Soft and chewy white chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven are simple enough for a weekend activity with the kids and delicious enough for your holiday cookie tray!
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Favorite White Chocolate Cookies
Soft and chewy, these white chocolate chip cookies are simple vanilla-flavored cookies loaded with white chocolate chips!
They don’t have any extra mix-ins like white chocolate macadamia nut cookies or my white chocolate cranberry cookies. These ones require fewer ingredients and are just as delicious!
Why I Love This Recipe
- It’s an easy one-bowl recipe that takes just 10 minutes to chill the cookie dough.
- The brown sugar, vanilla, and white chocolate flavors will remind you of blondies.
White Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Unsalted butter: Bring the butter to room temperature about half an hour before you begin baking. Longer if your kitchen is a bit cool. Softened butter blends more easily.
- Sugars: Packed light brown sugar and granulated sugar. Both deliver sweetness, but the brown sugar adds that extra caramel, molasses flavor.
- Egg and egg yolk: You’ll need a whole egg, plus the yolk from a second egg. Keep the egg whites for breakfast! The extra yolk ensures incredibly moist and chewy cookies.
- Cornstarch: This is a secret ingredient used in baking that gives these cookies with white chocolate chips extra softness.
- You’ll also need vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and white chocolate chips.
How to Make White Chocolate Chip Cookies
In a large bowl with an electric mixer or in bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Then, add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix to combine. Add dry ingredients then fold in white chocolate chips.
Use a medium cookie scoop (or a Tablespoon) to scoop the dough out onto two parchment-lined baking sheets. Gently press dough balls down with the palm of your hand and refrigerate dough for 10 minutes.
Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes until golden around edges. Immediately out of the oven, press a few extra white chocolate chips on top of the cookies for presentation. Cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving them to wire rack to cool completely.
Tips and Variations
- If you have a few extra minutes, making brown butter is an additional step you can take to bring these white chocolate cookies up a notch.
- If using salted butter, only use 1/2 teaspoon added salt.
- Use a cookie scoop for even-sized cookies. This helps them to bake evenly.
- Chilling the dough prevents too much spreading in the oven.
- For extra sweetness, roll cookie dough balls in sugar before baking them.
- Toss in some mix-ins, if desired. A cup of macadamia nuts or walnuts, milk chocolate chips, toffee bits, or M&M’s would be great. Swap chips for white chocolate chunks.
More cookies and bar recipes with white chocolate chips include brown butter blondies, Oreo cookie bars and butterscotch cookies.
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White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup (163 grams) unsalted butter , softened
- ¾ cup (145 grams) light brown sugar , packed
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups (312 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1-2 cups white chocolate chips , more for topping
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Beat: In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together 3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, and 1/4 cup white sugar. Add 1 egg, egg yolk and 1 Tablespoon vanilla and mix to combine.
- Mix in 2 1/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt until combined. Fold in 1-2 cups white chocolat echips.
- Scoop: Use a medium cookie scoop (or Tablespoon) to scoop the dough into 2-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheets. Refrigerate Gently press the center with the palm of your hand. Refrigerate dough balls for 10 minutes.
- Bake 8 minutes, or until golden around the edges. Press extra chips on the top as soon as they come out if desired.
- Cool: Remove from oven and let cool a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a cooling rack. Store in a covered container up to 3 days.
Notes
- Butter: Leave the butter out an hour before. If using salted butter, only use 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Flavor: To take the flavor up a notch, mix in 2 teaspoons molasses. You can also roll them on sugar before baking to make them sweeter.
- Mix in’s: If desired you can add in 1 cup of nuts, chocolate chips or m&m’s.
- Make ahead: This dough can be made 24 hours in advance and stored in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
- Storage: Store in an airtight container for 3 days or freeze up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before enjoying, or leave at room temperature.
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
You can make the dough and keep it in a bowl in the fridge for up to 24 hours. You can also scoop out the dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper and keep them chilled that way. Bake when you’re ready the next day.
Yes you can freeze the cookie dough. I recommend a flash freeze of the dough balls until they are solid so that they don’t freeze together when placed in a freezer-bag. Keep them frozen for up to 3 months. Bake straight from frozen and add an extra minute or two of bake time.
These will keep fresh at room temperature for a few days if kept airtight. If left uncovered they will dry out.
You can also freeze them for up to 3 months and when ready to eat, thaw them in the fridge or just leave them on the counter until they reach room temperature.
Categorized as: American, Christmas, Cookies, Desserts, Freezer-Friendly, Kid-Friendly, White Chocolate Cookies
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
So yummy…my family loved these!
So glad you enjoyed the white chocolate chip cookies!