I live in Colorado and absolutely LOVE the beauty of our mountains and forests. I have learned to survive on much less oxygen due to our high altitude, but the same cannot be said of many of my baking creations. I learned long ago that tweaking recipes is always necessary, so when I finally perfected this one for chocolate chip cookies–it was a BIG eureka moment.
- 1 cup Whipped Butter
- 2½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 12 oz package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
- In a mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer.
- Add about half of the flour, the brown sugar, sugar, eggs, vanilla and baking soda.
- Beat mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Beat in the remaining flour.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven 8-10 minutes or till edges are lightly browned.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Makes about 60
The Ingredients.
Whip the whipped butter. ( I know. Just trust me.)
Add about half the flour, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and baking soda.
Beat until thoroughly combined. Add the rest of the flour and beat again. (It sounds so abusive to keep using the word beat)
Stir in the chocolate chips (taste testing the chocolate chips is essential for baking success)
Drop by rounded teaspoon full onto ungreased cookie sheet.(And when the raw cookie dough police aren’t looking-snag a bite or two for yourself) (My tombstone will read “She couldn’t NOT eat raw cookie dough”)
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
This recipe has never disappointed me. I spent years using a recipe that always turned out looking like something you were supposed to scoop up in a cow pasture. These look great and taste great!