Go-To Chocolate Chip

I have been making this chocolate chip recipe for over ten years. It is the quick fix, always satisfying treat that can be whipped up in less than 20 minutes. I like it because the cookies remain soft and full rather than flat and hard--it was adapted from a cookie cake recipe so that is probably why.

Over Christmas break I wanted to let Anna have a go at making cookies by herself. I wrote out the recipe on a card and put out the ingredients and measuring tools on a prep tray. Then I sat down and read a book while she went to work. My kids watch me bake all the time, but in my life the only way I seem to learn is by doing it myself so I thought I should let her fly solo. I don't even think she asked me any questions--just enjoyed her autonomy. She served them with pride and the boys ate them up. She discovered that she had forgotten to add the brown sugar, but I know she won't forget next time :)

Go-To Chocolate Chip

Ingredients:
1 c. chocolate chips
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter soft
1/3 c. white sugar
1/3 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat butter and sugars, add egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
Slowly mix flour mixture into the mixer with the egg/sugar mixture.
Beat in chocolate chips until mixed.
Form dough balls on a cookie sheet. Place about 2 in. apart.
Bake cookies for approximately 12 min.
Arrange on a cute platter.
Enjoy!