Zander's Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are our favorite! Chewy inside, crisp outside. I've tried lots of different recipes and this is my hybrid recipe. :-) Making these cookies is my three-year-old son, Zander's, favorite activity. He loves to help measure and play with his own ball of dough. I have made these healthier by substituting 1/2 cup of white sugar for Splenda and using half wheat flour with great results.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 24-36 cookies

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 3⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1 -2  cup  semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugars together.
2. Add egg and vanilla. Mix till well blended.
3. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to butter mixture. Dough will be stiff.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on parchment covered baking sheet.
6. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes. (until pale golden, almost undercooked) Do not over brown them or they will be hard and crispy. :-).