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You’ll love this easy one-bowl recipe for delicious chocolate chip cookies without brown sugar. Packed with flavor and oh-so-good, these are hands down the softest brown sugar-free chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever had.
Ready to make delicious homemade cookies, only to realize you don’t have any brown sugar?
No worries, I’m here to help with my recipe for super (duper) soft chocolate chip cookies without brown sugar.
Reader Review
“This was super easy to make! It was so specific, with no brown sugar, and you actually gave me the measurements! I went on instagram and tried to find an easy cookie recipe, but none of them gave the measurements! So thank you, a lot!”
Ella
While I recommend ~2 cups of chocolate chips in the printable recipe card below, you and I both know that chocolate chips should truly be measured with your heart. What to use more? I will not stand in the way of your true happiness.
Equipment highlight
Normally, I recommend a basic mixing bowl and a spoon when making chocolate chip cookies, but for this recipe, I strongly encourage you to use a hand mixer or a stand mixer.
Brown sugar contains more moisture than traditional white sugar, which creates a super moist and delicious chocolate chip cookie.
And since we’re not using brown sugar in this cookie recipe, we need to cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed to incorporate air into the batter. Air = fluffy and moist cookies.
If I have the time, I always love to pop the bowl into the fridge or freezer while the oven preheats. This helps the butter firm up again and is an extra step to make sure the cookies don’t spread out on the baking sheet.
Sarah’s cheat codes
- You must start with softened butter for this recipe. Trying to mix hard butter will produce lumps…if it doesn’t break your mixer first!
- You also do not want to use melted butter, as the cookies will “fall” and spread out while baking. If you’ve ever had cookies turn into a flat and greasy mess, the butter was likely much too warm.
- For the best results, the egg should be at room temperature.
Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies With No Brown Sugar
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened {1 stick}
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg {room temperature}
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract {see notes if you don't have any}
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt {sea or table salt}
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F degrees.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream softened butter and sugar together on medium speed for 2 minutes.½ cup butter, softened, 3/4 cup white sugar
- Add the egg, vanilla, and almond extracts. Mix on low speed until just combined.1 egg, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp almond extract
- Add the dry ingredients, and mix on low speed until everything is about 50% combined.1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda
- Add the chocolate chips and mix on low speed until just combined.2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- Make cookie dough balls 2-inches wide and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350˚F for 10-11 minutes. You want them just barely baked.
- Allow the cookies to rest on the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
- You must start with softened butter for this recipe. Trying to mix hard butter will produce lumps…if it doesn’t break your mixer first!
- You also do not want to use melted butter, as the cookies will “fall” and spread out while baking. If you’ve ever had cookies turn into a flat and greasy mess, the butter was much too warm.
- The egg should be at room temperature for optimal results.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was super easy to make! It was so specific, with no brown sugar, and you actually gave me the measurements! I went on instagram and tried to find an easy cookie recipe, but none of them gave the measurements! So thank you, a lot!
You’re so welcome, Ella! I’m glad it was a hit for you and I’m honored that I was able to help you solve a cookie problem.