Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter (three sticks) or 1 1/2 cups margarine, softened (three sticks)
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 3 3/4 cups gold medal all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (24 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (4 cups)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°.
• 2 mix butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl.
• 3 mix together, and stir in, flour, baking soda and salt.
• 4 stir in chocolate chips.
• 5 drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.
• 8 cool on a wire rack.
• 9 just a note: i noticed that flat vented cookie sheets work best for even baking. i used dark coated, side-edged cookie sheets on some of the batches and was disappointed because the bottoms of the cookies baked faster than the top. i would think in that case, that lowering the temperature and keeping a good 'eye' on them would help if that is the kind of pans you have as well. ;) ps. the cookies in the photo were baked using flat, no-sided, vented cookie sheets.