Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

I don't mean to brag, but my chocolate chip cookies are kind of a big deal.  I get requests for them pretty frequently, and when I make them at home, they're gone within the day! To be fair, I live with and around a bunch of army guys, so they'll eat pretty much anything, but I think this recipe is pretty good! It's the fruit of many years of chocolate chip cookie making and experimenting, so I hope you'll enjoy it! 

Ingredients: 

1.5 cups of flour

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter

1/2 cup of brown sugar

6 tablespoons of granulated sugar 

1 large egg

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 

1-2 cups of chocolate chips (or M&M's, or chocolate chunks, or whatever else you might want in your cookies!)

Instructions: 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium size bowl. 

Cream butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, or in a bowl mix with a hand mixer. 

Add the egg and vanilla extract to the butter mixture. 

Slowly add in the flour mixture, and beat until combined. 

Using a spatula, fold in the candy/chocolate chips. 

Spoon tablespoon sized mounds of dough onto a baking sheet. 

Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. 

Let sit for a minute or two and then move to a wire rack to cool, if you can wait that long! 

Until next time, 

xo 

T