Mmmmm. Chocolate Chip Cookies.

You can't get much easier than these mmmmalicious chocolate chip cookies.


This recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies (depending on how big they are, in my case I get about 4 dozen because I like my cookies big).

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 24 oz semisweet chocolate chips (about 4 cups) REMEMBER THE CHOCOLATE RULE: THE BETTER QUALITY CHOCOLATE YOU USE, THE BETTER YOUR RESULTS!

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.


2. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs on medium until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. The dough will be stiff at this point.


3. Stir in chocolate chips and mix thoroughly.


4. On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by spoonfuls ~2 inches apart.


5. Bake 11-13 minutes, or until light brown but still soft in the middle. Cool for a minute or two and remove from cookie sheet onto cooling rack.
   

For nut lovers, you can add ~2 cups of coarsely chopped nuts in the cookie batter and follow directions above.

Because I can't eat 6 dozen cookies (or even 4 dozen large cookies) I freeze half of the dough in the shape of a log, wrapped in plastic wrap. This makes it easy to cut off a slice or two and bake them up whenever you are in the mood for fresh out of the oven cookies.