Thin and Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adding more granulated sugar gives this classic thin and crispy cookie its crunch.
Martha Stewart Living, October 2003
605 Ratings
- 5 star values: 143
- 4 star values: 151
- 3 star values: 187
- 2 star values: 87
- 1 star values: 37
Anonymous
Rating: 5.0 stars
These are simply amazing. 30 yrs of marriage and the tollhouse package recipe always disappointed my husband. He remembered his mothers like this!
Anonymous
Rating: 4.0 stars
Don’t add the 1/4cup water and add 1/2 tsp more salt than the recipe if you’re using unsalted butter to have more flavour. Cookies turned out crisp. Pretty good recipe
Anonymous
Rating: 4.0 stars
Don’t add the 1/4cup water and add 1/2 tsp more salt than the recipe if you’re using unsalted butter to have more flavour. Cookies turned out crisp. Pretty good recipe
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Anonymous
Rating: 4.0 stars
Don’t add the 1/4cup water and add 1/2 tsp more salt than the recipe if you’re using unsalted butter to have more flavour. Cookies turned out crisp. Pretty good recipe
Anonymous
Rating: 2.0 stars
The cookies spread out to cover the entire pan. Too much butter, too much sugar...I ended up punching out cookie shapes from the pan, so they were salvageable but more work than I bargained for. I wouldn't use this recipe again.
Anonymous
Rating: 1.0 stars
Martha, Martha, Martha. All that butter makes these cookies greasy. Stick to toll house.
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Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
I like small cookies, so I used one tsp, about 2” apart. I also used 3 tbsp. water. They came out perfectly- - golden brown and crisp
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
These are the ultimate best chocolate chip cookies! We call them "crack cookies" because they are so addictive.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
I usually make a pretty close variation to the toll house recipe, but some friends asked for a crispier cookie. this one is perfect! Wondering if some may miss the note in the directions about adding 1/4 cup water to wet mixture, as its not listed in ingredients. I use 1/2 sheet pans with silpat and also only bake 9 per sheet so they can spread a bit. Nothing but compliments, so it will stay in my go to collection.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
This recipe works perfectly if you allow the cookies enough room to spread. I use air-insulated cookie sheets and only scoop 9 dough balls per sheet. Takes a little longer, but worth it. (Freeze half the balls for another day.) Use Guittard bittersweet baking wafers (large flat discs of amazing chocolate) for the ultimate cookie.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
Perfect cookies! I used mini chocolate chips and I think it worked really well because they are so thin I was worried about how thin the batter was but as long as you give the cookies plenty of space they spread out and crisp up this is my favorite chocolate chip cookies recipe by far.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
Amazing cookies - do not let these idiots that left bad reviews sway your decision on making these! I'm guessing they can't follow a simple recipe! These cookies don't last in our home. They are perfect - they do not merge in the oven - leave your cookies room to expand, guessing these bad reviews might be from people trying them in a toaster oven, seriously these are the most amazing cookies - recipe is PERFECT AS IS! Ohio Mom
Anonymous
Rating: 1 stars
It's hard to go wrong w/ a chocolate chip recipe but this one does. They not only spread to form one big cookie but were basically tasteless. There is a great chocolate chip recipe which uses butter and spry but I cannot find. Does someone have it?
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
Removed one egg. Added half and half about 1 fl.oz. cookie was thin.crisp and rich!
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
I used the 1/4 cup of water and they’re perfect. BUT: you have to bake them for nearly 18-19 minutes to get that dry, crispy crunch like Tate’s.
Anonymous
Rating: 1 stars
I followed the recipe exactly and the cookies spread out so much I ended up with one big cookie on the pan. I have made many chocolate chip cookies and this was the worst I ever used. I am so disappointed, all those ingredients a waste. Now I need to find another recipe and make more cookies. Very, very bad, not a up to Martha Stewart standards. Do not use this recipe.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
I give this 5 stars.
I have made these cookies 100 times, and they were great every time!
I added marshmallows and it was delicious!
This recipe is out of this world.
Anonymous
Rating: 4 stars
I originally followed the recipe exactly, including the quarter cup of water, but the cookies spread out too much, bleeding into each other, and cooked unevenly, ending up very greasy. I tried again, this time halving the recipe and using only 2 teaspoons of water, and it worked much better!
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
It is the best tasting cookie ever!
Anonymous
Rating: 1 stars
Thin is right! I could see daylight through them! Too greasy too, the extra 1/2 stick of butter is too much. The old standard Toll House recipe is STILL much better.
Anonymous
Rating: 4 stars
I replaced the water with evaporated milk & added pecans... Luvs!
