Introduction: Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is a recipe for making homemade chocolate chip cookies. It is a simple, and you should have most of the needed ingredients in your cupboards. This recipe yields about 36 cookies.
Utensils:
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon
- Cookie sheets
- Cooling rack
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 bag of chocolate chips
Step 1: Soften Butter
In a microwave safe bowl, soften 1 cup of butter in the microwave for about 45 seconds.
NOTE: Depending on how soft the butter is before placing it in the microwave will effect the length of time needed to soften it.
Step 2: Mix 1st Seven Ingredients
Add softened butter, 2 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla, ½ cup heaping brown sugar, ½ cup sugar, 1 tsp. baking soda, and 1 tsp. salt to mixing bowl. Beat all the ingredients together with a spoon until the mixture is well mixed.
NOTE: You can use a beater, kitchen aid, or a whisk instead to mix the ingredients together, but I have found that a spoon works just fine.
Step 3: Add Flour
Add 2 ½ cups of flour to the mixture and combine until all the flour is mixed in.
Step 4:
Add bag of chocolate chips to the mixture and mix until the chocolate chips are spread throughout.
Step 5: Place Onto Cookie Sheet
Preheat oven to 375. Drop cookie dough onto cookie sheet using a normal sized spoon. There will be 12 cookies to a pan - 3 rows with 4 cookies in each row.
Step 6: Bake Cookies
Place cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 9 to 11 minutes, cookies should look slightly golden on the tops when done.
Step 7: Eat and Enjoy
Take cookies off the pan and place on cooling rack. Once they are cooled, eat and enjoy.