Chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 54 g beaten egg (from 1 to 2 eggs)
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp salt
• 6 oz chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
2. Mix white and brown sugar. Cream with butter until light and fluffy.
3. Fold in eggs after beating them well.
4. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
5. Add to sugar mixture with vanilla.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and mix thoroughly.
7. Drop balls of dough onto baking tray.
8. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes.
9. Leave on pan for 2 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.

Makes about 50 cookies.

Notes

• The baking time is critical, and will vary by oven. The cookies should not look done when you take them out. They continue to cook as they cool.
• For a fun variation, try adding 2 tbsp instant coffee, 2 tsp pumpkin spice, and 1 tsp cinnamon.
• You can use shortening instead of flour for cookies that last longer but don’t taste quite as good.
• Store cookies in an airtight container otherwise they will harden.