Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Cookies

All you chocoholics will love these buttermilk chocolate chip cookies. The soft and chewy cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and creamy buttermilk and are a decadent treat any time of year.

Buttermilk chocolate chip cookies on a cutting board with sea salt on top.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Bake Time: 11-13 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 2 dozen
Preparation Level: Beginner +

What I Love About The Recipe

  • The buttermilk adds so much rich flavor to the cookies.
  • They are super easy to make.
  • The chocolate chip cookie dough freezes easily.
Cookies on a cutting board with flaky sea salt and buttermilk.

Ingredients

  • Butter (cold)
  • Vanilla extract
  • Buttermilk
  • All-purpose flour
  • Baking soda
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Brown Sugar
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Optional: Flaky sea salt

A full printable recipe with measurements and instructions is listed at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

Cookies on a cutting board.

How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookie ingredients in a bowl

Start by adding the cold butter to a large mixing bowl and mix until it’s creamy. The cold butter will help prevent your cookies from spreading too much while they bake. Next, add the vanilla extract and buttermilk.

Cookie ingredients in a metal bowl.

Add the white sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt and mix well. It will be crumbly at first but will come together. Finally, add the chocolate chips and mix until combined.

Cookies scooped out on a cookie sheet.

Use a medium-sized scoop and scoop the dough onto the cookie sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. You can get more cookies on the cookie sheet than I have pictured here, as they don’t spread much.

Chocolate chip cookies on a cutting board.

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Chocolate chip cookies on a cutting board.

Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Cookies

3 from 1 vote
Julie Pollitt
All you chocoholics will love buttermilk chocolate chip cookies. The eggless cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and are a decadent treat any time of year.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 170 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 8 tablespoons cold salted butter
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 6 tablespoons of white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Optional: Flaky sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Add the cold butter to a large mixing bowl and beat until creamy.
  • Next, add the vanilla and buttermilk and mix.
  • Add the white and brown sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt and mix well. It will be crumbly at first but will come together.
  • Finally, add the chocolate chips and mix until combined.
  • Scoop out onto a cookie sheet and bake for 11-13 minutes or until the cookies are a light golden brown. (I used a medium-sized cookie scoop).

Video

Notes

If you want to add sea salt, you can add it before or after baking. Just sprinkle a pinch on top.
The cookies are easy to freeze. I make the dough and use a scoop to scoop out raw cookies. I put the cookies inside of a freezer bag and freeze up to three months. Just take them out when you are ready to bake. If they are frozen, they will need a couple of extra minutes of baking time.
I like to use a parchment lined baking sheet for easier clean up.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 164mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15g
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8 Comments

  1. Could one add coconut to this recipe – or not a good idea with the buttermilk flavor.

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      I think it would taste great with coconut.

  2. With the Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Cookies, if you freeze the cookie dough and take it out to bake, do you thaw the dough first or just pop it in the oven?

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      I have done both. If you pop it right into the oven from the freezer, they just won’t spread much. If you let them thaw first, they will spread a little in the oven. Either way they taste good.

  3. How come this recipe doesn’t use eggs – even the original Tollhouse cookie recipe uses eggs?

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      Hi Connie,

      This is a great question. Buttermilk can be used instead of eggs to basically hold it together. But, you do have to have a leavening agent, which in this case is baking soda. The buttermilk gives these a delicious tangy flavor and they are soooo good!

  4. 3 stars
    I think these were just ok. They were lacking something…I’m thinking an egg?

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      Hi Megan,

      You can definitely add an egg if you’d like. It will change the flavor just a tad. But the buttermilk does give it a little bit of a different flavor.