Super Chocolatey-Chip Cookies

I originally posted this recipe on my family blog then I realized I should start a food blog since I'm always cooking something up and would like to share it. I came up with this recipe after trying a bunch of different chocolate chip cookies. I knew what I liked in a chocolate chip cookie, including an insane amount of chocolate chips! So I finally figured out a recipe that gave me all of the things in chocolate chip cookies that I love. A little chewy and little crunchy; they have lots of chocolate chips in every bite! WARNING: the dough is very addictive and you may be burned out on cookie-dough by the time the cookies get out of the oven!

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter, softened

3 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

4-4 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat together soft butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Beat until light and well blended.

2. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt to creamed mixture. Blend until well mixed. Start with 3 cups of flour and add more flour until desired consistency is reached. (I like less sticky dough for rounder, higher cookies.) If dough does not have enough flour, cookies will tend to bake very flat and sometimes run together.

3. Add chocolate chips and mix by hand until chocolate chips are equally mixed in.

4. Spoon small spoonfuls of dough onto a greased baking sheet. Press down tops slightly. Bake at 375 degrees for 9-12 minutes until golden-brown on the tops.

Makes about 60 2 1/2-3 inch cookies

Tirza Hellyar