These are the Best White Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Buttery and soft cookies loaded with white chocolate chunks and crisp around the edges. An easy dessert that’s sure to become your family’s favorite white chocolate chip cookie.
I’m sorry about these cookies in advance. And I should also apologize about the name. I sorta kinda hate when someone tells me something is the BEST. Well, because then I need to prove you wrong. So let me say, these are the best white chocolate chip cookies that I ever ate. Is that better?
You see, usually white chocolate chip cookies come with other stuff mixed in, like coconut, or macadamia nuts. And while I love coconut, there’s a time and place people. Time and place. Plus, simple is pretty much better. Never once have I ever heard, “Can you please make this recipe a little more complicated?” Simple wins.
- First they are LOADED with white chocolate chunks. (And also, makers of white chocolate…can you people please make mini white chocolate chips? While I wouldn’t use them in this recipe, I would work those guys out in other ways.)
- Second, they are buttery and soft and an eensy bit crispy around the edges.
- They’re super easy to make!
- And yes, in the end you can absolutely use semi-sweet chocolate in this recipe if white chocolate just isn’t your thing!
Ingredients You Will Need:
- Butter at room temperature
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Kosher salt
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- All purpose flour
- Coarsely chopped white chocolate or you can use white chips as well!
Here’s how I did them…
Brown sugar is key…
I used 20 ounces of white chocolate, chopped fairly coarsely.
I like the huge chunks in these cookies.
I’m not a huge chocolate chunk girl, but white is a whole different story.
The batter is pretty easy.
Once you get the chocolate chunks folded in, you can chill the dough OR you can bake them straight away. LOVE that option!
Form the dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. You can use a cookie scoop too, whichever you prefer!
When they bake they’ll look like this…
Love White Chocolate? Here Are A Few More Recipes To Try:
I have adapted this recipe slightly over the years, based on reader feedback! I’ve made chilling the dough an optional step (although I still like to). And I tweaked a few ingredients based on mixed results. I love this recipe and with some of your comments I think these cookies can’t be beat!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 36 Cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These are the Best White Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Buttery and soft cookies loaded with white chocolate chunks and crisp around the edges. An easy dessert that’s sure to become your family’s favorite white chocolate chip cookie.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 20 oz coarsely chopped white chocolate (2 1/2 – 3 cups) You can use white chips as well
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line an baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer cream together butter and both sugars for 2 minutes in medium speed.
- Turn speed to low and add in eggs and vanilla. Turn mixer back up to medium and beat until smooth, about 20 seconds.
- Turn mixer back to low and add in salt, baking soda, baking powder and flour, mixing until just combined.
- Fold in white chocolate chunks.
- Form dough into heaping tablespoon sized balls (I used a 2 Tbsp cookie scoop), placing 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden around edges. Don’t over-bake.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 162
- Sugar: 15.5 g
- Sodium: 102.6 mg
- Fat: 7.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.7 g
- Protein: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 13.4 mg
Only thing to make these better is the addition of Macadamia nuts. Buttery white goodness right here
I love indulging in a white chocolate cookie (or twelve) once in a while, and yours look perfect, Shelly!
Whenever a recipe calls for cookies to chill overnight I KNOW it’ll be good. It always makes the most amazing texture. I’m going to trust you and leave out the macadamia nuts but it’s going against my instincts!
I’m slowly turning into a white chocolate addict. I never used to bake with it, but I find myself adding it to everything now. These cookies look incredible!!
Two whole nights? How do you have such self control??? And these cookies look pretty perfect to me!
White Chocolate gets a bad rap sometimes, but I happen to like it. These cookies rock. They look perfect. I guess you’re right on that whole “best” thing!
Oh my! Those cookies look so yummy and gooey!
These look so perfectly soft and chewy! Yum!
The pictures speak for themselves! I can totally see why you’d call these the best. They look perfect!! Count me in.
The best ever?! Where do I sign up?! Love that you kept it simple too. Sometimes simple is best!