Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are the best chocolate chip cookies I've ever made. Use a cookie scoop if you can, and make them big... 2 heaping tablespoons. Adapted from the Bon Appetit cookbook.

• Ready In: 360 hrs 45 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

•  vegetable oil cooking spray, such as Pam
• 3  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup butter, at room temperature
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2  cups chocolate chips

Directions

1. Spray 3 baking sheets lightly with vegetable cooking spray.
2. Measure flour, baking soda, and salt into a small mixing bowl and set aside.
3. Cream butter in your mixer bowl until light, then add sugars until well mixed.
4. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
5. Slowly add in the flour mixture until barely combined. Take bowl from the mixer.
6. With a wooden spoon mix in the chocolate chips until distributed.
7. Using a cookie scoop or tablespoons form large round cookies and drop on baking sheet 3 inches apart.
8. Bake at 325 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Let cool 5 minutes and then remove from pan onto a rack and cool fully.