Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 large eggs,beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- if desired, 1 cup chopped pecans, or chopped walnuts
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven to 375 degrees/190'C. Mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl by hand. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. The dough will be very stiff.
- STEP 2Stir in chocolate chips by hand. You'll need to use a sturdy wooden spoon for this and a bit of muscle. You can add the pecans, or other nuts, at this time if desired. Keep stirring and folding the chocolate chips and nuts (if desired) into the dough until they are evenly dispersed. (This makes sure you have enough chocolate and/or nuts in each cookie!!)
- STEP 3Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. The chocolate chip cookies need to be this far apart because the dough spreads during cooking. No one wants to cut the cookies apart after baking.
- STEP 4Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. You may even think that the chocolate chip cookies are underdone, but they will finish cooking through out of the oven. If you leave them in too long, the cookies will be tough or crispy.
- STEP 5The centres will be soft. Let cool completely then remove from cookie sheet. I use a flat spatula to remove the cookies from the sheet. It helps to get them off quickly. If you try to remove the cookies while they are still warm, the chocolate chips are still very soft and this can cause a very big mess as well as messy looking cookies.