Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies are crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside. Make the perfect cookie on your countertop for fast treats that your family will love in the air fryer in under 10 minutes!
There is nothing better than a homemade cookie…unless it is one that you can make quickly without heating up your whole kitchen. AMIRITE?
Thanks to the magic of the air fryer, deliciously soft and warm cookies can be yours in a flash. And while they’re perfect for small batches, you can also cook a bunch of cookies quickly.
The cookies cook in just 5 minutes and make a nice crispy exterior and a soft and chewy interior. We made a large batch of cookie dough and saved the rest in the freezer for easy chocolate chip cookies anytime we want.
INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES:
All the goodness of a normal chocolate chip cookie recipe, but so much better!
- Butter: Have your butter softened or melted. This will make sure the dough mixes thoroughly.
- Brown Sugar: You can use light or dark brown sugar, but I personally love to use dark.
- Sugar: White sugar helps the cookies brown up while staying moist.
- Egg: If you can set your egg out ahead of time so they are at room temperature.
- Vanilla: Classic flavor of chocolate chips cookies, vanilla actually helps chocolate, taste like chocolate.
- Flour: All purpose flour or unbleached flour both make amazing cookies.
- Baking Soda: You will need the both soda and baking powder to help these cookies become light and fluffy.
- Salt: Your cookies need the salt to balance the sugar and actually helps them taste impeccable.
- Chocolate Chips: I used milk chocolate chips but you can use semi sweet or even dark chocolate chips.
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES IN THE AIR FRYER?
To make these air fryer chocolate chip cookies, begin gathering all your ingredients.
- Whisk the melted butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla until nice and fluffy, and then stir in the remaining ingredients.
- At this point go ahead and cover the dough and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes or up to 3 days. You can skip this step if you are in a rush but refrigerate the tough helps set the butter and helps the cookies develop flavor and texture while baking.
- Lastly, go ahead and line your air fryer with parchment paper and scoop cookie batter into the air fryer. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you should be able to fit 2-3 cookies about 1/5 inches apart to allow space for spreading.
- Be sure to allow the cookies to rest in the air fryer basket (outside the air fryer) for 2-3 minutes after baking. This helps them set and makes them easier to pick up.
TIPS FOR MAKING PERFECT COOKIES:
Making Chocolate Chip Cookies is easy, but to make them amazing there are a few things to remember.
- Room Temperature Eggs and Butter: For the best results you really want both your eggs and butter to be at room temperature, or softened.
- Why Room Temperature Ingredients: Room temperature ingredients mix better and easier than cold items. Also when your eggs are at room temperature, they are less thick and sticky. This may also help cookie dough rise more easily. If you use room temperature ingredients you may be able to cut the time needed to bake the cookies.
- Mix until Fluffy: When you mix the butter and sugar till it’s light and fluffy. This will help the cookies rise and be extra delicious.
- Combine the Rest: Don’t over mix the rest of the ingredients, other wise the cookies will be dense and tough.
TIPS TO BAKE IN AIR FRYER:
So even though the dough is pretty much the same for chocolate chip cookies, the method of cooking is a bit different. With a few hints, you’ll have perfect ooey gooey cookies every time.
- Liners: Unlike other air fried foods that do not have to have a liner to bake, cookies do. You can use parchment liners or you can use aluminum foil. I have found that using a liner that is smaller than the basket and keeping the cookies away from the edges works the best.
- Flattening the Cookies: Unlike in an oven, the cookies do not tend to spread in the air fryer. Pressing them flat with the bottom of a glass helps the cookies have that spread out shape. It will also help the cookies cook evenly.
- Leave Space: Do not overcrowd your basket. Depending on the size of your basket expect to only make 4-5 cookies at a time.
- Know Your Air Fryer: It may take a batch or two to get the temperature and timing down, but I can tell you that they will still cook faster than in the oven. YUM!
VARIATIONS FOR THIS CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES:
The easiest way to vary your cookies to vary some of the ingredients.
- Chips: Substitute our the chocolate chips for butterscotch, peanut butter or even white chocolate chips.
- Add: Mix in chopped nuts, craisins, raisins, flaked coconut or oatmeal. About ½ cup is all you need of which ever you add.
- Flavoring: Along with the vanilla add in a bit of almond or coconut flavoring to add a bit of a different flavor.
HOW TO FREEZE COOKIE DOUGH?
Store remaining cookie dough in the fridge or freezer easy air fryer cookies anytime! Scoop dough into balls and place in ziplock bags. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
To Bake: Remove from freezer, place straight into the air fryer and add an additional 1-2 minutes of baking time.
Pro Tip: Store remaining cookie dough in the fridge or freezer easy air fryer cookies anytime! Scoop dough into balls and place in ziplock bags. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl for 10-20 seconds or just until the butter begins to melt. Add the brown and white sugars and beat until fully combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla and beat for another 30 seconds. Stir in remaining ingredients until fully combined.
- Place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes to overnight. Line the air fryer racks with parchment paper. Scoop 2-tablespoon dough balls into the air fryer basket, about 1.5 inches apart. You should be able to fit 2-3 depending on the size of your air fryer.
- Air Fryer at 310 F degrees F for 5-7 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Allow cookies to rest 2-3 minutes in the air fryer before removing.
Notes
- Liners: Unlike other air fried foods that do not have to have a liner to bake, cookies do. You can use parchment liners or you can use aluminum foil. I have found that using a liner that is smaller than the basket and keeping the cookies away from the edges works the best.
- Flattening the Cookies: Unlike in an oven, the cookies do not tend to spread in the air fryer. Pressing them flat with the bottom of a glass helps the cookies have that spread out shape. It will also help the cookies cook evenly.
- Leave Space: Do not overcrowd your basket. Depending on the size of your basket expect to only make 4-5 cookies at a time.
- Know Your Air Fryer: It may take a batch or two to get the temperature and timing down, but I can tell you that they will still cook faster than in the oven.
