easy chocolate chip cookie Recipe

This is a delicious recipe from my mother's recipe collection. Chocolate chip cookies are wonderful. This chocolate chip cookie recipe is quick and easy to make. Try a cookie with a glass of milk or a cup of hot coffee.

Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
• 2/3 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup softened butter or margarine
• 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped nuts

To Prepare Recipe: Mix flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside. With electric mixer at medium speed beat butter or margarine with the sugars until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. At low speed gradually beat in flour mixture until well blended. Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips and the nuts. Chill dough until well chilled but not hard. Grease a 12 inch baking pan. Drop dough from spoon. Press a few of the remaining chocolate chips into cookie dough. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Or you can make one big cookie, Place the dough in center of pan and press out evenly to within 1 ½ inch of edge. Sprinkle with ¼ cup chocolate chips and press into dough.  Bake in center of oven at 325 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, until edges are firm. Cool in pan on rack. Remove from pan.

For softer cookie bake for a shorter time.

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