Chocolate Chip Cookies

Short but sweet: if you make them, they will come. That is: if you eat cookies, people will come...to eat them!!









Generously inspired by and adapted from the Tollhouse Cookie Recipe.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
a lot of chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350.

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.

Beat the butter and sugar in stand mixer on high until light and fluffy. It should take about 10 minutes; scrape the bowl several times.

Add the eggs one at a time while mixing slowly, just until incorporated. Add the vanilla.

Add the flour mixture in a few batches while the mixer is on low speed. When everything is incorporated, add the chips and mix with a spatula.

If the dough is really soft, chill in the refrigerator until slightly more solid. This way the cookies won't spread too much.

Drop about a tablespoon of dough on an ungrease cookie sheet. Fill the sheet with 12 dough balls. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until just golden brown. Do not overbake - the cookies will continue to cook for about a minute after they are removed from the oven.

Enjoy!!