Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2¼ C flour
• ¾ C sugar
• ¾ C brown sugar
• ½ lb butter (2 sticks)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp salt
• 12 oz chocolate chips
• 2 eggs
• ½ C chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a microwave oven.
2. Add sugars and blend well, add the eggs one at a time, incorporating each well, then add the vanilla and blend thoroughly.
3. Add the flour, salt, and baking soda and mix until completely combined and smooth.
4. Add the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, chocolate mint chips, and nuts as per your taste.
5. Turn cookies out onto a cookie sheet with two tablespoons on a small mound separated from each other by about ½"
6. Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 7-9 minutes. Cool on a wire baking rack.