Choc. Chip Cookies

Aja Shiver
English 104
3/30/09

      Everybody remembers the smell of chocolate ship cookies baking inside of grandma’s house. Many people believe that baking these same exact cookies is hard to do but with this simple recipe I’ll teach you how to make cookies just as good if not better than grandmas.
      Before beginning to prepare your cookies you must first make sure that u have all of the ingredients that are needed. The list is as follows: 2 and 1/4 cups of flour,1 tsp of baking soda,1 tsp of salt,1 stick of butter (half a cup),3/4 cups of granulated sugar,4 cups of brown sugar,1 tsp of vanilla extract,2 eggs and last but not least 1 cup of chocolate chips.
      Before doing anything, go ahead and take your butter out about 20-30 minutes before you begin making your cookies. It needs to soften. If you can't wait, putting it in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds will do the trick. Go ahead and preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, you may want to get out your oven pans or wax paper cookie sheets. It depends on what you prefer. If you're using oven pans, oil/grease them down first so you can have them done already.
      Combine your flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate, smaller bowl and have it sitting to the side. In a larger bowl, toss the butter, sugars, and vanilla extract in together and beat this until the texture is smooth and slightly stiff. Now you can add both eggs into the mix. Beat the mixture until you're sure the eggs is throughout to make your dough soft. Grab that bowl of flour mix and gradually add it into your liquid dough, bit by bit until all of your flour mix is gone. By now, your dough should be stiff again. Add the chocolate chips and make sure they are evenly distributed throughout your mix. If you suspect that your mixture is too soft, add 2 tablespoons of flour to stiffen it up or your cookies will be flat!
      Put your cookies on your oven pan and put them into the oven for 9-10 minutes. If your...