a taste of childhood

the first thing i ever baked was chocolate chip cookies. i think this is pretty much what everyone makes first. my mom would always make chocolate chip cookies for people at work, for my class, for my birthday, for no particular reason. and i would always help out (so that i could lick the bowl obviously!) eventually, i started making them myself, and mom didn't bake anymore. these got me started in my ridiculous adventure to make delicious messes and put smiles on people's faces. they're my go to for when i'm tired and just need to bake something. and they were the first thing i ate when i got back from italy.

ingredients

1 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

dash of salt

2 cups of chocolate chips

1. cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar, (it should be thoroughly combined, to the point where you can't see the sugars. if there are chunks of butter, the cookies will not come out right)

2. add eggs and vanilla

3. add flour and salt

4. add chocolate chips

5. roll into 1 inch balls and bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

for something a little more chocolatey, use 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 cup cocoa powder instead of 2 cups flour for double chocolate chip cookies. these are also good with white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips.

4. bake in the oven at