Chocolate Chip Cookies

We made up a 1.5 batch of chocolate chip cookies last night. We baked 1.5 dozen cookies right away, and then we froze the rest of the dough. When we freeze the dough, we freeze it in little cookie dough balls on a baking sheet. We freeze it overnight, and then when they are frozen into little cookie dough balls, we put them into a plastic bag in the freezer. It makes it a lot easier, in my opinion. We have 4 1/2 dozen frozen cookie dough balls in our freezer right now :)

My recipe for chocolate chip cookies is based on the Nestle Toll House recipe, with a few changes.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 sticks (1 cup) of unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup of packed brown sugar
• 1 TBSP of vanilla extract (variation on original recipe)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (12 oz. pkg) of Semi-Sweet chocolate morsels (My variation: I use 1/2 package of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 package of milk chocolate chips. I think it's a good combination)

Directions
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2) Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl

3) Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until creamy. (Be sure to use a LARGE bowl)

4) Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5) Gradually beat in flour mixture

6) Stir in chocolate chips

7) Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets

8) Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until golden brown

9) Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely