Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 pound butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar|white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar#About Brown sugar|light brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 1/2 cups flour|all-purpose flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4-5 cups chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. cream the butter until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the Granulated sugar|Sugar, continuing to cream until all the Granulated sugar|Sugar is used.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
- Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda.
- Add all at once to the butter mixture, stirring well with a wooden spoon.
- Add chocolate chips, pecans and coconut and stir until mixed.
- Form dough into large balls and press down lightly on an ungreased non-stick baking sheet.
- Bake until golden, about 15 minutes, being careful not to brown the edges.
- Remove from oven and place baking sheet on a wire rack; cool 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to rack; cool completely.
- Recommended technique:
- Take half the cookie dough, put it in a ziplock bag and freeze it for a rainy day.
This article uses material from the "Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies" article on the Recipes wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
