Description
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 (12 ounce) bags semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- With your fingers, place golf-ball-size dough portions 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 9 minutes, or until edges are light brown.
- For variations of this cookie, substitute milk chocolate for the semisweet chocolate and/or add 1 1/2 cups of chopped walnuts or macadamia nuts to the recipe before baking.
- Although you can substitute margarine for butter in this recipe, you will have the best results from butter. The cookie will have a richer taste and will be crispier around the edges like the original.