(photo shows Variation Two)
Mixture 1: (use a large mixing bowl)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- beat the butter and add the brown sugar gradually to make a mixture
- incorporate the white sugar
- add 1 egg and mix into the batter
- add the vanilla
Mixture 2: (use a medium sized mixing bowl)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flower (all purpose or cake and pastry)
- 1 tsp baking soda (optional)
- add the baking soda to the flour and mix
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups chocolate chips (for variety add 0.75 cups white chocolate and 0.75 dark chocolate chips)
- add mixture 2 to mixture 1, gradually incorporating the flour to make the batter
- incorporate the chocolate chips
- line baking sheets with waxed paper
- make little balls with the dough and press to flatten a bit on the sheet
- bake until golden -- won't take long in a hot oven (10 min) -- try not to overcook
- makes 4 dozen medium sized cookies
Variation One:
- substitute 13 tablespoons of canola oil for one cup of butter
- substitute 1 cup of white sugar for 1 cup brown and 0.5 cup white sugar
- substitute 2 egg whites for 1 egg
- substitute whole wheat flour for white flour
Variation Two (half-recipe of Variation One):
- 7 tbsp canola oil
- 0.5 cup white sugar
- 1 egg white
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 - 0.75 cups of chocolate chips
- makes about 40 small sized cookies
