These Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies are our favorite picnic dessert. Why? Well, most importantly, they are amazing! Seriously, one of the best chocolate chip cookie recipes I have ever tasted.
But equally important, they are easy to transport and just grab and go, which in my book makes them perfect picnic food. After your picnic, check out this Maple Snickerdoodles Cookie Recipe, our Brown Butter Heath Bar Cookies and this Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie. Yum!
This is the third month that I am participating in the Kids' Kitchen Monthly Blog Hop. Once a month, I'll be joining some of my favorite kid bloggers in sharing recipes that are perfect for making with kids. This month, we are each sharing our favorite picnic picks. After you try out these easy chocolate chip cookies, check out the links at the bottom of the post for more picnic ideas from the other participating bloggers.
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Not only are these easy chocolate chip cookies a kid favorite, but they are great to make with kids as well. My daughter loved helping make kids recipes - with all the steps from pouring to measuring, scooping and mixing. She got a big kick out of turning on the mixer. Please supervise children while cooking.
After the batter was mixed, we dropped spoonfuls onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
The key to getting these cookies to be incredibly chewy is to take them out 1-2 minutes before you normally would. Let them cool on a wire rack.
My favorite thing about these easy chocolate chip cookies are the fact that they stay soft. They are not just soft right after they come out of the oven, but remain soft even days later. Be sure to also check out our Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies.
These travel well in a plastic container, but I have to tell you they are absolute perfection when they are fresh out of the oven and still a little warm. Oh my goodness!
You can play with this recipe a bit and add nuts or raisins. But when you want to make easy chocolate chip cookies, this is your new go-to recipe.
FAQs For Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. They also freeze well for longer storage.
Absolutely. Scoop the dough into balls and freeze on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a freezer bag and bake as needed—just add a minute or two to the baking time.
📖 Recipe
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- ⅔ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and brown sugar in mixer.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla, baking soda, hot water, salt and cream of tartar.
- Remove bowl from mixer and stir in flour and chocolate chips until incorporated.
- Drop by spoonful on parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees and let cool on wire racks.
Nutrition
Now that you have tried these Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies, check out these other picnic picks:
Kids’ Kitchen: Teddy Bear Picnic Recipes | Sugar, Spice & Glitter
Tea Sandwiches | Royal Little Lambs
Cold Taco Salad | The Gifted Gabber
How to Have a Healthy and Courteous Tea Party Picnic | Living Montessori Now
Greek Pasta Salad | Kitchen Counter Chronicles
For more easy cookie recipes check out:
georgie says
aww this post is so sweet! chocolate chip cookies would have to be my favourite cookie ever, and these look great!
Vicky says
Mine too!
Pam Greer says
It's been too long since I've had chocolate chip cookies. And yay for picnic season, I know what I'm bringing! A big container of these cookies!
Vicky says
They are super easy to make too Pam.
Lisa | Garlic & Zest says
You are absolutely killing me! I'm on a no-carb, no fun diet and these cookies are calling my name. Why do you taunt me like that?
Vicky says
Sorry, didn't mean to tempt. 😉
Lisa Huff says
Oh wow, these look so thin and crispy just the way my husband loves them!
Vicky says
I like them that way too.
Chris says
I rarely make anything sweet but your easy instructions and gorgeous photography of these cookies has given me the confidence to do more! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Vicky says
Thanks for the kind words.
andien nadira says
make me hungry, look so yummy