The 30-Minute Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookie

Grab the milk, this is your new go-to recipe for thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies. They're quick, easy to make, LOW MESS, and have great texture and flavor. Go to seed.com/brian and use my code BRIAN for 25% off your first month's supply of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic
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INGREDIENTS:
230g (2 sticks) unsalted butter
100g (1/2 cup) light brown sugar
100g (1/2 cup) granulated white sugar
30g (1 1/2 Tbsp) corn syrup
1 large egg yolk
10g (2 tsp) vanilla extract
30g (2 Tbsp) milk
270g (2 cups) all-purpose flour
10g (2 tsp) salt
8g (1/2 Tbsp) baking soda
165g (6 oz) chopped chocolate (70% cacao) plus extra for topping
100g (1 cup) chopped toasted walnuts (sub macadamia nuts)
Flaky salt, for sprinkling on top
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a small saucepan over very low heat, melt the butter, being careful not to make it too hot.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the light brown sugar, white sugar, and corn syrup. Use the paddle attachment and mix on medium speed. Gradually stream in the melted butter and mix for about 3-4 minutes until well combined.
3. Add the egg yolk, vanilla extract, and milk to the mixture. Mix on low speed for 30-45 seconds until everything is combined.
4. Into the mixer bowl with the wet ingredients, measure in the flour, salt, and baking soda.
5. Mix on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds, being careful not to overmix to avoid gluten formation.
6. Add the chopped chocolate and chopped toasted walnuts to the dough. Mix on low until just incorporated (about 30 seconds)
7. Preheat your oven to 325°F (165°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. (QUICK TIP: I like these parchment sheets. They lie flat on the baking sheet and don’t require any measuring)
8. Scoop out chunks of cookie dough, slightly smaller than a golf ball, and place them about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. The dough will spread during baking, so no need to shape them perfectly.
9. Place 1-2 chunks of chocolate on top of each cookie dough and sprinkle a pinch of flaky salt on top.
10. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 14-16 minutes until they are lightly golden around the edges and set in the center.
11. After baking, allow the cookies to sit on the baking sheet for 4-5 minutes for carryover cooking.
12. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely and set their crisp.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro & mixing the dough
4:09 Talking gut health (ad)
5:14 Baking
6:41 Finishing and dunking
7:44 Let's eat this thing
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[@Psysium]

I vastly prefer crunchy cookies over chewy, so this recipe is right up my alley. Growing up, whenever my grandma made big batches of cookies, the kids always got the dark or crispy cookies first, while the other ones went on to get decorated. So my mom and I are much more fond of those and actively avoid any super soft, pale cookie. Whereas my best friend hates crunch, lolol

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I have never watched a recipe video and had finished cookie dough by the time I was done. My diet hates you.

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Just do the "cookie dance" at the end. Should break even.

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This will be my second Brian recipe today. Weeknight fajitas for dinner, and now gonna make cookies for dessert!

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[@karenfox1671]

Great tip about the corn syrup. It's a big help having a cookie recipe I can put together in 30mins that I can expect to be delicious. Thank you!

[@Kailokel]

I really love and appreciate the commentary explaining why you're doing things (like why you're not including the egg white)!

[@shuman26V]

Your soft cookies were the best cookies I've ever made.. I can't wait to give this one a try too

[@gnome2024]

THANK YOU for making recipe links! Some of your pizza recipes dont have them and Ive had to copy/paste from the description. Your links are incredibly helpful! ALL of your recipes Ive made have turned out great so I cant wait to try out the cookies (tonight)!

[@lori7742]

These were hands down the best cc cookie I’ve ever made. I shared with neighbors and all asked for recipe. They are so deliciously crispy and the choc chunks so much better than chips. I gotta make a new batch bc I gave too many away!

[@kencase2179]

I’m trying this for sure. I love thin chocolate chip cookies!

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[@kencase2179]

@@BrianLagerstrom, they were delicious!

[@hettiekenny5185]

I made these cookies. They are pure perfection: crispy, rich, delicious. Thanks, Brian!

