Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups chocolate chips, can use coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 stack 2 baking sheets together and line top sheet with parchment paper. (the author recommends double sheeting when baking cookies "so there's a cushion for even baking and no risk of scorched bottoms.").
• 3 in a mixer bowl, cream butter and both sugars until very smooth, about 3-4 minutes.
• 4 add vanilla and eggs and blend well.
• 5 fold in flour, baking soda, and salt and mix well, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• 6 fold in chocolate chips.
• 7 for each cookie, scoop 2-3 tablespoons of dough and place on prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• 8 bake 10-13 minutes for smaller cookies or 14-18 minutes for large ones.
• 9 cookies are done when they are just browned around the edges, are beginning to color on top, and seem dry to the touch.
• 10 let cool on the baking sheets.