Credit: Emma's Plate Over my years of experience baking chocolate chip cookies, there are 4 important things I have realized when creating the perfect cookie. HIGH QUALITY INGREDIENTS Credit: The Spruce Chocolate chip cookies will always need a base of flour, butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, chocolate, and salt. I used to underestimate the difference high quality ingredients could make, but it's true. The type of vanilla you use is a great example of this, using real extract or