One Big Chocolate Chip Cookie

Published March 20, 2020. Updated September 20, 2023

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A recipe for just one big Chocolate Chip Cookie! 

Perfect for two (or for one, and you can save half for later), or it’s a fun baking project to do with the kids! It’s perfectly soft and chewy, deliciously sweet and buttery, and who can resist those lightly crisp edges?

One big chocolate chip cookie shown sitting on white parchment paper.

One Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This recipe doesn’t require a mixer. It only takes about 5 minutes prep, a few prep tools, and a quick bake in the oven and you’ve got yourself an unbelievably delicious chocolate chip cookie!

We are talking just the right amount of crisp to the edges, a perfectly soft, moist and chewy center and it’s laden with a generous amount of dark chocolate chips.

Just the way a chocolate chip cookie was meant to be but more simplified to make!

I know the egg part of this recipe is annoying, 1 Tbsp, gotta save the rest (which are perfect for scrambled eggs). But it’s worth that little bit of extra effort. 1 whole egg would be way too much and I tried alternate methods like using another liquid but they just don’t have a great texture.

This recipe is a family favorite! Try it for yourself and you’ll see why.

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Steps to making a single chocolate chip cookie. Shown preparing dough in a mixing bowl and shaping dough into a round on parchment paper.

How to Make One Big Chocolate Chip Cookie

The easiest chocolate chip cookie recipe. Here’s a breakdown of the simple steps (scroll below for ingredient amounts, and full directions):

  1. Preheat oven, prepare baking sheet.
  2. Heat butter in microwave safe bowl until nearly melted.
  3. Add brown sugar, salt, portion of the egg, vanilla, flour and baking soda.
  4. Stir to blend well.
  5. Mix in chocolate chips.
  6. Shape into round on prepared baking sheet, dot top with some chocolate chips.
  7. Bake until golden brown on edges.

Chocolate chip cookie with a portion broken off to show texture of interior of cookie.

Possible Variations:

  • Split dough into 3 portions to make 3 smaller cookies (small batch cookie option). Start checking cookies around 8 minutes.
  • Use M&M’s (regular or mini) in place of chocolate chips.
  • Use white chocolate chips and add sprinkles.

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One big chocolate chip cookie shown sitting on white parchment paper.
4.91 from 103 votes

One Big Chocolate Chip Cookie

This recipe only takes about 5 minutes prep, a few prep tools, and a quick bake in the oven and you've got yourself an unbelievably delicious chocolate chip cookie!
Servings: 2 servings (1/2 cookie)
Prep5 minutes
Cook12 minutes
Ready in: 17 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Place butter in a microwave safe mixing bowl. Heat in microwave until nearly melted (you want it almost all the way melted, remove from microwave just before completely melted and stir to fully melt. You just don't want it too hot or it will cook the egg and melt the chocolate chips when stirring).
  • To melted butter, add brown sugar, salt, 1 tbsp egg, the vanilla, flour and baking soda. Stir with a spoon until well combined, about 20 - 30 seconds.
  • Mix in 3 tablespoons of the chocolate chips. 
  • Shape dough into a 3 1/2-inch disk on a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet, gently press remaining 1 Tbsp chocolate chips randomly over top and sides of cookie.
  • Bake in preheated oven 12 - 14 minutes, until cookie is golden. Serve warm or allow to cool on a wire rack then store in an airtight container.

Notes

  • *To get 1 Tbsp egg, crack egg into a small bowl, whisk until yolk and white are well blended, then measure out 1 Tbsp. Reserve remainder for another use (aka tomorrows breakfast).
  • **If you're cookies are normally prone to spreading or at higher altitude use the scoop and level method to measure flour, if not use the spoon and level method to measure flour.
Nutrition Facts
One Big Chocolate Chip Cookie
Amount Per Serving
Calories 371 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Cholesterol 61mg20%
Sodium 211mg9%
Potassium 46mg1%
Carbohydrates 49g16%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 31g34%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 445IU9%
Calcium 41mg4%
Iron 1.5mg8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

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403 Comments

  • Marie

    You could use a flax egg (or half of one) if you don’t want to use a full agh and don’t want to put the rest in the compost. Just mix three tablespoons of water with one tablespoon of milled flaxseeds and wait 15 minutes to get an egg-life consistency.

    • Marta

      Easy, and wow, like it was from a bakery! A good bakery!
      The second time I tripled the recipe as I had just about 3 tbsps of egg left. I divided the dough evenly into 4 balls and my family and I added our own favorite mix ins before baking for about 20 minutes.
      Fabulous!
      After mixing dough I put it in the freezer briefly to firm up dough as it was really soft from melted butter. Worked like a charm

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Looks good ? Do you know how many calories it has without chocolate chips?

  • Amanda

    Am I understanding that the nutritional calorie count for the entire cookie would be 742 cals? I mean, it’s totally worth it, but I just need to know for sure what I’m getting into with this amazing cookie :-)

  • Kathy C

    I love this cookie! Just made it. Fun to make and I’m no cook:) Thank you so much!

  • MG

    Wow! Thanks so much for this recipe. I have my fav choc chip cookie recipe so, I thought this would be just okay. It was great! I’m teaching 11 kids, ages kindergarten-1st grade a cooking class. I found very quickly that is best, almost essential, to have them cook individual item (we only have an hour and….for germ purposes). I usually have to split recipes up and test once or twice. This recipe was PERFECT! I tested one cookie and it was perfect. I let my class double it and make 2 big cookies and it was great. Thanks so much for sharing!!

  • Sandra

    This recipe is really good but quite deadly! I have made it three times already to use up the whisked egg and it came out perfect every time. I used white chips in my last batch and loved it. I actually divided the dough into two not as giant cookies so my husband and I shared it that way. Yummy and so easy.

  • Stephanie

    I haven’t been craving sweets during this pregnancy (my 4th & finally a boy), but I’m approaching 39 weeks and super stressed from going through prolonged labor. This was perfect, slightly crisp edge with a soft chewy center! I ate the last of our eggs but had buttermilk on hand to substitute equally (which also meant I could eat any remaining dough – yum)! I even used a blend of mini and large dark chocolate chips. TY for being my midnight cookie hero!

    • Jaclyn

      Jaclyn Bell

      Glad you enjoyed it Stephenanie! Congrats on the pregnancy! Hope everything goes smoothly for you.