The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

There is nothing more warm and cozy than fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven on a cold winter day.

The way the oven warms the house, and the smell lingers long after the cookies are finished baking is beyond words.

I want to give warm and cozy away for Christmas, so I decided homemade chocolate chip cookie dough was the way to do it.

Back when I was working as a nurse, I walked into the breakroom for lunch and discovered a stack of papers sitting on a table.

They were copies of a chocolate chip cookie recipe.

I grabbed one and I am sure glad I did!

This recipe has become the only chocolate chip cookie recipe we use.

Not to mention, everyone who asks for the recipe after they eat one of the cookies.

I’ve been asked for it more times than I can count.

People call them “Your Chocolate Chip Cookies”.

My sister asks me to make “my chocolate chip cookies” every year around this time.

These are my favorite chocolate chip cookies because they are soft, yet they have the slightest bit of crunch if you leave them in the oven slightly longer.

I also love the way these cookies rise.

I’m not a huge fan of flat cookies or fluffy cookies.

I went through a season where every batch of cookies I made was fluffy and it drove me bonkers.

But luckily a precious person copied this recipe and left it somewhere for me to find.

Now the fluffy chocolate chip cookie days are behind me!

Since I get asked for this recipe so much, I thought why not put it here for everyone to find. This way when you need it, it’s always available.

How to Gift Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Usually, when I make these chocolate chip cookies it goes something like this:

I’m working on the cookies in the kitchen with my girls while we are enjoying a football game after church.

Sundays are days for rest and relaxation at our house.

Church, playing games, baking cookies, and watching football is our favorite kind of Sunday.

However, that husband of mine, you know, the one I like to brag about so often…I have to be like a ninja to keep him away from the cookie dough!!

This struggle on Sunday afternoon lead me to do a little research and gain some inspiration.

Why not make the chocolate chip cookie dough and give it to friends and family to bake in their own homes?

Then I won’t have to fight off my husband in the kitchen and other people can enjoy these cookies with minimal effort haha!

I mean, isn’t the smell of baking chocolate chip cookies the most amazing smell?

The idea is simple.

After I make the chocolate chip cookie dough, instead of baking them I package them just like they are packaged in the store.

Little logs!

Supplies

• Ingredients from any cookie recipe of your choosing
• Parchment paper
• Gift wrapping material of your choice
• Twine
• Scissors

Instructions

Step 1.

Begin by removing the prepared cookie dough from the refrigerator and splitting it in half.

One whole batch makes a HUGE log. But half of this recipe makes 2 nice-sized logs.

Step 2.

Then begin rolling the dough into a nice log.

About the size you would find at the store

Step 3.

Next, begin to wrap the parchment paper around the dough.

As you roll the log of cookie dough tuck the edges of the parchment paper around the end.

Like your chipotle burrito haha.

Make sure the parchment paper is long enough that it goes beyond the dough log at least 3-5 inches on each side.

Step 4.

Since I plan on gifting this to people, I then grabbed some festive paper and wrap it over the parchment paper.

I did this using the same technique I used for the parchment paper.

After I finished wrapping it I taped the corners and the edge to ensure it stayed.

Step 5.

The final step is the gift label!

I created this cute and simple “Merry Christmas” label which you can get delivered to your inbox for FREE!

Go to the FREE PRINTABLES section and you’ll find it among some of the other printables I’ve created for you.

To apply the label I punched a hole in the corner and then I took some string, although ribbon would look nice as well, and wrapped it around the cookie dough log, and tied it in a knot.

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Have a great week! XoXo

Open Your Doors,
Aliya

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