Recipe - Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Dark brown sugar; firmly
packed
One half cup Sugar
1 cup Butter; softened
2 lg Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 cup Semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

2. In medium bowl combine flour, soda and salt. Mix well with wire whisk.
Set aside.

3. In a large bowl with an electric mixer blend sugars at medium speed. Add
butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix at medium speed until just blended.
Do not overmix.

4. Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until
fully combined. Do not overmix.

5. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches
apart. Bake 1822 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer cookies
immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.

Recipe by: Mrs. Fields Cookie Book

Posted to EATL Digest by Marie Smith craftee@SPRYNET.COM on Dec 12,
1997