Desperation Cookies

I love these cookies! They are sooo good & always come out perfectly done. Evryone I've ever made them for compliments them. (The only problem is it makes 10 dozen, althought I guess that could be a good thing....) I got this recipe from Joanne Fluke's book Peach Cobbler Murder.

• Ready In: 12 mins
• Yields: 10 dozen

Ingredients

• 2  cups  melted butter
• 3  cups white sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 4  teaspoons vanilla
• 4  teaspoons baking soda
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 4  beaten eggs
• 5  cups flour (you don't need to sift it)
• 3  cups chocolate chips (whatever you feel like or have on hand....dried fruit works well)
• 4  cups  chopped  nuts (optional, & again whatever you feel like or have)

Directions

1. Melt the butter.
2. Mix in the white and brown sugar.
3. Add the vanilla, baking soda, salt and mix.
4. Add the eggs and stir it all up.
5. Then, add half the flour and all the chips and nuts.
6. Stir well.
7. Add the other half of the flour and mix.
8. Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheets.
9. Bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes.
10. Allow them to cool for two minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.