I Just Learned the Easiest Trick for Baking the Most “Buttery Soft” Chocolate Chip Cookies of Your Life

As a kid, I didn’t know chocolate chip cookies could taste like anything other than the classic Tollhouse recipe. That all changed when a high school friend carefully rationed out her mom’s famous chocolate chip cookies, and I fell in love. The cookies were plump and so soft, yet — somehow — they had the slightest amount of chew. I begged for the recipe, but my friend’s mom refused to share. 

I spent years chasing that buttery soft cookie after that first taste, baking my way through dozens of recipes, and I’ve finally found it. This soft chocolate chip cookie recipe relies on a pantry staple that you already have on hand to make soft and chewy cookies studded with melty chocolate, and they are perfect.