Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

By Betty Crocker

Bake: 13-15 Min  Makes around 3 1/2 dozen cookies 

(very large cookies! It makes more if you don't make them as big)

1 1/2 cups butter softened (3 sticks)

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar

1 Tablespoon vanilla 

2 eggs

4 cups all-purpose flower

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups coarsely chopped nuts, if desired 

1 package (24 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (4 cups) or if you want to make it fun you can do a cup each of semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate and butterscotch chips.

Heat oven to 375. 

Mix butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). stir in nuts and chocolate chips.

Drop dough by level 1/4 cupfuls about 2" apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake 13- 15 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft) cool 1-2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet to wire rack.

This recipe is from the Betty Crocker Cookie Book
 

(I do not like nuts in my cookies so I didn't make them with nuts I also made them smaller then the recipe says to make them)