Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (C1)

Here is the recipe for the first cookies I tried in the Cookie Quest

Mix well

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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

•  Preheat oven to 190 °C (375°F). Mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in a bowl by hand. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt.

•  You can  use a mixer for this first step. Be sure that the dough is well mixed before moving on.

•  Stir in chocolate chips by hand. You can add the pecans, or other nuts, at this time if desired. Keep stirring and folding the chocolate chips and nuts into the dough until they are evenly dispersed.

•  Drop 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.

Drop them apart

•  Bake 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.

•  The centers will be soft. Let cool completely then remove from cookie sheet. 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.

Mine were flat ): but yummy

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