When it comes to food as divisive as homemade chocolate chip cookies, it's hard to know what recipe to use. What recipes strike the perfect balance between crispy and chewy? How much chocolate do you add in, and should anything else be incorporated? How brown should they get in the oven?

Home cooks can spend a lifetime perfecting their cookie recipes and still not be completely satisfied. With the holiday season quickly creeping up, there's little time to fiddle with finding an ideal recipe. Luckily, this "Best Chocolate Chip Cookies" recipe is here to save the day. 

It has "best" in the name for good reason—over 15,000 (yes, three zeros) home cooks have given the recipe a five-star rating. Several reviewers state that they have made these cookies "a million times," and that it is "absolutely the very best chocolate chip cookie" they have ever made.

This popular recipe has been on the Allrecipes website for nearly 30 years, when Allrecipes member Dora uploaded it in April of 1998. Since then, at least 40,000 Allrecipes members have given this recipe a whirl—now that's a lot of cookies!

With the holidays right around the corner, consider making the tried-and-true chocolate chip cookies for gifting to loved ones, filling up your cookie boxes, or serving during holiday hosting.

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All the usual suspects come together in this chocolate chip cookie recipe, but technique sets it apart. Here's a preview of what you can expect. 

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