[@kathrynmoll86]

Another video that makes baking seem effortless. Great advice on the sifting of flour. The scale is one of my most treasured kitchen tools. Will definitely use this recipe next time I want crisp cookies!😋

[@yourdogissilly]

You just might be the one to convince me to try to crispy cookie variant! I love the chewy version so much so I never eat or bake crispy cookies, but this is literally perfect for a busy student. I'll be trying this on a weekend!

[@ashleyv999]

"I was young once" 😂 Same Bri. This cookie looks great! I love cookies I will definitely try this recipe

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[@shaunu]

Made these today. They were a huge hit with my kids! Very delicious and perfectly crunchy.

[@judegoldstein64]

my brother was visiting for the weekend. i baked three different crispy chocolate chip cookie recipes for him. yours won. thanks bri.

[@johnnycruiser2846]

Finally someone made a recipe for crispy cookies! My favorite. Thank you!

[@samanthaschad2616]

Yo Bri. These were amazing. Even better when turned into an ice cream sandwich. Thanks for all the amazing content, your recipes never disappoint

[@Hofftari]

Tried these cookies once... Then I tried them one more time just four days later and I think I will make them a third time within the coming week. So easy and so delicious. That milk dipping part is absolutely essential. Oh My God.

[@stacypampuch396]

Watched this afternoon. Had to make tonight. With some prep already done, I’d say 32 min to eating. Outstanding! Thanks for a keeper.

[@rhewster1032]

I wish you would have brought enough to share with the whole class! Can’t wait to make these this weekend! Thanks for sharing!

[@TJ-ep2lj]

This is a ten star chocolate chip cookie recipe. The best cookies I have ever made. Thank you.

[@mauree1618]

Amazing, I like how much you care about not getting a bunch of dishes dirty.

[@yusinu6642]

Thank you! The way I have been searching for thin crispy cookies but everyone seems obsessed with soft and chewy so there were no recipes. I’m going to try this soon, and then my siblings, my parents, and I will finally get to have cookies reminiscent of Chips Ahoy!

[@lecherojr]

These are SO good. It’s ridiculous. I’ve made these twice this week. I cook em for 14 minutes or so to get more chewy crispy as opposed to crispy chewy if that makes any sense. Another excellent recipe!

[@stanislav6163]

Already made this cookies and they are so good! Thanks for the recipe

[@vivianlee8686]

Hi Bri! I normally don’t comment, but I made these cookies and your japchae recipe for a Korean bbq get together with the fam and they were a hit! Cookies disappeared immediately. Definitely making this again

[@faye49347]

These cookies were the first thing I ever made with a stand mixer and they were great. The video doesn't really stress how important it is to leave them on the cooling rack for a while but they tasted much better after sitting. My family thought the chocolate was just a touch too bitter so I'll be trying 60% next time. The cookies taste even better on the second day after you refrigerate the leftover cookie dough! Totally different texture but still very good.

[@FRO8181]

Brian, I love your channel. Your style of cooking is fantastic! Crispy chocolate chip cookies are my absolute favorite. I really appreciate not only the recipe but all the explanations along the way. Great video!

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I’m making these things!! Because I absolutely prefer crisp chocolate chip cookies!! I can’t wait!🥰

[@KrisV385]

Can we agree that chocolate chip cookies are great regardless of the type? Its just which kind you want when you want it. For that we can thank Bri!

[@j.p.marion5377]

This is how I prefer my choco-chip cookies. I am so glad you made this video. I am gonna whip these up tomorrow!

[@daverutt8532]

Hi Bri. I just pulled these out of the oven. AND these cookies are the best I've ever made. DELISH!! Thank you! Also made your sheperd's pie, also yum!

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I've made your other choc chip cookie recipe many times and they always bang. Gonna try this next.

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Let me know how you think they compare

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I busted out laughing at “toilet disaster” 😂 Fantastic as always, Bri

[@waynecribbs8853]

Took me 32 minutes. I cut the recipe in half, but skipped the milk since I still did a full egg yolk. Used pecans instead of walnuts and regular choc chips. Turned out crispy!

