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Air Fryer Cookies

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Classic chocolate chip cookies made in the air fryer — golden and crispy on the edges with a soft, chewy center. Ready in under an hour with no long oven preheat required.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp fine salt
  • ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • ⅓ cup (65g) granulated white sugar
  • ⅓ cup (70g) packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup (130g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, beat softened butter with both sugars for 2–3 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until just combined.
  2. Stir in the flour mixture until no dry streaks remain, then fold in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes — do not skip this step.
  3. Cut parchment paper to fit your air fryer basket (perforated parchment is ideal). Scoop dough into 1.5-tablespoon balls and place on the parchment at least 2 inches apart. Do not flatten the dough balls.
  4. Preheat air fryer to 320°F (160°C) for 3 minutes. Slide the parchment with cookies into the basket and cook for 6–8 minutes. At 6 minutes cookies will look slightly underdone in the center — that is correct.
  5. Transfer cookies (still on parchment) to a wire rack and rest for 5 minutes before handling. Cookies will firm up as they cool.

Notes

Lower the temperature: Set your air fryer to 300–325°F, not the 350°F you’d use in a conventional oven. Fan-driven heat is more aggressive and will over-brown cookies at higher temps. Drop 10–15°F if edges brown before the center sets.

Use perforated parchment: Standard parchment blocks airflow under the cookie. Perforated air fryer liners allow hot air to circulate below and produce more even browning on the bottom. Punch holes with a skewer if you only have standard parchment.

Never skip the rest time: Cookies look underdone when they come out — this is intentional. Let them rest on the rack for 5 full minutes before touching; the sugar needs time to crystallize and set into the finished texture.

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