Soften your butter. If you are planning on making these, take the butter out of the fridge first thing in the morning so it’s ready to go when you need it.
Measure the flour correctly. Be sure to use a measuring cup made for dry ingredients. I usually measure flour by scooping it into the measuring cup and leveling it with a knife. I say, measure it the way you always do. Just make sure that the dough matches the consistency of the dough in the photos in this post.
Don’t be shy: Use lots of chocolate chips. It’s chocolate chip cookies, not cookies with chocolate chips. Put chips accordingly.
DO NOT over-bake these chocolate chip cookies! I cannot stress this enough. Even though this particular batch of chocolate chip cookies will not look done when you pull them out of the oven, that is GOOD.