Chocolate Chip Cookies

inspired by Mrs. Fields!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup  softened butter
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups  packed brown sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups  semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. 1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper (you can use one to bake the cookies and the other to freeze the cookies).
2. 2.Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.
3. 3.Combine the butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on low speed for about 2 minutes, until just blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing to incorporate after each addition, then add the vanilla extract.
4. 4.Add the flour mixture and beat until barely combined. Stop to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the chocolate and beat on low speed just until evenly distributed.
5. 5.Now scoop your cookies. I like to use an ice cream scoop with a release button, but you can also just use a spoon and your hands to scoop up dough, roll it into a ball and flatten it on the sheet. When you finish, pop the cookies you want to bake into the oven for 15 minutes or so, until the cookies are golden brown on the outsides and fragrant. Let them cool for a bit on a cooling rack, then eat them!
6. 6.If you freeze the others, leave them on the sheet in the freezer until frozen and then pluck them into a freezer bag. They’ll keep that way for a month or two. If they last that long.