Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temp
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 400°f.
• 2 mix butter and brown sugar to well blended.
• 3 beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth.
• 4 in another bowl mix flour, baking soda, salt and chips and nuts.
• 5 beat or stir into butter mixture.
• 6 drop dough using 1/8 cup potions 2 inches apart on lined or buttered sheet.
• 7 bake at 400°f until cookies are light brown and no longer wet in the centers, about 6-8 minutes.
• 8 let stand on pan for 2 minutes ant then transfer to rack to cool.