World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. butter
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. nuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine sugars. Add butter and cream together. Add vanilla and eggs, mix. In separate bowl sift the dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Dough will be stiff. Add chips and nuts. Drop dough by tablespoons onto cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Alex’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
18 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. butter
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, soda, and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs, butter, sugars, and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Add flour mixture to large bowl and mix well. Stir in chips. Sample some chips to make sure they are yummy. Put giant globs on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes until golden and melt chips.

Be sure to have a kid close by to gobble them all up!

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

DRY:

2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. chocolate chips

WET:

1 c. butter (soft, not melted)
1 egg
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix dry and wet in separate bowls. Make sure butter is soft but not melted. Pour dry into wet bowl while mixing. Drop 1 1/2 inch drops onto ungreased cookie sheet. Cook until tops aren’t shiny and edges are light brown (8 minutes or so). Immediately take from oven and transfer from sheet to cooling rack. Do not overcook (this is the secret).

Bonnie’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Beat together:

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. solid shortening
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. finely packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Add 2 eggs, beating until fluffy and light. Gradually beat in:

1 3/4 c. unsifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. Old-Fashioned rolled oats

Add 1 cup walnuts and 6 oz. package of chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookies sheet and bake 8-10 minutes or until browned. Cool on rack. Yield: 6-7 dozen.

Chewy Chocolate Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/4 c. butter, softened
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. Hershey’s cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. Reese’s peanut butter chips or Hershey’s semi-sweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually blend. Stir in baking chips. Drop onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake about 9 minutes; do not over bake. Cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking and flatten while cooling.

Makes about 4 1/2 dozen.