Mer's Chocolate Chip Cookies

My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe from one of the coolest people I barely know, but who I admire from afar via her blog. :)

Apparently, she adopted the recipe from someone else, too. A favorite variation: Trader Joe's mini peanut butter cups.

Christina's Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS

¾ c. Butter

2 ½ c. Flour

1 c. Granulated sugar

1 tsp. Baking soda

1 c. Brown sugar

1 tsp. Salt

2 eggs

12 oz. Milk chocolate chips

2 tsp. Vanilla

6 oz. Semi-sweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

Cream butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla together until well blended (about 1 minute). Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together, then add to wet mixture. Add chocolate chips. Bake at 375º for 10 min. Watch closely and don’t burn. (In my high altitude oven they take 8 min. 15 seconds.)

To make chocolate cookies, substitute ½ c. cocoa for ½ c. of flour. Then substitute a 6 oz. bag of butterscotch or peanut butter chips for one of the chocolate chip portions.