5 Star Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe makes the best home made chocolate chip cookies ever! I have tried many recipes and tweaked them over the years and finally have mastered it enough to put in my cookbook! They have a nice crisp edge, but a chewy middle! They're perfect!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 1 24-36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, room temp
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons hot water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1⁄2 cups chocolate chips
• 1  cup  chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter, both sugars and vanilla. (When you add vanilla to any recipe, add it to the fat, this being the butter/oil, and the flavor will be more noticeable.).
3. Beat in eggs one at a time.
4. Dissovle baking soda in hot water. Add to batter.
5. Add salt.
6. Slowly add flour.
7. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
8. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
9. Bake for about 10 minutes or until edges are just brown.
10. Take out of oven and leave them sit on the pan for about 2 minutes as they will continue to bake a bit outside of the oven.