Chocolate Chipless Cookies are soft and chewy cookies with rich butter and brown sugar flavor. Like your favorite chocolate chip cookies without chocolate chips.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Mix in the eggs until well combined, then the vanilla.
Sift in the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt (or whisk in a separate bowl before adding them). Mix on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix. Cover and chill dough at least an hour, up to overnight.
Preheat the oven to 350 and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Let the dough sit at room temp 5-10 minutes or until soft enough to scoop. Scoop dough into 2-tablespoon portions and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake 9-11 minutes or until the edges are light golden brown and the middles are puffy and look a little underdone. Cool a few minutes on the pan, then transfer to a baking rack to cool the rest of the way.
Notes
If desired, sprinkle a little sea salt on top of the dough balls before baking.
If your cookies spread, try chilling the dough a little longer or mixing in another tablespoon or two of flour.
For thicker cookies, shape the dough into "tall" cookie dough balls.