Chocolate chip cookies - country cooking

6 dozen cook

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1¼ cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Firmly packed light brown sugar
4 larges Eggs
1 tablespoon Vanilla
3 cups Unsifted all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
2 12-oz packages semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups Coarsely chopped walnuts, pecans, or macadamia nuts

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F. Lightly grease several baking sheets.

2. In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter with granulated and brown sugars until fluffy. Add eggs, 2 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

3. Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually beat in flour, baking soda, and salt, scraping inside of bowl occasionally, until soft dough forms. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on greased baking sheets.

4. Bake cookies 12 to 15 minutes, or until firm and golden. Cool cookies completely on wire racks. Store in air-tight container.

Country Cooking/Summer/94 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary Submitted By LAWRENCE KELLIE On 06-09-95

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