like working with the refrigerated dough. Usually when I make cookies, I use a smaller cookie scoop and put together three scoops into one cookie. I just like how the cookies break apart into thirds. I also don’t own a bigger cookie scoop. But the cold dough was harder to work with, literally. And even though I have muscles on my forearms, they are not trained to squeeze hardened cookie dough […calculating… 3 scoops for 24 cookies…calculating…calculating] a ton of times.
But if I did want to get a bigger cookie scoop, there is no doubt that I would go with the Gorilla Grip Premium Stainless Steel, Spring-Loaded Scoop (4 Tbsp) (<–- affiliate link, click it now!!!). What make this cookie scoop great is that you can select from a variety of colors. I would choose light blue like this:
What color will you choose? (click on the link!)
Sorry…got carried away there.
Anyway, right out of the oven, I thought the cookies were not that great at all. They seemed too cakey and weren’t that enjoyable. After they settled and firmed up a little bit, they were actually quite good.
Are they the World’s best chocolate chip cookie? Yes, they were, at least at that particular moment in space and time. But otherwise, I’m happy to try other chocolate chip cookie recipes.
Were they fun to try? Yes. Unless you hate joy, making cookies is pretty fun.
Did my kids think they were an awesome dessert for their Friday lunches? I have no idea. I forgot to ask them and I don’t want to get up out of my chair to track them down and ask them what they thought about a cookie they ate quite a while ago.
Now you tell me! What’s the World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe?
Leave the recipe or a link in the comments.
