Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from Martha Stewart's Alexis Brown Sugar Cookies in Entertaining.

oven at 375.
rack in the center.
cookie sheet greased with butter wrapper.

2 sticks butter at room temp.
generous 1.5 cup brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
2 eggs
generous 1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp fine sea salt salt

too many chocolate chips

1. use something electric to help mush up the butter
2. blend in the brown sugar fully
3. add the white and do the same
4. add the eggs
5. add the vanilla

6. sift the flour, salt and baking soda

7. slowly add he flour mixture, blending and tasting. i usually have bout 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour mixture left over. i do not like that flour taste, so i stop shy of that.

8. blend in too many chocolate chips. tonight we added a bag. sometimes we add more.

9. dollop onto cookie sheet. bake 8 to 12 minutes, depending on your oven.

10. as done, carefully trasnsfer to spot to dry as rest bake.