Chocolate Chip Cookies

Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes: 3.5 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

2.25 cups All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

1 cup (2 sticks) Butter, softened

3/4 cup Granulated Sugar

3/4 cup packed Brown Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 large Eggs

2 cups (12 oz) Chocolate Chips

1 cup chopped Nuts (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy.
4. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition.
5. Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture. Beat well.
6. Stir in the chocolate chips (and nuts, if adding). 
7. Drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet. (Those cookie scoops are amazing.)
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until golden brown.

After trying several dozen cookie recipes, Nestle's is still the best. Everyone likes it because it reminds them of home. I made this recipe again today, and it really reminded me of childhood baking sessions. 

The first thing I ever baked was this recipe. I was 6 years old and sooo excited to bake cookies! I was a little too excited and I added the chocolate chips at the beginning of the recipe, into the flour. My mom was a little flabbergasted (a fun word that only applies to my mother), but she still made it work. My parent's were so sweet to me... they actually pretended that they tasted good. :)