Extra Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I cannot make a chocolate cookie for the life of me. I don’t know what it is about them, but I have never been able to master the chocolate chip cookie. So what is a girl to do when she needs to make them? Call her sister in law Lindsey, and steal her recipe (Whoops! Guilty!). Lindsey makes the best chocolate chip cookies. I don’t know what magical baking powers she uses to create them because the recipe is fairly simple, but they are by far, hands down, the best cookies ever (bold statement, but a true statement).
They are probably one of the main reasons why my older brother fell in love with her and decided to put a ring on it. Her cookies were one of the first things she baked for him when they started dating back in the day. He came home from seeing her holding a massive bag of them, which he would not share with anyone. Me being the sneaky person I am and him being plan rude for not sharing (who in their right mind can eat 3 dozen cookies by themselves), I decided to steal one and see if they lived up to the hype he ranted and raved about.
Honest opinion: It was pure cookie heaven. I am not a big sweet’s person. I will eat a loaf of bread before a cookie any day, but when it comes to these cookies, one is not enough. There is a perfect marriage of soft cookie center to semi-crispy cookie edge that allows it to melt in your mouth and cause a smile to spread across your face from pure delight. You can probably add nuts or peanut butter chips to the batter when making them, but let’s get serious, why ruin a good thing. So what’s the bottom line? The bottom line is that by making these cookies you will snag a husband with the snap of your fingers…uh yeah right! The bottom line is that these seriously are the best cookies ever and the perfect recipe to make when you have a party to go to and no dessert to bring.
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup or so of oatmeal (optional)
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup or 2 sticks of butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups/ 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat at 375°
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl
- Beat sugars, vanilla and butter together until creamy. Then add one egg at a time beating each one.
- Gradually add flour to mixture and stir in chips and nuts.
- Bake 9-11 min until golden brown. If you do cookies in pan, bake at 350° for 20-25 minute