Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from Carol Demasters, Food editor, Milwaukee Journal Times, 1980s

~from Savoring Time in the Kitchen

2 sticks butter, softened

1 cup light brown sugar – not packed

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons baking soda

3 cups flour

2 cups chocolate chips

2 cups pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 325 F. 

Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugars together until smooth.  Add eggs and vanilla and blend thoroughly on slow speed.  Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix just until incorporated.  Add chocolate chips and pecans and, again, blend just until incorporated. 

Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.

*Dough can be shaped into balls and frozen.  Freeze on a cookie sheet until solid, then place in zip freezer bag. Defrost in refrigerator 6-8 hours.  Bake as above.