Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

5 from 6 votes

Easy festive cookies that require no chill time or special equipment. All you need is mixing bowls and a spoon to on your way to amazing cookies.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate chip christmas cookies, chocolate chip cookie recipe, Christmas cookie recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 12

Total Time 27

Servings cookies

Calories 386

Preheat the oven to 375° F/190°C.
In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour bread flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together.
Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips and using a cookie scoop, place on a cookie sheet two inches apart.
Bake until the cookies are golden brown around the edges but soft in the middle, about 10 - 12 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
*Melt the remaining chocolate chips and drizzle over the cookies. Then before the chocolate sets, cover with decorative sprinkles and allow to set before serving.

*For detailed instructions, see my post on how to melt chocolate.

Use room temperature ingredients. Allowing the eggs and melted butter to get to room temperature before starting will allow them to combine easier with dry ingredients creating a well-combined dough.
Stir by hand to avoid overmixing which makes a tough cookie.
Space the dough out enough on the pan. placing it about 2 inches apart prevents the cookies from spreading into each other when baking.
Don’t over bake your cookies. When chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven, they should be slightly underdone in the middle. They’ll finish baking with the residue heat.