A Classic: Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Tomorrow I am going to visit my friend in Philadelphia. As a way of thanking him and his family for letting me stay over, I decided to bake chocolate chip cookies (the simple Tollhouse recipe has yet to fail me). So I simultaneously made a nice gift for my friend, but I also satisfied my craving for raw cookie dough (let's face it, the cookie dough is almost better than the cookie). While cooking the first batch, the cookie sheet burned, and I started to worry I would burn down the apartment. Then, as I was removing the second batch from the oven, two cookies fell off of the cookie sheet and onto the floor. This was much to the excitement of my younger brother (who quickly recited the five-second rule and put the cookies onto a plate). Hopefully the rest of the cookies are as much of a success...


Recipe: 

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large egg
• 1 (12 ounce) package NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1 cup chopped nuts

1. PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees F.
2. COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
3. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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