[@iMyMeCake21]

Used this recipe just now and my cookies aren't very flat but they tasty good and have a crumble/crispy texture, so I'm happy! Thanks 😊 I'll just keep trying to make them better!

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Looks like the perfect cookie! Big fan of your channel and your recipes!

[@Mammon364]

this looks amazing

[@lgarner7581]

Favorite chocolate chip cookie is ALWAYS fresh made! Whole milk is the necessary compliment and is awesome.

[@beammeupscotty1955]

This looks like exactly the kind of chocolate chip cookie that I like. I'm not much of a baker but i'm going to try it. Thx. Brian.

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Thank you Brian, very cool!

[@mooglg8663]

I made these and doubled the recipe since I was under the impression it made 6 cookies and I wanted 2 per person at least (there were 5 people). I ended up making like 30 or 36 cookies last night. They're delicious, definitely gonna make it again since it was so quick and easy. 10/10 absolutely evil recipe I will eat way too many of them.

[@flamet]

Looks dope but I don't use corn syrup for anything else so I was wondering if there's anything I can substitute it with?

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Did you figure it out?

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@@mariomachado nope

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Honey can work

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SOOOO GOOOOD! I just made them

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My daughter just made this recipe and the cookies are delicious!

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I made these and just ate 3 of them. So good!

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Thanks for the video, I will make these cookies sooner than later.

[@drzlecuti]

Looks tasty. I grew up with the Nestle's Toll house version, and my mom made them as bars--all the dough went into a higher-sided pan. When done we cut them like brownies.

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Interested to make these and compare to your other cookie recipe. Had to back off making those a bit cos they were sooooo good. Too good infact

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This recipe is absolutely the best!!!!

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Tried this recipe and it's absolutely the best!!!! Thanks Bri!!!!!!

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Making these right now!

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Yum! Looks great!

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Favourite style? This!! Kitchen, here I come! 🤩

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My ideal cookie, nice to see this kind getting some love

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Ooh, I adore thin cookies. Thanks, Bri!

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I hope you try this one!

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Streaming warm, freshly melted butter into the sugars and whipping until fluffy and cooled gives you super chewy cookies with the caramelized tasty of crunchy cookies.

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Oh my chocolate chip cookie! I'll be honest thin and crispy aren't my usual go-to for a cookie...but woah! These were sooo good! I had just watched the video and then the next day made Italian meringue buttercream and thought what better way to use my yolks than to make these epic looking cookies. I tripled the recipe since I had 3 yolks and now we have cookies for days!!! I didn't have clear corn syrup on hand so I used golden and cut back a smidge on the brown sugar..still came out great. Due to the epic batch size I froze some dough to bake up later..hope it turns out just as great. Love your videos! Cheers from the north 🇨🇦

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These are the type of cookies that my grandma makes and I always thought they were just a little better than the gooey kind!

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I finalyl got around to making these last night. These are AWESOME. I can eat just one they are so decadent and delicious.

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Glad you like them!

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I’ve been looking for a cookie like Otterbein chocolate chip cookies which are my favorite of all time (if you haven’t tried them pls do) and these look like they could be an amazing substitute! Can’t wait to try

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Brians amazing ,hes gives the science behind the recipes,which is complete tutorial

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I’m stunned by the amount of information you convey in under fifteen minutes. 👏

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And this one’s under ten!

[@nienmadeupword]

These cookies were simple and extremely tasty. This will be replacing my previous "crispy" cookie recipe. I've made your ciabatta - it's awesome. Use it for breakfast sandos (egg, cooked bacon, spinach, feta mixed into an omlette type patty with a slice of havarti on top) and I've take your techniques from other breads and applied them to my own recipes with great results. I feel like you are great at giving the pointers that will level up my cooking/baking game greatly while not using some obnoxious ingredient or kitchen tool. If you ever start another channel that is more enthusiast focused for those people looking to invest in this stuff as their main hobby, I'd be all over that. I appreciate the work you (and Lorn!) put in.

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These are absolute bangers. I like my cookies sweeter, so I swapped out the dark chocolate and walnuts for a big Symphony bar with toffee and almonds. This is my favorite cookie recipe ever. Thanks, Bri.

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OOH I'm doing this. Thanks for the idea!

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Dude you are serious!

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7:20 that line was great. And honestly, as a pokemon fan, I'm kinda jealous I didn't come up with that first lol

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Thank you

[@habplayz93]

Tip: You can melt butter on a higher heat as long as you just add an ice cube, make sure the pan isn't too small or it'll bubble and overflow, and when melting it make sure the pan isn't too hot or it'll brown, unless you like brown butter in your cookies, if so, good on you

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Hey Bri! Looks delicious! 😋

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Thank you for giving some love to the superior type of cookie!

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I love me some quick and easy chocolate chip cookies!!

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OUTSTANDING...COUCH TO COOKIE !

[@Grayald]

Looking forward to trying this. You say these are easier, though I've always had trouble getting cookies to come out thinner and crispier. Hopefully this will do it. These are my favorite style of cookie. Heck I would go a little bit further and say lace cookies are even better. But those are pretty hard to pull off and I've never been able to do it.

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THIS is a real cookie! These companies like Crumbl have convinced people cookies should be giant and fluffy. That’s a brownie

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[@dougconant6953]

Tried these today. PHENOMENAL. My first time, and it took me more like 45 mins, also with distractions. Still, from desk to dunkin’ cookies in 45 is pretty damn good. I’ll just have to make more to improve my time 😅. Minor diffs in what I did: toasted pecans (cuz Louisiana roots), Ghirardelli Intense Dark 72% (cuz the market didn’t have what Bri used, but it was still awesome), and I forgot to reserve choc for topping. All in all, this recipe is off the hook and Bri’s the man.

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Brian, today was my first of many visits to your website. I have been building up my kitchen tools. And now I am ready to begin making some recipes. I am looking forward to cooking with you. I've gone as far as placing a wall mounted television in my kitchen. Update to follow, I am hoping most will be success stories. But that said, one can only get better. With great admiration from West Virginia Luis Lopez

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Just made these following your recipe. The only thing I did differently was to brown the butter. By far the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve used. This one is going in the book (my personal recipe book, torn pages and all, in the kitchen junk drawer with the tools and anything else I was too lazy to put away 😂) with all credit going to you, of course!

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I WAS YOUNG ONCE TOO! Gonna Blastoise my taste buds with these TODAY.

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Lately all I’ve been baking is chocolate chip cookies and dang there’s sooooo many versions of this tasty treat.

[@chriscarney2330]

I watched that bread recipe 3 loaves and that got me into baking a couple years ago. I've done a lot of yours, and some others. Today I needed to whip out some chocolate chip cookies for an afternoon gathering and the recipe I tried from another website failed pretty badly. I was in a rush and so glad to see this. I was skeptical of the 30 min. but I did it in about 40 and I'm pretty slow usually. They turned out great like your recipes always do. Thanks Brian for all you do.

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Thanks so much for trying them!

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soon as we're below 80°'s ƒ I'm making those!!

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My wife called me a hero after I made these, thanks Bri!!!

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Thanks!

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Thanks Ben!

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I really enjoyed this video!!!

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Hey Brian, greetings from Egypt 😊😊 I love your recipes and tried the ciabatta and now the cookies, loved them both so much, can't wait to try some other things from your list 😁😁

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Oh,JOY....PERFECT

[@MrRaivokasMagma]

Chocolate chip cookies sure are interesting to experiment with. Kind of recently I tried them with baker's ammonia as a leavening agent. End result has "dome shaped" and very soft texture. Not bad a at all. I though they would turn out crispy with baker's ammonia, like with Swedish drömmar cookies.

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All the love from a 12x10" convection toaster, 2 batches of 9, 300F for 15 minutes. Double Karo gives a little gooier chew. ❤

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I’m drooling

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Sir, since finding your channel I've become the most favorite person in my house. You're the second most favorite.

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Another slam dunk (pun intended) recipe Bri! I have a hand mixer not a stand mixer so I might try reducing washing up even further by melting my butter in a bain-marie and doing the rest of the mixing in the same bowl - might increase the time but less washing up is a trade-off.

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