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Bust out your cookie sheet, because these thin crispy chocolate chip cookies are a must bake! These cookies bake up golden brown and smell like heaven! Super thin and delightfully crisp, these are one of our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes!
Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Are you a chewy chocolate chip cookie kind of a person? Or a thin and crisp chocolate chip cookie kind of a person?
Personally, I’m all for both! Variety is the spice of life, right?! But I’ll admit, my love for thin crispy cookies came late in life. Actually, it wasn’t until this year I really discovered them. But once I did, it was love at first bite.
And my husband loves them, too. I don’t want to admit how many we can eat in one sitting! I don’t know if it’s because they’re thinner than regular cookies, but I can eat like 3 within minutes.
Like many, we first fell in love with this variety of cookie thanks to Tate’s Bakery! Their packaged cookies are sold basically everywhere here in NY. And it’s all too easy to swipe up a package – or 3 – to enjoy at home.
But as much as I love those cookies, I was dying to create a homemade version. Ones that were very similar, but a little more buttery and flavorful. I also wanted just the slightest chew in the center. And after about a million and one fails, I finally did it! These are my dream cookie.
They’re so buttery… and sweet… and crispy! They’re paper thin and only get crispier as they cool. And they make a TON of cookies, making them a great recipe to bust out during the holiday season! AKA cookie sharing season.
Thin and Crispy Cookies in 3 steps:
- Preheat the oven: Unlike most of my cookie recipes that call for a higher temperature of 375, these cookies will bake in an oven set at 350 degrees (F). While your oven preheats, line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. If you have even more baking sheets, line them! Because this recipe makes a ton of cookies, and you have to let them cool on the baking sheets. So the more the better!
- Make the Cookie Dough: You’ll need an electric mixer for this! Because you’ll need to beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Then you’ll add the eggs and vanilla, and finally the flour, salt, and baking soda. And then the chocolate chips. Be sure to not overmix once you’ve added the flour mixture!
- Drop and Bake: Using a small cookie scoop, drop 1 tablespoon sized balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each ball of cookie dough.
They spread A LOT! Then bake for 10 to 12 minutes. The bake time may vary a bit if your oven runs high/low. So keep an eye. Then cool on wire racks for at least 30 minutes before serving! Repeat with all cookie dough.
Tips for Perfectly Thin and Crispy Cookies:
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Make sure your butter, eggs, and even milk are all at room temperature before you begin baking. If the butter is too cold, it won’t spread in the oven. And cold ingredients don’t bond.
- More Granulated Sugar: Resist the temptation to use more brown sugar! The reason I only use a 1/4 cup is because brown sugar has more moisture than white sugar. And in this case, that’s not what we want.
- One Tray at a Time: I know this can be annoying, but I really do find baking one tray at a time ensures the most even bake.
- Keep an Eye on Bake Time: I find my cookies are perfectly brown and crispy at 10 minutes. If you want them EXTRA crispy (as in, absolutely no chew in the middle and very dark brown), I suggest going for 11 or even 12 minutes.
- Rotate the Pan: To ensure these cookies bake evenly, rotate the pan halfway through the baking time. Trust me on this one! Otherwise you’ll end up with a few pale and barely baked cookies, and the others overly baked.
- Don’t Add Extra Chocolate Chips: Because the cookies bake up SO thin, adding too many chocolate chips can be problematic. So definitely stick to the called for amount.
- Add the Salt: All of it! I know 1 teaspoon may sound like a lot, but these cookies are very sweet, and the salt helps balance the flavor out. I actually love adding flaky sea salt on top to add even more flavor contrast!
Can I freeze the Cookie Dough?
You sure can! Just be sure to add a minute or two onto the bake time.
The best way to freeze this cookie dough is to line a large baking sheet with parchment, and then drop rounds of the cookie dough on top. Pop the pan in the freezer and chill until cookie dough balls are solid.
Once they’re frozen solid, place them in a freezer safe baggie for up to 2 months! You can also store the cookie dough in the fridge for up to 5 days. But let it come to room temperature before baking. Remember, we WANT these cookies to spread!
If you love super buttery, lace thin, crispy chocolate chip cookies, you have to try these! So delicious on their own, or with a giant scoop of ice cream on top!
More Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes:
- Everyday Chocolate Chip Cookies
- The Most Wonderful Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Coconut Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thin Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 10 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 and 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 Tablespoon milk, at room temperature
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and both sugars on medium-speed for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl as needed.
- Add in the vanilla and beat smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the milk.
- On low speed, add the flour mixture, beating until just combined. Beat in the chocolate chips.
- Drop 1 tablespoon sized balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2-inches between each cookie for inevitable spreading.
- Bake, one tray at a time, for 10 to 11 minutes, rotating the baking tray halfway through baking.
- Let cookies cool for 15 minutes on the baking sheet before using a thin spatula to transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with all cookie dough.
Made these, they are amazing and I will be making these again.
These are delicious! I made a big mistake and used the cookie scoop I use for all cookies and realized it’s a 2 TBSP scoop. Once I figured out that mistake they came out a little nicer looking but not like the photos.
Even though visually they weren’t pretty they are so yummy I had to give 5 stars.
Will add some chill time on the next batch too.
Literally the best cookies ever bro like i lwk usually hate cookies cuz i can only have like a single bite without feeling like im going to vomit but like damn near these are so perfect and the most orgasmic ratio that makes it perfectly crispy and golden brown like damn
Is it ok to use a hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar?
It totally messes up the cookie shape and texture but it tastes good.
I made them for the last day of school and my little sister’s wanted to help when we had it all stirred together it was really hard to handle than when we put it on trays and when we baked it it took twice the time the recipe says than they didn’t look very pretty but they tasted alright
Okay I rarely follow recipes; I always have some unrelenting urge to change something.
Nope. Not in this one. It’s absolutely perfect. I’ve tried it with both organic AP and organic AP einkorn flour. Both were amazing.
I’ve come back again and again. I called these “coping cookies” during our big out of state move and we loooove them with raw milk.
Best part is, the batch is so huge you can freeze half and bake off when you get a hankerin. Which if you’re like us it’s daily LOL.
Yum! Thank you!!
These are delicious! But like others, mine don’t look like the picture. Did I do something wrong?
If my cookies are in a tin for a day, they soften? Any ideas on how to make them crispy again?
You can’t crispen them again, it’s a chemical process
These were terrific! It took a couple of batches to figure out the size, spacing, and timing, but finally got it. (make them smaller than you think) I also used almond milk as that’s what I had on hand and it worked fine. Brought them to a friend’s as part of a meal train dinner. They were a big hit with the kids and adults. This is my new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!
2 cups of flour is a LOT of flour. Are you sure these will spread? I have tried so many recipes by other people and followed them to the “t” and they never turn out thin, crispy and chewy in the center. I have never seen a cookie recipe with this much flour which seems counterintuitive to me.
They will spread due to butter and white sugar measurements