Chocolate Chip Cookies

By: Amber Grangroth

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Aren’t Chocolate Chip Cookies everyone’s favorite cookie? Or just mine? I love them fresh from the oven, warm and gooey. They melt in your mouth, and soon you wonder where all those cookies went.
Thankfully, they don’t all end up in my belly. I’ve got quite a crew of cookie monsters that help me gobble them up!
And the cookie dough…who doesn’t sample the cookiedough while your baking? How would you know if the cookies are going to taste good or if you added too much salt unless you sample the dough?
My oldest did many walk by cookie dough swipes as I was baking yesterday. He thought he was being sneaky!
This recipe makes a huge batch of cookies! Like 7 or 8 dozen, unless you make them big. I like kid size cookies. Not too big and not too small.
Whatever we don’t eat while they’re warm, go to the freezer. They make a great little sweet treat for lunches. Or to take on the go, to a park or day trip. I pull them out for company, and they go great dipped in a hot cup of coffee!

Warm and gooey chocolate chip cookies!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 – 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

You could also use: chocolate chunks, milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, or m&m’s.

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. In a large bowl or mixer, cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
3. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well
4. Add flour, baking soda, salt, mix to combine.
5. Add chocolate chips or add in’s of choice!
6. Roll into 1 – 1 1/2 inch balls and place 2 – 3 inches apart on an un-greased baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 2-4 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Switch it up:
White chocolate, craisins, chopped walnuts
White chocolate, macadamia nut
White chocolate and butterscotch
Dark chocolate and peanut butter chip
Enjoy!

Always find the beauty in life!
Love, Amber

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 – 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375°F
  • In a large bowl or mixer, cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
  • Add eggs and vanilla, mix well
  • Add flour, baking soda, salt, mix to combine.
  • Add chocolate chips or add in’s of choice!
  • Roll into 1 – 1 1/2 inch balls and place 2 – 3 inches apart on an un-greased baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 2-4 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.