Chocolate Chip Cookies

by Travis Williams, adapted from thekitchn.com, who themselves adapted the Original Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.



Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar 
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 
• 1/2 cup margarine 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 tsp vanilla 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 1 cup all-purpose flour 
• 1.25 cups bread flour 
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (if you are not going to chill the dough, otherwise wait until later). 
2. In a stand mixer combine the two sugars. Cream in the margarine. When the margarine is fully incorporated, add the eggs, and mix. Then add the vanilla, salt, and baking soda. Mix well. 
3. Add the flour all at once, and mix until just combined. Add the chocolate chips and fold in using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. 
4. (Optional) Transfer the dough to the fridge to chill for 1 hour to 4 days. If you'll be chilling for more than an hour or so put it in an airtight container first. 
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop the dough onto the cookie sheet, with each cookie about 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter. Leave about 2 inches between the cookies. 
6. Bake at 350 degrees in a preheated oven for 8 to 12 minutes, until the outside edge of the cookies is starting to brown. Leave the cookies on the sheet for about a minute after taking them out of the oven, then transfer them to a cooling rack.