Chocolate/Vanilla Chip Cookies!

I have been told these cookies are amazing - and I agree - I really enjoy them too.  Maybe I haven't had enough home-made cookies but I can't imagine a goo-y chocolate chip cookie straight from the oven could be bad!  But I have been told a number of times that these are the best chocolate chip cookies.  Since I've never made a different recipe - I wouldn't know if they really are the "best" - they are just the ones that we make around here.

This is a quick recipe - my six year old can pretty much make them herself.  It is an easy recipe that doesn't take a lot of time - so if you know me - don't be surprised if I show up with them next time I visit or drop them by your door as a surprise...remember, this recipe makes two dozen...and I'm only giving away half.  The other half is for me and a glass of milk ;-)

Chip Cookies Recipe

• 2 1/4 cups flour (I use unbleached flour, sometimes sold as bread flour)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt (I just use a sprinkle - I never measure salt so I always put in less than what a recipe calls for)
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups or 1 package of chocolate or vanilla chips

How to

• Cream/mix both sugars with the butter. 
• Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until blended. 
• Add the flour, baking soda, and salt.  You can mix these in a separate bowl and then add to the wet ingredients or if you are trying to take a short cut - you can add the flour on top of the wet ingredients and then stir the baking soda into the flour with a spoon before using the mixer.  Sometimes my cookies don't turn out as fluffy without mixing the dry ingredients together thoroughly, but they still taste good even if they are a little flat!
• Bake for 10 minutes at 350.  Bake until the edges start to brown.

Enjoy!