All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.8 cup t brown sugar dark packed
• 0.8 cup butter softened
• 2 large eggs 
• 2.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 cup granulated sugar 
• 0.8 teaspoon salt 
• 12 oz semi chocolate chips 
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• baking paper
• oven
• stand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy.
3. Add eggs and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla, beating until blended.
4. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Beat in morsels just until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
5. Bake at 350 for 10 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness.
6. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely (about 15 minutes).
7. Flavor Cravings: All sorts of goodies can be added to Rebecca's recipe to create other signature cookies. Here are a few of our staff favorites.
8. Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed, beating in 2 cups coarsely crushed pretzel sticks with morsels.
9. Cranberry-White Chocolate Cookies: Substitute 1 (12-oz.) package white chocolate morsels, 1 (6-oz.) package sweetened dried cranberries, and 1 cup pistachios for chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed.
10. White Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed, beating in 1 (7-oz.) bag white chocolate-covered mini pretzel twists, coarsely crushed, with morsels.
11. Almond-Toffee Cookies: Substitute 6 (4-oz.) chopped chocolate-covered toffee candy bars and 1 1/2 cups toasted slivered almonds for chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed.
12. Turtle Cookies: Substitute 1 (7-oz.) package milk chocolate-caramel-pecan clusters, coarsely chopped, and 1 (12-oz.) package dark chocolate morsels for semisweet chocolate morsels. Proceed as directed. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Nestl Turtles.
13. Nutty Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies: Decrease salt to 1/2 tsp. Decrease morsels to 1 (12-oz.) package.
14. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter with butter and sugars, and add 1 cup lightly salted peanuts with morsels. Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups plus 2 Tbsp. Proceed as directed. (Dough will look a little moist.)