Recipe #1: Chocolate chip cookies

When I got back to school on Sunday, I made chocolate chip cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are dear to my heart because I often make them with other people. They have provided both food and entertainment in many what-should-we-do-now moments. This time, my super awesome boyfriend Mike helped me mix and measure. AND unlike other times I've made cookies, we had plenty of volunteers for consuming them, including a few apartment mates and the Sunday night girls.

The recipe was EXCELLENT. The cookies came out looking like something from a dream. Or an illustrated cookbook. AND they were soo good.

TA-DA!!! 

Recipe: 

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temp

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

2 cups (12 oz.)chocolate chips

preheat to 350

grease cookie sheets with butter

put butter and sugars in large bowl. beat with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until smooth and creamy. Add egg and vanilla and beat again. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and beat on low speed until blended. Add choc. chips and walnuts (1 cup, if using) and mix by hand thoroughly. Scoop a portion of the dough, roll with your hands, place onto cookie sheet, bake in oven, etc. 

SOOOOOO GOOD. Oh, and my (not so secret) secret ingredient: A sprinkle of cinnamon.

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