This recipe was a perennial favourite growing up; every winter my dad would make a huge double batch of these cookies, and we'd gradually eat our way through them over the holidays. I've made it a few times since and it's well overdue for a writeup.

Chocolate chip cookies tend to be more miss than hit with symbol, but using chocolate chunks (instead of the PC semisweet chocolate chips my dad favoured) helps there, and the kidlet loves them regardless; she helped me make the batch pictured here.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

My dad, who I believe adapted the recipe from the back of a chocolate chip bag decades ago

Ingredients

(makes ~72 cookies)

• 2¼ C all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 C unsalted butter, softened
• ¾ C sugar
• ¾ C brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs (at room temperature)
• 350g semi-sweet, bittersweet, or dark chocolate (or a mix of dark and milk), coarsely chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
3. Beat together butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy; do not overbeat.
4. Beat in eggs.
5. Gradually beat in flour.
6. Mix in chocolate.
7. Drop onto ungreased baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.