Chocolate Chip Cookies

Let's start off with a classic.  

Don't you just want one?? or maybe two?? or six? (not that I've done that....)

I'm pretty certain I've been baking these babies since before birth.  I can't remember a time when I didn't love making these - fresh from the oven with a bowl of ice cream - doesn't get any better.  

I pretty much use any excuse to bake them - When I'm having a bad day, these are what I bake.  When someone else is having a bad day, how about a chocolate chip cookie? or a whole batch? And, by far, these cookies are the most requested from my friends and family - I even sent a package to my dad for father's day!  I just love how something so simple (cookie + chocolate) can make a day so much better!! 

Even though I've had ten plus years to finesse the recipe and try out different ones, I still return to the same one from the back of the Nestle Semisweet Chocolate Chips Package.  I only do two things differently from the package: 

1. Use 1 stick margarine and 1 stick butter - I think I started doing this because we ran out of butter, but I find it gives them the best texture! Still round (not flat) but still chewy!
2. Add wayy more chocolate chips than the bag says (and no nuts - it interrupts the chocolatey-ness).

All this chocolate-chip cookie talk has made me hungry! I think I might just go bake a batch. 

Love, B