CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Ingredients:
- 1½ sticks butter (12 tablespoons)
 
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
 
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
 
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
 
- 2¼ cups sifted flour
 
- ½ tsp. salt
 
- 1 tsp. baking soda
 
- 1½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
 
- 1 cup semi-sweet morsels
 
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
 
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs.
 
- Sift flour and measure out 2¼ cups. After measuring the sifted flour, sift again with remaining dry ingredients. Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar mixture.
 
- Stir in vanilla, nuts and semi-sweet morsels.
 
- Drop the cookie batter by tablespoonfuls onto a parchment or silicone lined baking sheet.
 
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set and firm and only lightly colored. Do not allow cookies to brown.
 
- Transfer to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container. Cookies may be wrapped well and frozen.