Recipe - Barbara Bushs Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup Flour & 2 tbsp; sifted
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter; softened
1/3 cup Sugar; brown firmly packed
1/3 cup Sugar; granulated
1 Egg
1 One half teaspoon Water; very hot
One half teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Chocolate chips; semisweet

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease baking sheets with vegetable oil. Sift flour,
baking soda and salt on waxed paper. Beat butter, sugar and egg in large
bowl till fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in hot water and vanilla. Gradually
beat in flour mixture until blended and smooth. Drop dough by well rounded
teaspoonfuls on prepared baking sheets. Bake in 375F oven till golden,
about 10 minutes. Cook on sheets on wire rack to cool completely. Makes
about 3 dozen cookies
Posted to recipeludigest by "Bunny" layla696@ix.netcom.com on Mar 5,
1998