Anonymous
Rating: 4 stars
I used only two teas[filtered]s of water
Anonymous
Rating: 4 stars
These are awesome. The best chocolate chip cookies ever.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Hi when I reviewed the ingredients compared to the instructions.. it says to add water to the mixture.. Water isnt listed in ingredients. Just want to be sure this isn't an error.. if water is needed please confirm. Thanks.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Hi, i find it slightly sweeter to my taste. How can i reduce the sugar level? Please help. Thanks!
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
Never bother with any other cookie recipe ever again. If you like Tate's Cookies, you will love these.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
These cookies came out perfectly for what I needed! I wanted a flat chocolate chip for a mocha crème cake that I make and have tried other recipes but couldn't get the cookies flat enough - this one definitely works well. I added the 4 tsp of water, chilled the dough in the fridge for 15 minutes, and baked on parchment paper. I did flatten the cookies but then tested the last few without flattening them and they all came out just the same so you can save time on that. This is now a favorite!
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
All I can say is just delicious! This cookie is nice and thin and just perfect. Only thing I changed was the water. I followed others advice and just used 4 tsps. of water. I had no trouble with chocolate chips staying in the middle. Evenly distributed and a nice golden brown. Delicious flavor.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
These are positively outstanding! Light, thin, crispy, crunchy. If you like Tate's Bakery chocolate chip cookies, you will love these. Thank you to the previous posters who recommended using just 4 teaspoons of water. It was the perfect amount as 1/4 cup would have been too much and ruined the outcome. I am using these cookies tonight to make ice cream sandwiches. Thank you Martha for sharing a recipe that's definitely a keeper!
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Made these exactly as the recipe instructions say, and they ended up a HOT MESS. I'm disappointed.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
These thin and crisp chocolate chip cookies are the best and I mean BEST!!!!
First batch didn't work so well because I did a heaping tblspn and I guess it was way too heaping so I did an exact level tablespoon and it worked perfectly. In addition I did put the batter in the fridge for about 15 min. before laying out the first batch and again inbetween batches. One of the results of doing a very level tblspn was the amount of cookies I got close to 6 dozen perfect cookies.
may i have another!
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Make the recipe with water or not, the key step is a gentle flattening of each cookie before baking at 325 for 17-20 minutes.
Anonymous
Rating: 5 stars
If you are looking for thin and crispy (which I was!) then this is the perfect cookie. I did the 4 tsp water and it was perfect. The comparison to Tate's is right on the mark!
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Please update the recipe ingredients to include the 1/4 cup water! Unless you read the directions very carefully you will miss this step and end up with a puffy, soft cookie instead of a thin and crispy one.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
These cookies are fantastic! This is my favorite type of chocolate chip cookie. These fly off the table at the bake sale! They're kind of like Tates cookies, but a lot more of a bargain made at home.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Absolutely outstanding cookie. After reading previous reviews, I used 4 tsp. water. The best chocolate chip ever.
Anonymous
Rating: 1 stars
Sorry, but this recipe does not deliver.
The only crispy part about the cookies are the 1/4 inch around the edge, and that's it.
Do as I did and halve the recipe to test it. So glad that I did, as I threw away only half a batch instead of a full one.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
sooo yummy! made them and then used the cookies for ice cream sandwiches!
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
The flavor of these cookies is great; they have a sugar-lace cookie type texture and taste. I did use the 1/4 c of water and I'd use much less next time. They were actually too thin and fell apart a bit. I like them thin, but they needed just a bit more heft to stay together.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
These are my go to cookies, but I've found a 1/4 cup of water is just too much. I sprinkly a few teaspons of water in at the very end, mix with a few more strokes, and then bake.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Just made this same exact recipe, which is in Martha's COOKIE book, with one glaring difference. In the book, it says to bake them for 20-25 minutes. Luckily, I checked in with mine at 18m and saw they were nicely brown and got them out. Maybe somewhere in between is ideal. 15-18m perhaps?
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
Followed the recipe to the letter and found the cookies too sweet with an eggy taste. Rather disappointed with the results.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
I followed the ingredients (minus the chocolate chips. I used M
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
I made it for the fisrt time in my life, i did not used water, and it works gorgeous. The taste and texture is perfect, but i'll try with water, i want to see the diference, but i think that the dough will be thin.
Aurinha
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
I use 2 tbs (30 ml) of water instead, I forget why, but it works better. I have been baking this cookie for 3 years, everyone loves them, this is the best recipe for thin cc cookies, they ship well, and will keep about 2 weeks, perfect for gift giving...
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
The water makes them nice and thin. This is the best recipe I've found.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
1 cup = 250 mL
2 cups = 500 mL
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
may i know what is 2 cups equivalent to in - ml? is it 200ml?
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
These were extremely easy to make and came out yummy! A definite keeper. Not sure why directions state to add 1/4 water, not needed.